List of mandolinists (sorted)

List of mandolinists, people who have specifically furthered the mandolin, by composing for it or playing it or by teaching it. They are identified by their affiliation to the instrument.


First generation mandolinists (c. 1744 - 1880)

  • Mademoiselle de Villeneuve (1770)[9]
  • Pietro Vimercati (?-1850)[10]

Golden age mandolinists (c. 1880 - c. 1920)

Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased)

Classical

Blues

Tennessee Chocolate Drops

  • Willie Black (United States) (blues)[29]
Whistler And His Jug Band
  • Dink Brister (United States) (blues)[30]
  • Rory Gallagher (1948-1995) (Ireland)
  • Jim Hill (United States) (blues)[30]
  • Charles Johnson (United States) (blues)[30]
  • Coley Jones (United States) (blues)[30]
Dallas String Band
Need More Band

Bluegrass

  • Charlie Bailey (1916-2004) (bluegrass) (old-time music)[40]
The Bailey Brothers
The Green Daigle Band
Country Gentlemen
Seldom Scene

Carnatic

Choro

Country

  • Karl Davis (1905-1979) (Country music)[51]
Renfro Valley Boys
Cumberland Ridge Runners
Stanley Brothers

Gospel

  • Katie Bell Nubin (United States) (gospel)[54][55]

Jazz

Old Timey

  • Orpha Powers (United States) (Old-Time or country music)
Cowan Powers and his Family Band

Southern rock

The Allman Brothers Band
Gov’t Mule

Modern mandolinists 1920 to present

Check the section above, Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased), for deceased classical music mandolinists.

Mainly classical

Australia

  • Joyce Bootsma (Australia)
Sydney Mandolins
  • Keith Harris[59]
  • Adrian Hooper
Sydney Mandolins
  • Michael Hooper
Sydney Mandolins

Belgium

  • Gerda Abts
  • Ralf Leenen[60]
Royal Estudiantina La Napolitaine

Bulgaria

France

Nov' Mandolin Trio
Nov' Mandolin Trio
  • Julien Martineau
  • Peladan Michèle
  • Annick Robergeau[65]
  • Olivia Tarallo-Valgelata[64][66]
  • Cécile Valette[63][64]

Germany

  • Daniel Ahlert[67]
  • Caterina Lichtenberg (Bulgaria)(Germany)
  • Annika Hinsche[68]
  • Marga Wilden-Hüsgen[69]
  • Veronika Schlereth[70]
  • Sabine Spath[64][71]
  • Steffen Trekel[72][73]
Duo Trekel-Tröster
  • Detlef Tewes[74]
  • Gertrud Weyhofen

Great Britain

Israel

Kerman Mandolin Quartet
Barrocade

Italy

International Mandolin Orchestra
Ensemble Gabrielle Leone, Pizzicato Ensemble
Duo Dea, Ligurian Plucked Quartette/Trio
Duo Esposito-Nishiyama, Pizzican Duo
Nov' Mandolin Trio
International Mandolin Orchestra
I Solisti Veneti
International Mandolin Orchestra

Japan

  • Ryo Aoyama[70][93]
  • Tadashi Aoyama
  • Kaga-jo Hiromitsu (加賀城浩光)
  • Yasunobu Inoue[94]
  • Ishibashi Keizo (石橋敬三)
  • Kimotsuki KenYoshi (肝付 兼美)
  • Takashi Kubota (久保田 孝)

Netherlands

Het Consort
Het Consort
  • Sebastiaan de Grebber[98]
Het Consort
  • Marina Eckhardt[99]
  • Alex Timmerman (Netherlands)[100]
Het Consort
  • Kitty Wortel-Hendriks[97]
Het Consort
  • Pauline Ulderink[98]
Het Consort

Portugal

Russia

Spain

Sweden

Camerata Mandolino Classico

Switzerland

Orchestra mandolinistica di Lugano
Lugano Mandolin Orchestra

International Mandolin Orchestra

Ukraine

United States

Mair-Davis Duo
Modern Mandolin Quartet
Mair-Davis Duo
Mandolin World Summit
Enigmatica
Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra
Modern Mandolin Quartet
  • Emanuil Sheynkman[115]
  • Richard Walz (United States/France)[116]
  • Radim Zenkl (Czechoslovakia) (bluegrass, jazz))[117][118][119]
Mandolin World Summit

Venezuela

  • Ricardo Sandoval (France)[120]

Blues

Check the section above, Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased), for deceased blues mandolinists.

Bluegrass

Check the section above, Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased), for deceased bluegrass mandolinists.

