May 24—Sarah Jarosz had a tougher college decision than most kids her age. The mandolin prodigy had her first recording contract at age 16 and started working on her debut album, Song Up in Her Head, ...

LEWIS – Bobby Wintringham, the sole, steady and unassuming hand behind San Juan Mandolins, prefers to be in the background. He’s putting the finishing touches on instrument No. 84, a guitar-shaped ...

At the San Francisco Festival of the Mandolins, many members of the instrument family will take the stage -- mandolins, octave mandolins, mandolas, mandocellos and a mandobass -- ready to entrance the ...

The mandolin isn’t just an accent in J Carmichael’s music — it’s the driving force behind his unique Americana-rock blend. Influenced by improvisational bluegrass and jazz, Carmichael was drawn to the ...

The Montana Mandolin Society, a 12-piece mandolin orchestra that has packed houses from Seattle to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., will perform at the Myrna Loy Center Monday, June 3, at 8 p.m ...

The octave mandolin is strung an octave lower than the conventional mandolin, and because of the way it's held, it provides a large sonic palette to play from. "Not all octave mandolins are set up ...

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