Santa Cruz's Painted Mandolin will be joined by Grass Valley's Broken Compass Bluegrass for a night of dancing and jamming ...

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 ...

Grammy-winning mandolin player Chris Thile is out with a new album. This time, he is taking the music of J.S. Bach to different locations. WKMS's Derek Operle reports.

In September 2012, 414 people gathered in Heraklion, Crete, to set the record for largest mandolin ensemble, according to the Guinness World Records website. Those hardy pickers felled a record that ...

Sierra Hull celebrated the release of her new album 'A Tip Toe High Wire' with a headlining concert at Nashville's Brooklyn Bowl. - Credit: Madison Thorn* It’s early evening in Asheville, North ...

Bluegrass in general is having a heck of a year, and it just keeps booming. Thanks to younger torchbearers like Hull, Billy Strings, and Molly Tuttle, bluegrass is not only here to stay, but minting ...

The 2025 David Surette Mandolin Festival performers/instructors are (top-bottom, left to right) Carlo Alonzo, Neil Pearlman, Sharon Gilchrest, and Will Patton. Credit: Concord Community Music School ...

Sierra Hull toured with Billy Strings, Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan in May. Hull's sixth album blends traditional and progressive bluegrass influences. Railbird marks a return to Lexington, where Hull ...

Grammy-winning mandolin player Chris Thile is out with a new album. This time, he is taking the music of J.S. Bach to different locations. WKMS’s Derek Operle reports. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news ...