  • Tom Adams
Johnson Mountain Boys
The Circuit Riders
  • Taylor Amerding
Northern Lights (bluegrass band)
Yonder Mountain String Band
Baucom, Bibey, Graham & Haley
Bluegrass Cardinals
Continental Divide
(newgrass /dawg /gypsy /jazz)
Lonesome Rambler

Lilly Brothers
Del McCoury Band
  • David McLaughlin
Johnson Mountain Boys
Northern Lights (bluegrass band)

Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band[142]
Foggy Mountain Boys
Clinch Mountain Boys
The Country Gentlemen
Kentucky Thunder
Chris Jones and the Night Drivers

Punch Brothers
Nickel Creek
The Whites

Choro

Check the section above, Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased), for deceased choro mandolinists.

Spoleto
Rio Con Brio

  • Elisa Meyer Ferreira (Brazil)[151]
Choro das 3

Mandolin World Summit

Country

Check the section above, Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased), for deceased country music mandolinists.

Played mandolin on Tanya Tucker's San Antonio Stroll in concerts, 1994[160]
Diamond Rio

The Band Perry

  • Jerry Swallow[162]
  • Oscar Sullivan
Lonzo and Oscar
Ranch Romance
  • Les Thompson (United States)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
  • Billy Joe Walker[162]
  • Justin Williamson
Brad Paisley's band

Mix: Americana, American folk, progressive bluegrass, blues, jazz, rock, country

Check the section above, Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased), for deceased blues and jazz mandolinists.

The Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band

Irish

British folk and folk rock

Blackmore's Night

Fairport Convention
Whippersnapper
St.Agnes Fountain (Band)

McGuinness Flint
Fairport Convention

Rock

Jethro Tull
mandolin part of Joan Osborne's St. Teresa[169]
Dropkick Murphys
R.E.M.
mandolin part of Losing My Religion
Seals and Crofts
Going to My Hometown

Pink Floyd
mandolin part on Grateful Dead's Friend of the Devil[173][174]
The Byrds
mandolin part of Sweet Mary
mandolin part of Rod Stewart's Maggie May
Lindisfarne (band)

Led Zeppelin
mandolin part of Gallows Pole[177]
Led Zeppelin

Mott the Hoople
mandolin part of I Wish I was Your Mother[178]
The White Stripes
Richard Thompson's touring band
Steeleye Span

Japanese pop and anime music

  • Nagata Kazuuketamawa (長田和承)
  • Kumei Kenzo (粂井 謙三)
  • Aoyama Tadashi
風立ちぬ (Kaze Tachinu/ The Wind Rises)[179]

Fullmetal Alchemist Original Soundtrack 1
Fullmetal Alchemist Original Soundtrack 2

Jazz

Check the section above, Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased), for decreased jazz mandolinists.

  • John Abercrombie[184]
  • Jason Anick[185]
  • Issac Eicher

The String Cheese Incident

  • Michael Lampert
  • Emory Lester (United States)(Canada) (bluegrass, new age)[189]
  • Don Stiernberg (classical/country/some rock)[190]

Gospel

Check the section above, Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased), for deceased gospel mandolinists.

