One of the marks of a true artist is to push the creative envelope beyond the realms of the known and to take leaps beyond where any artist has previously set foot or, for that matter, hand.

Music tends to be labeled according to genre, oftentimes pigeonholing performers in one area of concentration when in reality they may happen to be versatile musicians with open minds and an ...

Americana folk duo Mandolin Orange played a virtual benefit concert via live stream on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook Sunday. With a range of featured instruments including the guitar and mandolin, ...

She must have been the cutest mandolin player ever to jam in a Texas catfish restaurant named Charlie’s. Sarah Jarosz was 10 years old and she was on her way, a pint-sized future star in bluegrass and ...

With twice as many strings as a violin and probably half its sonic capability, you’d think the mandolin would be a poor choice as a solo instrument in a symphony orchestra. Yet mandolinist/composer ...

For renowned Indian classical music mandolin virtuoso U. Rajesh, the biggest challenge in his career, perhaps, was stepping into his late brother's shoes. The child prodigy and musical genius U.

Bluegrass musician John Reischman has mastered the art of the mandolin, a small stringed instrument with a round back and a unique quality, which he says evolves the more it's played. Plucking away as ...

They called him Yehudi Menuhin with a mandolin. Because of the prodigious talent he displayed when he was barely 10. <div class="section1"><div class="Normal">They ...

Mandolin Magic will have a few different events this year, culminating in the big concert at St Peter's Anglican Church in Gympie. As with the previous concerts, Sue has invited friends from ...

You may or may not have heard of Jacob Jolliff. If you have, he’s likely best known as the current mandolin slinger for JamGrass heavyweights, Yonder Mountain String Band. And though that’s entirely ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Gympie. Followed categories will be added to My News. Mandolin Magic will have a few different events this year, culminating in the big concert at St Peter's ...

The mandolin seems to have taken a new avatar in U. Shrinivas' hands and together with his kid brother U. Rajesh, they have given the western mandolin a totally new eastern and global dimension that ...