He’s known across the state and the country as one of the premiere mandolin players, and it all started unexpectedly right out of high school when a friend introduced him. “He handed me a mandolin, he ...

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Like just about everyone else in wide swaths of the United States, folk duo Mandolin Orange has a certain appreciation for spring that underpins the North Carolina pair’s new song “Little Worlds.” The ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Trailblazing musician David Grisman played an influential role in shaping Traverse City mandolinist Don Julin’s latest studio album. “One of my early mandolin heroes was David Grisman.

In the Eastern Kentucky hometown of bluegrass music legend Bobby Osborne, students at the Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music are learning how to pluck the mandolin and belt out high ...