Mandolin orchestras

Modern

References

  1. Bone, Philip J. (1914). The Guitar and Mandolin. Schott and Company. pp. 51–52. Instead of the monotonous, nasal tone...he so manipulated the strings and plectrum...that he opened an enlarged sphere of capabilities for the instrument...It is to Bortolazzi we are indebted for the first revival of the mandolin.
  2. Bone, Philip J. (1914). The Guitar and Mandolin. Schott and Company. pp. 73–74. In 1764, he made his appearance in Paris as a mandolin virtuoso and was highly esteemed, both as a performer and a teacher.
  3. Bone, Philip J. (1914). The Guitar and Mandolin. Schott and Company. p. 85. ...was a renowned French mandolin virtuoso and teacher...devoted himself to the popularization of the mandolin, of which instrument he was a consummate artist.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Napoli - Eduardo Mezzacapo". Archived from the original on 16 March 2014.
  5. Bone, Philip J. (1914). The Guitar and Mandolin. Schott and Company. pp. 110–112. ...he toured through Europe as a blind mandolin virtuoso...his repertoire consisted of the concertos of Tartini, the principal works of Pugnani and Ferrari, and several of his own compositions...Giuseppe Bellinghe, mandolinist and composer, has dedicated his excellent variations for mandolin and piano on the Carnival of Venus to the memory of Fridzeri, the blind mandolin player and composer.
  6. "WEISS, SILVIUS LEOPOLD Sonata No. 20 in D minor, Sonata No. 14 in G minor JOHANN HOFFMANN Sonata in G major, Sonata in D minor. Birgit Schwab, Daniel Ahlert. Naxos". mdt.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015. ...JOHANN HOFFMANN (1770–c.1814)...and the Viennese mandolinist Johann Hoffmann were considered the greatest virtuosos of their day in their respective fields...
  7. Bone, Philip J. (1914). The Guitar and Mandolin. Schott and Company. p. 147. ...he made a concert tour through Austria and Germany...where his performances of both instruments (cello and mandolin) were highly spoken of...his public performances attracted considerable notice and won for him an enviable reputation.
  8. Bone, Philip J. (1914). The Guitar and Mandolin. Schott and Company. p. 175. ...an Italian mandolinist and guitarist of repute, who lived in Naples...the first teacher to give serious instruction on the mandolin to the virtuoso and composer Carlo Munier...produced one of the greatest exponents of the mandolin. line feed character in |quote= at position 43 (help)
  9. "SPECTACLES. Concert spirituel.". Mercure de France (France). December 1770. p. 151. Retrieved September 21, 2015. "It was loudly applauded at Mademoiselle de Villeneuve's execution (performance) ,who played the mandolin concerto of Mr. Stritzeri with lightness and precision". She should not be confused with French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve who had died on that date. This is one of the first mentions of a woman mandolin virtuoso.
  10. Biaggi, G. A. (March 20, 1875). "The Lute and the Mandolin, with some remarks on Sig. Giovanni Vailati in connection with them (reprint from La Gazetta Musicale in Milan)". The Musical World 53 (12) (London: William Duncan Davison). pp. 204–205. Retrieved September 20, 2015. At the commencement of the present [19th] century, Pietro Vermercati enjoyed the reputation of being a most accomplished mandoline-player. He died at a good old age at Genoa, in 1850.
  11. Shepherd, John; Horn, David; Laing, Dave; et al., eds. (2003). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Part 1 Performance and Production, Volume 2. A&C Black. p. 444. Curti... form[ed] his own 'Spanish Students' mandolin orchestra, thus starting a grass-roots mandolin orchestra craze.
  12. "Giovanni Vicari – Occhi di Bambola". excavatedshellac.com. December 22, 2008. Retrieved September 29, 2015. undisputed mandolin and banjo master...recorded mazurkas, tangos, and folk melodies from Naples and Sicily...rarely left New York’s Little Italy...
  13. "GIUSEPPE ANEDDA, (Cagliari 1/3/1912- Cagliari 30/7/1997)". Retrieved September 23, 2015. Grazie al M° Anedda, il mandolino acquistava sempre più importanza nel mondo musicale...in tutte le sale da concerto più prestigiose del mondo, dove il mandolino non era mai entrato... Thanks to Maestro Anedda the mandolin is gaining more and more importance in the music world...in all the most prestigious concert halls of the world, where the mandolin had never entered...
  14. Lamponi, Maurizio (February 3, 1993). ""NINO CATANIA, il mago del mandolino" Un ricordo del celebre mandolinista siciliano e genoano ("NINO CATANIA, the magician's Mandolin ", A reminder of the famous Sicilian mandolin and Genoa player)". La Casana (Banca Carige Spa). Retrieved September 25, 2015. d aveva da subito iniziato una vera e propria battaglia personale per l'inserimento del mandolino nel mondo fino ad allora proibito della musica "importante". (started a real personal battle for the inclusion of the mandolin in the world of hitherto forbidden "important" music.)
