Audio from Butch Baldassari's Blue Moon Over 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 Over Kentucky, a creation born
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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
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If you are reading this article today, please join us in rejoicing on the 100-year anniversary of the issuance of the F5 mandolin; an instrument sparked by two eagles, whose fire was fanned to an inferno by a third.
Steve Gilchrist with Lloyd Loar signed F-5 #70281. Photo credit: Roger H. Siminoff.
About the author: Luthier, Orville Gibson and Lloyd Loar historian, author, inventor, and acoustician Roger H. Siminoff makes
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CREMONA, ITALY — The Second Annual Cremona Musica International Exhibitions and Festival will be held here September 23-35. One of the most important music fairs in Europe and the hometown of Antonio Stradivari, the exhibition includes high-quality musical instruments, including "Mandolini in Mostra," an international event focusing on mandolin.
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KAILUA, HAWAII — KR Strings and the Mandolin Cafe are announcing the giveaway of a Mandolindo Scholar 4-string mandolin that will go to one lucky winner in the near future.
Registration for a chance to win will commence from a link on the Mandolin Cafe homepage at 7:00 a.m. Central
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FAIRFAX, CALIF. — Work on your mandolin playing this holiday season! Peghead Nation is teaming up with Mandolin Cafe visitors to offer the first month free on any new monthly subscription, or a $20 discount off an annual subscription.
Sign up for any of Peghead Nation's 45 instructional
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WASHINGTON — Mandolin recordings swept this year's Mike Auldridge Instrumental Contest from the DC Bluegrass Union. The three top songs feature the mandolin prominently, with a driving bluegrass tune, a moody waltz and an old-time sounding mandolin-guitar duet.
HAZARD, KY — Scott Napier, Bluegrass mandolinist and Associate Professor at the Kentucky School of Bluegrass & Traditional Music at Hazard Community & Technical College, is giving away five personal LP copies of music he considers the best of the best early, classic
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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Mandolins and Beer Livestream Episode #2 is headed to Austin on Saturday, October 24 at 8:00 p.m., featuring live music and conversation with Kym Warner, Paul Glasse, Billy Bright and host Daniel Patrick.
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NASHVILLE — Mandolins and Beer podcast has announced plans for their first Livestream event to be held in Nashville on Sept. 26 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern and will feature Dominick Leslie, Casey Campbell, Thomas Cassell and host Daniel Patrick.
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SAN FRANCISCO — California Bluegrass Association (CBA) winds up their Turn Your Radio On series with a "Virtual Father's Day Festival" this Saturday featuring an all-star line-up.
Tune in online at 4:00 p.m. Paciic Time for a five hour long that includes performances by Tim O'Brien, Peter Rowan, Lonesome River Band, Molly Tuttle, Laurie Lewis, Della Mae and many,many more.
As part of the activities CBA will be announcing
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POMONA, CALIF. — Eastman Guitars and Mandolins has announced their "Tip to Win" promotion in support of working musicians and the company has shared the following:
It's a challenging time and hardworking artists are in need of your support more than ever.
SURPRIZE, ARIZ. — Dennis Vance has announced he is moving The Mandolin Store to a location just North of Nashville in an area with quick and easy access to Music City.
About the move, Vance told us, "My time in Surprise
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10 winning entries selected in this special giveaway of D'Addario's new X Mandolin Strings.
Lawrence, Kans. — Registration for a chance to win free sets of D'Addario's new X Phosphor Bronze mandolin strings commences 7:30 a.m., October 15 from a link on the Mandolin
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Austin, Texas — Waterloo by Collings Guitars and Mandolins and the Mandolin Cafe are combining efforts to give away one of their new Waterloo WL-M mandolins with a sunburst finish.
Registration for a chance to win will commence from a link on the Mandolin Cafe home page September 17 at 8:00 a.m. Central.
Included in the giveaway will be a Hardshell TKL case.
The WL-M is constructed with all solid woods and in a ladder-braced
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Our friends at D'Addario captured Sam Bush playing a spirited version of "Red Haired Boy" in the D'Addario Studios recently. Accompanying Sam on guitar is fellow Sam Bush band member and flatpicker extraordinaire Stephen Mougin.
A D'Addario Artist, Bush is a long-time proponent of their Monel mandolin strings, making use of them on his famed 1937 Gibson F-5, serial
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Weber Celebrates New Partnership with D'Addario by Giving Away a Yellowstone Mandolin at the 2019 NAMM Show in conjunction with Mandolin Cafe.
Bend, Or. — Starting in January 2019, Weber Fine Acoustic Instruments will be celebrating their mandolin string partnership with D'Addario by giving away one of the newly redesigned Yellowstone series,
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Fairfax, Calif. — Peghead Nation, home of roots music instruction, gear, news and more has announced they will host a Facebook Live event with Sharon Gilchrist this Friday, August 24 at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time.
Farmingdale, N.Y. — D'Addario has announced they are giving away sets of their new Monel mandolin strings along with a host of other D'Addario and Planet Waves accessories in a special giveaway hosted by the Mandolin Cafe.
Weber to Unveil New Yellowstone Models in Nashville at Carter Vintage Guitars & Summer NAMM Event, Partnering with Mandolin Cafe.
Bend, Ore. — Weber Fine Acoustic Instruments is celebrating the launch of their newly redesigned Yellowstone series, and the official global public release of the Yellowstone "large body" models including Mandola, Octave and Mandocello
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Austin, Texas — Collings Guitars and Mandolins and the Mandolin Cafe are combining resources to give away a Collings MT2 Mandolin finished in their new Cremona sunburst finish on display at the 2018 NAMM Show in Anaheim, Calif.
Included in the giveaway will be a Collings Traditional Handcrafted Case.
The Collings MT2 given away will be Adirondack spruce top with Eastern flamed maple back, sides and neck, Ebony peghead veneer with mother of pearl Collings logo and flourish.
The retail value of the mandolin with Collings' original vintage-style case is $4,400.
Nashville, Tenn. — Video Scholarship Competitions for banjo, mandolin, and fiddle have been announced by the Monroe Mandolin Camp with three lucky winners being awarded full tuition and a camp t-shirt.
This year's camp will be held September 19-23 at the Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center in North Carolina.
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