Announcements

Fairfax, Calif. — Peghead Nation, home of roots music instruction, gear, news and more is partnering with the Mandolin Cafe to offer visitors a first month free, or $20 off an annual subscription, when they sign up for any course on PegheadNation.com. ...

Battle Creek, Mich. – GHS Strings is pleased to introduce their new Pure Nickel Mandolin strings.

GHS Strings has created their new Pure Nickel Mandolin strings in conjunction with mandolin players, for both the traditional and modern ...

Los Angeles, Calif. — 3 Sigma Audio has introduced the world's first impulse responses made just for mandolin. Using 3 Sigma Audio's proprietary ACE Technology, recording acoustic instruments DI is now a reality.

Instantly transform your mandolin into a miked up masterpiece of the most sought after brands on top of the line gear.

Choose between the ...

Atascadero, Calif. — Siminoff Banjo and Mandolin Parts, developers of Straight Up Strings, is offering their signature banjo and mandolin t-shirts for pre-sale until December 5, 2016.

At checkout, customers have an opportunity for ...

Traverse City, Mich. — "Mandolins Heal The World," a new internet based destination for mandolin instruction is being announced today with the official launch scheduled to coincide with a booth at the Raleigh, N.C. World of Bluegrass ...

Nashville, Tenn. — The Monroe Mandolin Camp, a traditional roots based music camp offering world class instruction on the music of the Founder of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe, is proud to announce the winner of the 2nd Annual Video Scholarship Competition, generously underwritten by Intelometry.

Congratulations to Dylan Ferris from British Columbia, playing Bill Monroe's classic, "Southern Flavor." ...

Farmingdale, N.Y. — D'Addario and Planet Waves has announced the availability of their NS Micro Soundhole Tuner.

This version of their popular NS Micro tuner is designed specifically for oval hole acoustic instruments including guitars, octave mandolins, mandocellos, mandolas, citterns, bouzoukis and most (oval hole) mandolins.

As part of the design, the chromatic ...

Amy Sullivan and Kali Nowakowski to Expand Straight Up Strings Division.

Atascadero, Calif. — Luthier, Orville Gibson and Lloyd Loar historian, inventor, and acoustician, Roger Siminoff, has announced that he will retire this month and steadily phase out Siminoff Banjo and Mandolin Parts.
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Lawrence, Kans. — The Mandolin Cafe is proud to announce the launch of the Banjo Cafe at banjocafe.net, its companion web site for banjo.

The Banjo Cafe will be administered by Charlie Schwartz of Lawrence, Kans., a long-time friend of the Mandolin Cafe.

Under construction for the past ...

Orders for newly crafted instruments from the workshop of Stephen Gilchrist are being taken exclusively from Carter Vintage Guitars of Nashville.

Nashville, Tenn. — Carter Vintage Guitars, Nashville's premier vintage instrument store and distributor ...

Author Bradley Klein owns the production company Twangbox®, creating multimedia stories about music, musicians and musical Instruments.


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Caterina Lichtenberg's highly anticipated School of Classical Mandolin launched today.



Napa, Calif. — Mandolin virtuoso Caterina Lichtenberg teams up with ArtistWorks this week to launch online music lessons a year in the making. After seeing the popularity ...

Fairfax, Calif. — Peghead Nation has announced the addition of Mike Compton to their instructional staff with a brand new video course entitled Monroe-Style Mandolin.

Compton joins a talented and rapidly growing instructional team ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Mandolin Cafe has long been an enthusiastic supporter of The California Bluegrass Association, and in particular, their Youth Instrument Lending Library.

Over the years we've helped them secure new instruments by getting them in touch with people that contact us in regards to donations, and at times we've ...

Paul Glasse, well known in the mandolin world for his widely acclaimed jazz-tinged recordings has announced he is offering online lessons via Skype.

Students will be accepted at all levels: beginner through advanced on acoustic or electric mandolin, mandola or ...

Battle Creek, Mich. — GHS Strings has announced they've extended their NitroPack packaging to their Bobby Osborne A260 Signature Series mandolin sets along with all other strings in their product line including all sets for mandolin, mandola, octave mandolin, banjo, guitar, bouzouki ...

Atascadero, Calif. — The Straight Up Strings product line, developed by luthier and acoustician, Roger Siminoff, now includes steel string guitar strings. Straight Up Strings for Guitar, in light, medium and heavy gauges, will debut at IBMA's World of Bluegrass in Raleigh, NC, with demonstrations at the IBMA Business Conference Trade Show, Booth #106, Wednesday, September 30 and Thursday, ...

Johnson City, Tenn. - Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music Studies at East Tennessee State University has announced the hiring of two new lecturers, Adam Steffey and Will MacMorran. ...

Evanston, Ill. — September 13, 2015 will be the launch of the Chicago Choro Club at the Musical Offering, a community music school in Evanston.

The Chicago Choro Club will feature weekly group classes divided by instrument and/or role in a typical choro ...