  15. Foss, Bill (Dec 2007). "Thread: Rudy Cipolla, Re: Rudy Cipolla". mandolincafe.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015. ...another great mandolin player named Matteo Casserino...played marvelous Italian tunes...played at the famous Cafe Trieste in San Francisco's North Beach...
  16. "Our Artists, Rudy Cipolla". dawgnet.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015. ...Rudy came into his full creative powers at a time when most composers retire or slow down. In his later years, (from his sixties through his late eighties,) Rudy wrote a prodigious amount...A tribute to him was held ...and featured ...David Grisman, Mike Marshall, Radim Zenkl, Bob Bruen...
  17. Foss, Bill (Dec 2007). "Thread: Rudy Cipolla, Re: Rudy Cipolla". mandolincafe.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015. ...San Francisco where he spent much of his time composing...Newsweek magazine once called him "one of America's unsung heroes"...I recall a Rudy Cipolla Memorial concert at the Freight & Salvage, where his music was played using his instruments which were played by Bob Bruen, Grisman...
  18. Simon, Richard B (March 30, 2000). "Grisman And Friends Pay Homage To Late Mentor,Mike Marshall, Darol Anger help form 12-piece mando-orchestra to celebrate Rudy Cipolla.". mtv.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015. ... Mandolinist David Grisman called on fellow acoustic virtuosos to celebrate the music of their mutual mentor, Rudy Cipolla...'Everything Rudy wrote … was all from another place, another era, and wonderfully encapsulated in beautiful melodies that came pouring out of this man'...including Darol Anger...Mike Marshall...Radim Zenkl...Bob Bruen...David Grisman Quartet members...
  19. Baum, Joan. "An Intrepid Group Plays the Mandolin". educationupdate.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015. The New York Mandolin Orchestra...said to be the oldest known continuously performing Mandolin Orchestra in the country... founder Samuel Firstman...
  20. Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-517337-6. ...made many orchestral arrangements...
  21. Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford University Press. p. 179. ....Toccata, Elegia, Menuetto– by Brian Israel... a professor of composition at Syracuse University...became particularly interested in the mandolin
  22. "Obituary of Kurt Jensen in the Magazine Plucked Strings" (PDF). p. 11. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved 2014-02-22. During the 20th Century two names shone like stats in mandolin circles in Europe: those of the Englishman Hugo D'alton, and the Dane, Kurt Jenson.
  23. "Mandolinist and Composer, Yasuo Kuwahara (1946 - 2003)". 13.ocn.ne.jp. Ensemble Philmusica. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  24. Coldwell, Robert (1997). "Morishige Takei and Jiro Nakano". Retrieved September 24, 2015. ...probably the most active guitarist/mandolinist/researcher [in Japan] outside of Tokyo...
  25. Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford University Press. p. 167. ...mandolinist and guitarist... Taught both instruments... Written many pieces...for unaccompanied mandolin
  26. Scott, Lauren (October 28, 2010). "Alison Stephens obituary, Britain's leading exponent of the classical mandolin". Retrieved September 24, 2015. ...leading exponent of the classical mandolin in the UK, working...with most of the country's major orchestras...did much to popularise the instrument too...
  27. Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford University Press. p. 153. composed a total of 114 works for mandolin, many of which he recorded with his own orchestra.
  28. "Terry Zwigoff Revisits Louie Bluie". The Fretboard Journal. Retrieved October 3, 2015. I had an old Bluebird record of Louie Bluie playing "State Street Rag" on mandolin and I found it such a dazzling display of talent.
  29. Haymes, Max. "I'm Gonna Hang This Mandolin Under My Shoulder (The Mandolin and The Blues)". earlyblues.com. Retrieved October 3, 2015. ...Although the blues on record started in 1920, it was not until 1924 when Willie Black was included on mandolin as part of Whistler And His Jug Band, from Louisville, Kentucky...
  30. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Haymes, Max. "I'm Gonna Hang This Mandolin Under My Shoulder (The Mandolin and The Blues)". earlyblues.com. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  31. "Terry Zwigoff Revisits Louie Bluie". The Fretboard Journal. Retrieved October 3, 2015. ...Bobby Leecan, who played with the Need More Band, who was one of the greatest mandolin players...very distinctive style...
  32. 1 2 Haymes, Max. "I'm Gonna Hang This Mandolin Under My Shoulder (The Mandolin and The Blues)". earlyblues.com. Retrieved October 3, 2015. ...Almost a year later, Bobbie Leecan who was reputedly from the East Coast, recorded an instrumental "Apaloosa Blues" with his 'Need-More Band'. Alfred Martin's mandolin here taking a supportive role...
