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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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?

Correction: This story has been updated to correct Wyatt Ellis' age. Three years ago, Wyatt Ellis spent many of his days like a lot of kids his age -- as a Boy Scout and an oft-injured soccer player ...

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 ...

Americans were once mad for mandolins. Yet today, most have disappeared. We visit one of the remaining mandolin orchestras, which is celebrating... Mandolin Orchestra Celebrates 90 Years Of Harmony ...