BRISTOL, MAINE — Mandolinist Marilynn Mair has announced the release of her new recording entitled Silver Lining of a Quiet Year, 29 original compositions composed during the coronavirus pandemic that shut down all possibility of live performance. Quirky, funny, and lovely by turn, this renowned mandolinist captures the joy of creativity in the face of an unexpectedly
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İZMIR, TURKEY — Bulent Yazici has announced the release of his new recording, Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-3 on Baroque Mandolin, now available on many prominent streaming platforms.
JOHNSON CITY, TENN. — The East Tennessee State University Mandolin Orchestra has announced the released of their self-titled album. The ETSU Mandolin Orchestra, founded in 2014, is a course offered through the program in Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies (BLUE) that is housed in the
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MONTREAL — Jonathan Bélanger has announced an October 7 released and September 16 pre-release of his new EP recording Le Passe-Temps.
Founder of Mando Montreal, Bélanger sheds light on a musical style that originated in 1895 in Montreal with Le Passe-Temps, a musical periodical that published compositions
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FINLAND — Petri Hakala on mandolin and Timo Alakotila on piano, have announced the release of Mandolin Concerto along with a cast of greats that includes Roger Tallroth, guitar; Siiri Virkkala, 1st violin; Esko Järvelä, 2nd violin; Mauno Järvelä, viola and Marion Göbel, cello.
"Rhythm Twist," a new recording featuring Don Stiernberg on mandolin, Greg Ruby on guitar, Evan Price on violin and Kevin Kehrberg on bass is set for a September 2 release date.
About the recording, guitarist Greg Ruby told us, "This project was created while 'sheltering in place' during
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PUYALLUP, WASH. — Daniel Ullom has announced the release of The Swannanoa Sessions, his debut recording featuring an all-star cast of bluegrass and old-time musicians from North Carolina.
About the recording, Ullom said, "As a mandolin player, not knowing the difference
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İZMIR, TURKEY — Bulent Yazici (mandolins) & Ender Bilge (guitar) have announced a July 22 release of Carlo Munier: Works for Mandolin and Guitar, at which time the recording will be available on many prominent streaming platforms.
The Tom Wright Trio has announced an August 1 release date for Why Not?, an album recorded as a live set at Blue House Productions, Kensington, Maryland. On the album Wright plays a 10-string electric mandolin in a trio setting with Blake Meister on bass and Leland Nakamura
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The Appalachian Mandolin Trio has announced a July 26 release of their second album, Let's Swaaaaaaang!!. On the recording, the Trio tackles swing style with the mandolin family instruments being paramount.
This western and swing based project features a more "song-like" format than their first jazz based album,
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HAMBURG, GERMANY — Florian Klaus Rumpf has announced the release of his newest recording, A Mandolin's Guide to Hamburg. The project showcases music as lively and impressive as the port city in northern Germany.
About the new recording Rumpf told us, "A Mandolin's Guide to Hamburg
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NEW YORK — Known for his stunning cross-genre virtuosity and collaborations with musicians from across the musical spectrum, acoustic musician Jacob Jolliff today announced the upcoming release of his album The Jacob Jolliff Band on Adhyâropa Records. Featuring tight vocal harmonies as well as the customary instrumental fireworks of a collaborative ensemble made up of fellow young stars, this album marks a major milestone in Jolliff’s evolution and the arrival of an authority on bluegrass mandolin.
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — Rain Of Animals, the duo of Pepita Emmerichs and Theodore Barnard, have announced the release of their debut album of original fiddle tunes entitled Nali's World. On the album, Emmerichs holds down mandolin, violin, mandocello, cello, tenor guitar and Barnard is featured
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BLACKROCK, IRELAND — Sean Keegan has announced the upcoming release of A Bird Never Flew on One Wing, his debut recording of Irish Traditional Music on mandolin, tenor banjo and fiddle. A noted performer, engineer and producer, Keegan has worked with many of the most prestigious
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WUPPERTAL, GERMANY — Mike Marshall has announced the release of Mike Marshall Mandocello Solo J.S. Bach Cello Suite #2 BWV 1008, available for purchase on Bandcamp. The release of Suite #2 comes on the heels of last year's release of J.S. Bach Cello
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BAARN, THE NETHERLANDS — Pentatone Music and Alon Sariel have announced a June 24 digital release for Plucked Bach, an exploration of Bach's cello suites performed on mandolin, arch-lute, chitarra Spagnola, liuto attiorbato and oud, concluding with Sariel's own Bach-inspired Mandolin Partita.
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SAARBRÜCKEN, GERMANY — Charlotte Kaiser, an award winning mandolinist currently studying at The Hochschule für Musik Saar (University of Music Saar), has announced the release of her debut solo recording entitled Poems for Mandolin, which includes works of Ludwig
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İZMIR, TURKEY — Telemann's Op. 2 Flute Sonatas for 2 Flutes Arranged for Mandolin is the title of a new recording from mandolinist Bulent Yazici, available on many prominent streaming platforms.
BOLOGNA, ITALY — Tactus Records, The Italian classical music label, has announced the release of Giovanni Battista Gervasio - 6 Duets for Two Mandolins, Op. 5, performed by the ensemble De bon parole: Marco Giacintucci (1st mandolin), Francesco Marranzino and Luca Dragani
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CAMBRIDGE, MA. — Andy Statman's 1986 recording Nashville Mornings, New York Nights, long out of print, has been was rereleased by Rounder Records last month on a number of streaming platforms. Originally released in LP format, it was never made available
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PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Acoustic Disc has announced the release of The Tony Rice Unit Live at the Birchmere in download format.
On October 13, 1987 the legendary master of acoustic guitar, Tony Rice, played two inspired sets with his band at the Birchmere, one of the country's premiere intimate
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BRUSSELS — Raffaele La Ragione and Arcana Music have announced the release of Mandolin On Stage, an album containing the four best-known mandolin concertos, which appear in a new light here thanks to the use of three different period mandolins.
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LONDON — Hyperion Records and mandolinist Jacob Reuven have announced a May 6 release for The Mandolin Seasons, Reuven's most ambitious project to date.
With the supporting cast that includes accordion, harpsichord and eighteen string players from the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conducted by Reuven's close friend and musical ally
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