  33. "Terry Zwigoff Revisits Louie Bluie". The Fretboard Journal. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  34. "Big Road Blues Show 8/26/12, Forgotten Blues Heroes Pt. 6 – Old Time Blues, Four Who Came Back". Retrieved September 23, 2015. Carl Martin's main instrument was mandolin but he also mastered the guitar, and according to those who saw him perform, could play anything with strings.
  35. "Charlie McCoy Complete Recorded Works (1928-1932), AllMusic Review by arwulf arwulf". Retrieved September 23, 2015. remembered as a master of the blues mandolin and guitar.
  36. "Terry Zwigoff Revisits Louie Bluie". The Fretboard Journal. Retrieved October 3, 2015. ...Al Miller, who recorded on Brunswick. He was a great mandolin player, too...
  37. "Blues Mandolin Legend Yank Rachell". Retrieved September 24, 2015. But for James "Yank" Rachell..., the mandolin, common in early string bands, nearly died out as a blues instrument
  38. Rushen, Tom (June 16, 2010). "Johnny Winter Playin Mandolin...". blindman.fr.yuku.com. The Blindman's Blues Forum. Retrieved October 9, 2015. ...playing Johnny Winter's early album 'Progressive Blues Experiment'... It hit me: hokey smokes, someone is playing a very cool mandolin on "Bad Luck and Trouble"...and a check of the liner notes reveals it is Johnny Winter himself playing it!...
  39. "Big road blues show 8/26/12, Forgotten blues heroes pt. 6 – Old time blues, four who came back". Retrieved September 23, 2015. ...the mandolin played an important role in blues and early rural black music...johnny young was the most famous of the post-war [wwii] mandolin players...
  40. Wadey, Paul (April 10, 2004). "Obituaries, Charlie Bailey, Half of the Bailey Brothers bluegrass duo who won a cult following". Independent. Retrieved October 4, 2015. ...singer, guitarist and mandolin player...first emerged in the 1930s and went on to enjoy a 40-year career...successfully fused Bluegrass and Old-Timey sounds...
  41. Russell, Tony (June 9, 2008). "Music: Bill Bolick, Mandolin player and half of hillbilly brother act, the Blue Sky Boys". theguardian.com. Retrieved September 23, 2015. Mandolin player and half of hillbilly brother act, the Blue Sky Boys...[the] delicate yet sturdy underpinning of Bill's mandolin and Earl's guitar were heard on radio stations
  42. "The Greg Daigle Band, About". daigleband.com. The Greg Daigle Band. Retrieved October 6, 2015. ...playing and teaching the mandolin for over 40 years....played and recorded with... David Grisman, Mike Marshall, and Vassar Clements.
  43. "David Grisman and Don Stiernberg Discuss Jethro Burns Legacy". mandolin cafe.com. June 9, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2015. ...his style of playing has something to offer just about anyone interested in mandolin playing. The ideas are subtle and he made things sound easy. ..If you try to play or transcribe some of his music you quickly find out he contributed a lot to the art of mandolin playing.—Don Stiernberg.
  44. Chadbourne, Eugene. "John Duffey, Artist Biography by Eugene Chadbourne". allmusic.com. Retrieved September 23, 2015. John Duffey was known for his high-lonesome tenor, brilliantly innovative mandolin playing, and the important part he played in establishing the Seldom Scene...
  45. "Monroe’s Cherished Mandolin Finds a Home at the Hall of Fame". Retrieved September 24, 2015. the 'most famous mandolin ever played'...Bill Monroe’s 1923 Gibson F-5 model.
  46. "Monroe’s Cherished Mandolin Finds a Home at the Hall of Fame". Retrieved September 24, 2015. Western Swing's prized mandolinist...known for popularizing the electric mandolin...in the 40s.
  47. Byworth, Tony, ed. (2006). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Music. London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 312. ISBN 978-1-84451-406-9. ...Old Timey, Bluegrass
  48. TSIOULCAS, ANASTASIA (September 25, 2014). "Remembering Mandolin Hero U. Srinivas". NPR.org. National Public Radio. Retrieved September 25, 2015. brought his Western instrument [mandolin] into the heart of traditional South Indian music...brought a liquid sound to his instrument that is arguably untouched by mandolinists working in any genre.
  49. Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford University Press. p. 161. ...nowadays considered to the greatest and most original player Brazil has yet produced.
  50. "Rio Con Brio". mandolinconvention.com. Classical Mandolin Society of America. Retrieved October 6, 2015. 9) transformed the Italian-influenced style of Brazilian mandolin... into a... style of expression which continues to influence younger generations...
  51. "The Cumberland Ridgerunners...". richsamuels.com. [1932 WLS Family Album]... Karl Davis and Hartford Taylor, the Renfro Valley Boys, were boyhood pals who secretly practiced on the guitar and mandolin... From left to right, they are: Karl Davis...
  52. "Hank Garland Biography". Retrieved October 30, 2015.
  53. "Hank Garland". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
  54. Welky, Ali; Keckhaver, Mike (September 1, 2013). Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music. University of Arkansas Press. ... evangelist, singer and mandolinist...
