Personally, I’m not the biggest fan of the mandolin. However, there’s a player out there who is about to change my mind–Hamilton de Holanda. The mandolin has a higher-pitched, kind of thinner sound ...

The mandolin is a beautiful, strange, difficult instrument, tuned like a violin but with a flat, fretted fingerboard and eight strings instead of four. Played with a plectrum, it is capable of ...

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This article was originally published on May 3, 2024. The walls in Don MacRostie’s studio in Athens County are covered in tools. Screwdrivers and scissors hang above tin cans full of markers and ...

Painted Mandolin is a tribute band in the most creative sense of the word: Influenced by the songs of Jerry Garcia and Grateful Dead, the music they make is uniquely theirs. The culture and community ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sierra Hull celebrated the release of her new album 'A Tip Toe High Wire' with a headlining concert at Nashville's Brooklyn Bowl. ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The newly rebranded University of Rhode Island Guitar and Mandolin Festival kicks off its ninth year on Sunday, Oct. 13, with six days of concerts on and around the Kingston campus, ...

The Classical Mandolin Society of America will convene in Kansas City Nov. 8 to 12, with some free concerts included. Casey Toth Raleigh News & Observer It’s hard to imagine, but there was a time when ...

To say Brian Oberlin is smitten with the mandolin is an extreme understatement. The award-winning performer plays baroque, romantic, swing, bluegrass, contemporary, classical, Cajun and folk music, ...