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 ...

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 ...

SANTA CRUZ — For a form of music known for taking numerous twists and turns over the course of a single song, it should come as no surprise when jam bands go off in unexpected directions. That was the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mandolin prodigy Wyatt Ellis pairs with Marty Stuart for the new music video "Blue Smoke." - Credit: Laci Mack* Wyatt Ellis is ...

HOUSTON, Min. – Myrtle Otis is a soft spoken, fairly shy 88-year old. That is until she picks up her mandolin. Music has been a part of Myrtle’s life for many, MANY years. “I think it always has been.

For this special performance, the duo will be joined by guitarist Andy Page and bassist Adam Booker, rounding out the ...

GREENVILLE — Two years ago, Andrew and Stephen Oliver came up with an idea for a YouTube skit. What if one of them pretended to break the world record — 26 hours and 41 minutes — for mandolin playing?

As regular readers of these columns know, I really like chatting with new-to-me artists and when one comes along that’s Maine-based, well, that’s just icing on the cake. Such is the case with this ...

I hadn’t touched a mandolin since adolescence, and, even then, I’d only fooled around. My wife was beside me. “Do it,” she ...

Rhonda Vincent's ragin' across the country this spring and summer. The five-time International Bluegrass Music Association female vocalist of the year is on tour following the release of her first ...