  55. "Katie Bell Nubin Discography". discogs.com. Retrieved September 25, 2015. Katie Bell Nubin & Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra - Soul, Soul Searching, Verve Records, 1960
  56. Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford University Press. p. 155. the most successful virtuoso at this time to use a Gibson F-5... Became a top vaudeville entertainer.
  57. "Sinn Sisamouth". khmermusic.thecoleranch.com. Retrieved October 6, 2015. would use the mandolin to search for rhythms to songs he was thinking of composing... later would he write the lyrics to match these rhythm
  58. Byworth, Tony, ed. (2006). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Music. London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 312. ISBN 978-1-84451-406-9. ...Mike Seeger... Old-Timey
  59. "Keith David Harris" (PDF). Lanarkshire Guitar and Mandolin Association. Retrieved October 8, 2015. was music director for the BDZ in the German state of Hesse, and from 1990-1998 lecturer in Mandolin (as a major subject) at the Music University in Heidelberg
  60. "Ralf Leenen". mandolin.be. Mandolin orchestra "Royal Estudiantina La Napolitaine", Mandolin orchestra since 1904. Retrieved October 4, 2015. regularly performs with both mandolin and violin...formed a duo mandolin and guitar together with Yvonne Azaert...has a suite for solo mandolin...author of the book "The Embergher Mandolin"...director and leader of the Royal Estudiantina "La Napolitaine.
  61. "Oleg Videnov – Mandolin". mandoisland.com. MandoIsland Blog. December 20, 2009. Retrieved October 4, 2015. tune with variations played by Oleg Videnov from Sofia, Bulgaria on the mandolin...Привечер-В.Хватов Performed by Oleg Videnov(mandolin) and Lachezar Videnov (guitar)...Silvestri-Serenade...Moto Perpetueo – Raffaele Calace
  62. "VINCENT BEER-DEMANDER, mandoliniste et compositeur français". www.vincent-beer-demander.info. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2015. Born in 1982, Vincent Beer Demander appears to be one of the main mandolonists of his generation...performed all over the world solo or besides renown musicians such as Mike Marshall, Roland Dyens, Ricardo Sandoval...Composer ...teaches at the National Conservatory of Marseille as well as at the academy of mandolin of Marseilles...
  63. 1 2 3 4 "Nov' Mandolin Trio - Trois Portraits". mandolincafe.com. Mandolin Cafe. July 19, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2015. ...members are teachers and concert performers who have graduated from French and/or Italian National Conservatoires. Nov' Mandolin members divide their time between concerts, training courses, teaching practice and contemporary creations.
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  67. "DUO AHLERT AND SCHWAB, Daniel Ahlert, mandolin, Birgit Schwab, guitar". naxos.com. Retrieved September 26, 2015. ...one of the leading duos playing modern and historic plucked instruments...They have discovered forgotten works by old masters and have inspired their contemporaries to write for them.
  68. "Annika Hinsche". mareduo.com. Mare Duo. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  69. Heil, Tanja (March 27, 2007). "Musikprofessorin Marga Wilden-Hüsgen: Ein Leben für die Mandoline" [Music Professor Marga Wilden-Hüsgen: A Life for the mandolin]. WestDeutsche Zeitung (in German) (Germany). Retrieved September 30, 2015. Bis Ende dieses Wintersemesters war sie die einzige Mandolinen-Professorin Deutschlands und machte damit die Wuppertaler Abteilung der Musikhochschule Köln zum Mekka aller Mandolinisten. (At the end of the [2007]winter semester she was the only mandolin professor in Germany and thus made the Wuppertal Department of Music Academy in Cologne a Mecca of all mandolin.)
  70. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The 9th Osaka International Mandolin Competition – Order of Performance at Final(Category A)". arte-mandolin.com. Arte Mandolinistica. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  71. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Colt, Freddy (March 26, 2011). "Il mandolino spopola negli Stati Uniti. Successo per la tournèe di Carlo Aonzo". mellophonium.it. Retrieved October 4, 2015. ...Hanno contribuito al successo di questa tournée tutti i membri a partire dal primo mandolino di spalla Clara Ponzoni Borsani (Svizzera), insieme agli altri mandolinisti Sabine Spath (Germania), Giorgio Pertusi (Voghera, Italia), Freddy Colt (Sanremo, Italia), Miriam Zaniboni (Ferrara, Italia), Paolo Stirnimann (Svizzera), Matteo Bonizzoni (Busto Arsizio, Italia)...
  72. "Mandoline und Gitarre". michael-troester.de. Steffen Trekel and Michael Tröster constitute an absolute top two this exquisite chamber music Instrumentation...this Mandolin Guitar Duet merge to form a special unit quickly.
  73. "The Duo TnT – Steffen Trekel and Michael Tröster – Guitar and Mandolin". Mando Island Blog. Retrieved September 28, 2015. The Duo Steffen Trekel (mandolin) and Michael Tröster (guitar) ist definitivly one of the most importand duos for mandolin and guitar in Germany and all over the world.
