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ABINGDON, VIRG. — Registration has opened for the 10th Annual Monroe Mandolin Camp, September 20-24 at the Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon, minutes from Bristol, Tenn.

At the Monroe Mandolin Camp, original, traditional roots bluegrass music is played, taught, ...

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Registration is now open for the February 25 Isaac Eicher Jazz Mandolin Workshop via Zoom with special guest Jason Anick from Berklee College of Music.

The workshop is 3 hours long and starts ...

PORTLAND, MAINE — Ethan Setiawan has announced a March 31 release date for his new album of all original music entitled Gambit, being released on Adhyâropa Records.

About the new recording Ethan told us, "Gambit is a collection of my tunes with a group of friends and heroes I was lucky to ...

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. — The 2023 San Diego Classical Mandolin Camp, led by classical mandolinist, composer and educator Chris Acquavella will take place August 14-19, 2023 at Handlery Hotel San Diego.

The 10th Annual Camp will explore the depth and breadth of the classical mandolin, from baroque ...

Milwaukee, Wisc. — Registration for Carlo Aonzo's 21st Edition U.S. Mandolin Workshop held June 15-18 have been announced with Rene Izquierdo once again serving as Assistant Conductor.

A limited number of spots in the workshop are available and as in past years, a sellout is expected. ...

BOSTON — East Coast acoustic and electric mandolin mainstay Jimmy Ryan returns with a new project from his band The Nocturnal Adoration Society entitled All The Time in The World.

About the recording, Ryan told us, "We recorded the entire record remotely. ...

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Acoustic Disc has announced the release of David Grisman Dawg Works Volume 4.

This fourth volume of the collected original compositions of David "Dawg" Grisman is comprised of works written between 1991 and 1999, compiled chronologically in the order in which ...

PORTLAND, MAINE — Adhyâropa Records has announced the release of the highly anticipated Joe K. Walsh recording entitled If Not Now, Who?

Joined by fellow acoustic music greats Grant Gordy, Matt Flinner (on banjo!), John Mailander, Ella Jordan and Karl Doty, the music on If Not Now, Who? showcases Joe's lyrical gift not only ...

FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. — Roots & Boots Music Camp, Arizona's first 4-day immersion camp for adult students for the study and enjoyment of acoustic music styles will be held June 7-11 at the base of the magnificent San Francisco Peaks at Camp Colton.

The camp focuses on bluegrass, folk, ...

CHARLTON, MASS. — Registration has opened for the 2023 Mandolin Camp North, held April 21-23 in Charlton, Mass. at the Prindle Pond Conference Center.

The camp features total mandolin immersion with workshops, jamming, and personal interaction with some of the top performers in the roots music world ...

BLOOMINGTON, IND. — The 10th Annual Jim Richter Mandolin Camp for the Rest of Us featuring Don Julin and Mike Compton will be held July 12-15, 2023 at the Grant Street Inn.

The camp welcomes this year's sponsors Kimble Mandolins and the Grant Street Inn.

Dating back ...

Rehearse-study-jam-perform at the Pacific Northwest's only mandolin-guitar ensemble festival. Or just hear the concerts in fabulous Astoria!

ASTORIA, ORE. — The First Annual Cascadia Mandolin-Guitar Festival will be held here June 8-11, 2023 and will feature a ...

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Street Singer Productions has announced the official release date for, John Monteleone: The Chisels Are Calling.

Set to be available digitally via Apple TV/iTunes, Amazon Video and Google Play on Thursday, December 15, the feature-length documentary film is ...

Déo Rian, President of the Jacob do Bandolim Institute with Elisa Meyer Ferreira and with Jacob do Bandolim's Mandolin No. 2.

Jacob do Bandolim with Bandolim No. 2.

Many of us started the mandolin in a fit of passion, overwhelmed after hearing a live performance or recording of a famous player. Sometimes it's just a perfect fit, where the listener has an overwhelming desire to learn how to play an instrument to get that sound. This is just such a story.

Elisa Meyer Ferreira loves the music of Jacob do Bandolim. She even uses the moniker "Elisa Bandolim" online. She's well known to regular readers of Mandolin Cafe articles as the mandolin player in the Choro band "Choro Das 3," joined by her sisters ...

SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND — The music of the Irish harper and composer Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738) will be the subject of a three day mandolin retreat led by English mandolin great Simon Mayor on March 10-12, 2023 at Kenwood Hall, a luxury conference venue, hotel and spa just one mile ...

FENTON, MO. — Mel Bay Publications, Inc. has announced the availability of Mandolin Picking Tunes - Beautiful American Airs & Ballads, by Dix Bruce. Available in eBook format now, the print version is expected soon.

Includes 26 historic and well-loved American ...

WUPPERTAL, GERMANY — Mike Marshall has announced the release of Mike Marshall Mandocello Solo Bach Cello Suite #3 BWV 1009, available for purchase from the artist on Bandcamp.

This is his third in the series of ...

Audio from Butch Baldassari's Blue Moon of Kentucky orchestral work honoring the music of Bill Monroe surfaces more than 20 years since last performed, published here with the permission of Butch's widow, Lelia Sinclair Baldassari.


October 26, 2002, Butch Baldassari appeared in concert with the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra for the world premiere of his Blue Moon of Kentucky, a creation born in ...

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Acoustic Disc has announced the release of David Grisman Dawg Works Volume 3.

This third volume of the collected original compositions of David "Dawg" Grisman is comprised of works written between 1982 and 1991, compiled chronologically in the order in ...

TRAVELERS REST, S.C. — Transatlantic folk and bluegrass duo The Foreign Landers announce their debut full-length album Travelers Rest, out November 12, featuring award-winning special guests and a compelling collection of bittersweet original songs all about searching for home.

The Foreign Landers are a new project featuring banjo and guitar ...

SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIF. — Crossrock Case Company has announced the launch and availability of their Double Mandolin Case, a fiberglass case for two A or F mandolins with a suggested retail price of $529.00, currently available for $399.00.
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FENTON, MO. — Mel Bay Publications, Inc. has announced the availability of Mandolin Picking Tunes - Old-Time Gems, by Tommy Norris. Available in eBook format now, the print version is expected soon.

Written in standard notation and tablature for the intermediate ...

NOTE: this article was updated November 9, 2022 with new information discovered in the process of obtaining the music from this historic concert. We originally were told a DVD — music and video — existed, but it turns out only an audio recording was existed, now with the entire concert housed here.

Twenty year's ago this week, October 26, 2002 to be exact, the late Butch Baldassari appeared ...

HYATTSVILLE, MD — Classical mandolinist and composer Neil Gladd has announced the rerelease of his 1998 recording Mandolin Night on Bandcamp.

The project includes two original compositions for the mandolin written 186 years apart! Johann Hoffman wrote a concerto and a number of chamber ...