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LARKSPUR, CALIF. — Mandolinist Marla Fibish and fiddler & concertina player Rebecca Richman have announced the release of their new project entitled Playdate. From the album liner notes the artists [...]
MARSHALL, MI. — Northfield Mandolins has formally announced the availability of their new F5S Limited Model with a suggested retail price of $4,495. About the new upgraded model, Northfield said, [...]
CALCUTTA, INDIA — Kurchi Phuler Desh, three original ballads in Bengali, is the title of a new recording by Diptanshu Roy (AKA "DolinMan"). A talented mandolinist steeped in American traditional [...]
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIF. — Crossrock Case Company has announced the availability of their new smaller A-style mandolin fiberglass case, specially designed to fit the Gibson A4, available in ivory [...]
PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Acoustic Disc has announced the release of Doc Watson & David Grisman, Doc & Dawg Live at Town Hall in download format only. On October 22, [...]
ARDEN, N.C. — Mountain Home Music has announced the release of the newest recording by Mark Stoffel entitled True Tones. About the recording Stoffel says, "It's made up of mostly [...]
ST. LOUIS — Mel Bay Publishing, Inc. has announced the availability of Welsh Airs & Dance Tunes for Mandolin, by Julian Rees. A native of Wales, Julian Rees offers this [...]
ST. LOUIS — Mel Bay Publishing, Inc. has announced the availability of The Joyful Gospel, by Tommy Norris. This collection presents intermediate to advanced settings of 16 traditional gospel tunes [...]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Adhyâropa Records has announced an October 11 release date and presales availability of Daniel Patrick's new album Around the Clock. The first single, "Blue Sky," featuring Sam [...]
An All-Star Bluegrass Project with Special Guests. BROOKLYN, NY — Shefa Records has announced the long-awaited release of Andy Statman's Bluegrass Tracks. Recorded during a four-day burst of creativity just [...]
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To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) This week my [...]
To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) This week I [...]
To Pre Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest [...]
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https://danielpatrickmusic.bandcamp.com/album/around-the-clock Hey everyone! This is Daniel from the Mandolins and Beer Podcast and I’m very excited to officially announce the [...]
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Today’s mandolin song breakdown focuses on another classic, Soldier’s Joy. While this is a bluegrass staple, it’s roots are mostly Scottish from around 1760 or so. Like a lot of [...]
Lately I’ve been working with beginner jammers as an assistant to a Wernick style jam in Seattle. It’s been a real fun few weeks and I’ve found that I learned [...]
Today’s mandolin song breakdown will be focusing on Jerusalem Ridge. Often this tune is considered a jam buster due to it’s length and complex melody. Aside from having 4 parts, [...]
Today’s mandolin song breakdown covers the fantastic song Angeline the Baker. I first heard the Crooked Still version of this tune which is a great variation with a few quirks. [...]
Learning mandolin chord shapes can seem tricky but an easy start is to focus on some of the basic chord shapes. In this series, I’m going to cover various chord [...]
Today’s song breakdown covers one of the first bluegrass tunes I can remember learning – There’s More Pretty Girls Than One. The simple melody and chord structure on this tune [...]
Today’s mandolin song breakdown is Garfield’s Blackberry Blossom (which is not the same as “Blackberry Blossom”). The main story of how this song came to be is essentially that general [...]
Continuing the series of “songs I should know, but don’t” today I’m covering the classic mandolin fiddle tune Big Mon by Bill Monroe. This tune is a pretty straight forward, [...]
Today’s mandolin song breakdown is on the Tim O’Brien tune the High Road. I was introduced to this tune in the Seattle bluegrass jam at Outlander Brewing late 2022 I [...]
Pop quiz hot shot – you’re at a friendly bluegrass jam and the leader just called a song you don’t know and only said “it’s in G” before they started [...]
Octave mando is just a bigger mandolin - all the notes, sheet music, frets, etc... are exactly the same, it's just bigger! Octave mando is great for backing up your [...]
// In this podcast episode, Hayes Griffin and Magnus Zetterlund discuss the interesting subject of contest playing. Why do it? How to apply? What to focus on? It's not [...]
Attention folk and bluegrass mandolinists! Dive into the world of classical music with this intermediate-level lesson on J.S. Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 BWV 1007 Prélude. Enhance your solo [...]
Welcome to my mandolin tutorial for the classic tune "Red Haired Boy"! This tune is part of the music traditions of bluegrass, old-time, Ireland and Scotland. It’s a must [...]
// Magnus interviews mandolin player Patricia Cleary from Seattle in this month's episode. She's a member of Mandolin Secrets Academy and talks about her way of keeping focus and [...]
In this mandolin video lesson, I show you how to play a traditional Swedish fiddle tune called Triolpolska efter Kristian Oskarsson (Triplet polska after Kristian Oskarsson). This dance tune [...]
In this video lesson, I show you how to play a more advanced jazz melody style on the mandolin, combining single-note melody with chord punches. The tune demonstrated is [...]
This week I´m featured on the Mandolin Mondays video series hosted by Mandolin Cafe and David Benedict.Here are their notes:Returning to Mandolin Mondays this week, we're joined by Mandolin [...]
// This month’s episode was recorded in a car, and Magnus and Hayes are having a discussion about: Hayes’s visit to Sweden The Grenna Bluegrass Festival Leading workshops [...]
Play this driving dance tune from the rich tradition of Nordic Folk music, on mandolin and octave mandolin. In this mandolin video lesson, I show you how to play [...]
// In this month’s episode, Magnus interviews one of Europe’s top bluegrass musicians, Ondra Kozák, from the Czech Republic. He plays mandolin, guitar, fiddle/violin, dobro, bass, etc. The episode is [...]
The 12th ARTE International Mandolin Festival & Competition took place in October 2022. Roi Dayan from Israel won the first prize, Marine Moletto from France won the second prize, and [...]
Charlotte Kaiser, a young mandolin player from Germany, has just published her first album “Poems for Mandolin” The album begins with the Concertinho Colibri by Hamilton de Holanda in an arrangement [...]
Carlo Munier is one of the important composers for the mandolin. In his book “Il Nuovo Stile dei Duetti per mandolino solo, Op.278 ” he has studied the possibilities of the [...]
The Mülheimer Zupforchestra is one of the best mandolin orchestras in Germany. The anniversary concert for 40 years has been filmed and is available as a youtube video. The orchestra [...]