  74. Reichenbach, Michael. "Classical Mandolin Players, Detlef Tewes". mandoisland.de. Retrieved September 28, 2015. ...one of the first students of Marga Wilden Hüsgen...played all over the world in more than 2000 concerts...initiated many new compositions for the mandolin...
  75. "Frances Taylor interview". mandolin.ork.uk. June 2005. Retrieved September 29, 2015. ... pupil of the internationally acclaimed virtuoso mandolinist Ugo Orlandi...studied the Italian school of mandolin playing at Padua Conservatoire...created a special project to introduce young people to the mandolin...
  76. "Avi Avital Nominated For Classical Grammy Award". mandolincafe.com. Retrieved September 22, 2015. ...being a classical mandolin player...opens a wide field for creative freedom...I feel that I am bringing to light new faces of this unique instrument
  77. "Jacob Reuven Featured, About Jacob Reuven". mandolin.org.uk. Retrieved September 28, 2015. one of the leading mandolin players in Israel...has performed with most of the leading Israeli orchestras...
  78. "Alon Sariel – mandoline, Alon Sariel – Conductor, Mandolininst, Lutenist". geelvinck.nl. Retrieved September 28, 2015. ...recorded for labels such as Naxos, Orlando and Albany Records...founded the Hannover International Ensemble...solo performances with several orchestras in the UK, among them, Imaestri Orchestra, London International Orchestra, Arnold Sinfonia, Airedale Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the City...
  79. "Carlo Aonzo". Steve Kaufman Flatpick Central. Retrieved September 25, 2015. active scholar of historic mandolinists and mandolin repertoire...teaches popular annual workshops in New York City...founded the International Academy of Italian Mandolin...promoting the art of Italian classical mandolin playing...passion to both champion the mandolin’s forgotten past and to develop its classical tradition into the future
  80. Braig, Eugene; Bull, Linda (eds.). "Carlo Aonzo Biography". www.carloaonzo.com. Retrieved September 28, 2015. ...his father Giuseppe (Director of the "Circolo Mandolinistico G. Verdi di Savona"), instilled in him a love and respect for the mandolin that has remained with him all his life...
  81. "Andrea Bazzoni". orchestraplettrobreganze.it. Orchestra a plettro di Breganze. Retrieved September 26, 2015. ...Student of Maestro Ugo Orlandi, obtaining the degree of academic degree in mandolin at the "Cesare Pollini" of Padova...directed for three years, the Federation mandolin Veneto ...Researcher of original music for plectrum instruments authors of Vicenza, has found and discovered composers almost unknown...
  82. "Emanuele Cappellotto, Mandolin // Mandola // Mandolino, Biography". emanuelecappellotto.it. Retrieved October 17, 2015. ...studied mandolin with Ugo Orlandi...has performed as soloist...founder of Venice Mandolin & Guitar Ensemble...
  83. Yasuo Kuwahara - Improvised Poem for solo mandolin played by Emanuele Cappellotto. Biancade, Treviso, Italy: www.emanuelecappellotto.it. 18 August 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  84. "Pizzican Duo, Mandolino e Chitarra". pizzicanduo.it. Pizzican Duo. Retrieved September 29, 2015. ...teacher Ugo Orlandi... plays with "Duo Dea" (Mandolin and Piano), "Pizzican Duo" (Mandolin and Guitar), "Duo Esposito-Nishiyama" (2 Mandolins) and "Intermezzo Quartet".
  85. "Ligurian Plucked Quartet" (PDF). pizzicanduo.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  86. "Ligurian plucked trio" (PDF). pizzicanduo.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  87. Taylor, Frances (March 28, 2014). The Mandolin Lesson: A journey of self-discovery in Italy. Troubadour Publishing. pp. 5–6. Ugo introduces me to another mandolinist, Donna Frati. She played with Ugo in Dublin...they were soloists in...Vivaldi's Double Mandolin Concerto.
  88. "Docenti >> Docenti Scelta Elenco >> Docenti Elenco alfabetico >> Miotti Maria Cleofe". conservatoriopiccinni.it. Conservatorio di Musica N. Piccinni. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  89. Reichenbach, Michael. "Classical Mandolin Players, Carlo Aonzo". www.mandoisland.com. Retrieved September 28, 2015. ...Carlo Aonzo hat bei Ugo Orlandi studiert und ist vermutlich nach Orlandi der bekannteste italienische Mandolinspieler...(Carlo Aonzo has studied with Ugo Orlandi and is believed to be, after Orlandi, the most famous Italian mandolinist ...).
  90. "Roberto Palumbo". mandolinoestense.it. Associazione Ensemble Mandolinistico Estense. Retrieved October 4, 2015. studied with...André Saint-Clivier, Giuseppe Anedda as well as Mauro Squillante...teaches Mandolin and Classic Guitar at the E.M.E. (Ensemble Mandolinistico Estense) music school in Modena
  91. "Protagonista il mandolino, Teachers". mandolinoestense.it. Associazione Ensemble Mandolinistico Estense. Retrieved October 13, 2015. graduated in mandolin in 1993 at the Conservatorio "Pollini" of Padua, where she studied with Maestro Ugo Orlandi...teaches mandolin at some schools in Piedmont
  92. "Biography". maurosquillante.com. Retrieved October 4, 2015. ...specialist of ancient plectrum instruments (mandolin and mandola, mandolone, colascione...Carries out an intense concert activity in Italy and abroad performing solo, duo with harpsichordist Raffaele Vrenna...teaches mandolin at the Piccinni Conservatory in Bari and is professor at the Conservatory of Salerno "G.Martucci".
  93. Reichenbach, Michael. "Zigeunerweisen – Two great Mandolin Videos from Japan". www.mandoisland.com. Retrieved September 28, 2015. The Capriccio Zingaresco by Enrico Marucelli is being played by the young Japanese mandolin player Ryo Aoyama.
  94. "Mandolinist Yasunobu Inoue, プロフィール (Profile)". www.inouemandolin.jp. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  95. 1 2 Reichenbach, Michael. "Zigeunerweisen – Two great Mandolin Videos from Japan". www.mandoisland.com. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  96. "Ferdinand Binnendijk". themandolintuner.com. Retrieved September 26, 2015. The ‘Capriccio Spagñuolo’ (Op. 276) by Carlo Munier (1859 – 1911) performed by the Dutch mandolinist Ferdinand Binnendijk ...RÊVERIE – Claude Debussy performed by Ferdinand Binnendijk, mandolin...Raffaele Calace – RONDO Op.127 performed by Ferdinand Binnendijk, Mandolin...
  97. 1 2 3 "The 2nd mandolin section". hetconsort.net. Mandolin Chamber-Orchestra Het CONSORT. Retrieved October 4, 2015. Jesse Buijs, Kitty Wortel-Hendriks,Ferdinand Binnendijk – 2nd concertmaster
  98. 1 2 3 "The first mandolin section". hetconsort.net. Mandolin Chamber-Orchestra Het CONSORT. Retrieved October 4, 2015. Sebastiaan de Grebber – 1st concertmaster, Yolanda Döpp, Pauline Ulderink
  99. "Index". Follie a deux. ... followed masterclasses from Keith Harris, Gertrud Weyhofen, Detlef Tewes en Caterina Lichtenberg....
  100. "2007 Highlights, The Franco-American Mandolin Festival". mandolin-orchestra.org. Retrieved September 26, 2015. Alex Timmerman is Music Director of Het Consort...One of the world’s premier experts on historical plucked instruments...author of De Mandoline en de Gitaar door de Eeuwen heen (The Mandolin and the Guitar Through the Centuries)...concert artist, conductor, and lecturer Alex Timmerman has taught mandolin and guitar...works for the musical instrument department of the Haags Gemeentemuseum of The Hague.
  101. Yasuo Kuwahara Rail Road Song. Elena Zabavskaya (elenazabavskaya on Youtube). June 3, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  102. Rizos, Chris. "Elena Zabavskaya". themandolintuner.com. Retrieved October 17, 2015. ...mandolin virtuoso in Russia...
  103. "Juan Carlos MUÑOZ, mandolin & baroque mandolin". artemandoline.com. Arte Mandoline Baroque Ensemble. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  104. "The Founder - Lars Forslund". The Mandolin Academy in Venice. Retrieved October 8, 2015. The Founder - Lars Forslund (of the Mandolin Academy in Venice)...completed his studies of the classical mandolin under the guidance of Keith Harris, Takashi Ochi, and Yasuo Kuwahara at the Institute for Chamber Music in Kobe, Japan...
  105. "Mauro Pacchin, maestro onorario". Orchestra Mandolinistica di Lugano. Retrieved October 4, 2015. fondato nel 1976 il "Gruppo mandolinistico di Gandria" che ha diretto dal 1976 al 1990 per poi passare all' "Orchestra mandolinistica di Lugano" che dirige tuttora e con la quale ha eseguito più di 400 concerti.Nel 2006 gli è stato conferito il "Plettro d'oro" per i suoi 30 anni di attività. (in 1976 he founded the 'Gruppo mandolinistico di Gandria' (Mandolin Group of Gandria) which he directed from 1976 to 1990 before moving to the 'Orchestra mandolinistica di Lugano' (Mandolin Orchestra of Lugano) and which he heads still and with whom he has performed more than 400 Concertos. In 2006 he was awarded the "Pick of gold" for its 30 years of activity.)
  106. "Mandolinist Anatoliy Semikozov". www.is.svitonline.com. Archived from the original on May 29, 2010. Retrieved October 4, 2015. one of the most prominent mandolin-players of Ukraine
  107. Patterson, Jim; Mayse, James. "Butch Baldassari Takes Bill Monroe to the Symphony". Mandolin Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2015. [magazine issue Winter, 2002]... Baldassari's work is the latest in a building genre that seeks to find common ground between indigenous American music and the European classical tradition.
  108. Kioulaphides, Victor (November 20, 2011). "Joseph Brent Interview". mandolincafe.com. Mandolin Cafe. Retrieved October 2, 2015. ...The faculty were mightily impressed by his mandolin playing,...The only trouble was... there was no mandolin program, no such degree, no such curriculum!......Joe is now the first and only mandolinist in the United States to hold a conservatory position as an instructor specifically of classical mandolin.
  109. Mickey Love. "NEW AMERICAN MANDOLIN ENSEMBLE, MARK DAVIS: Director, Mandolin, Mandola". active through the ‘80’s and ‘90’s with his pioneering mandolin and guitar ensemble, the Mair-Davis Duo [with Marilynn Mair]...In 1989 Mr. Davis assumed the role of Music Director/Conductor of the Providence Mandolin Orchestra...Under his direction the group has been recognized as one of the top plucked string ensembles in the US
  110. Mickey Love (March 13, 2014). "Maryland Entertainment, Spectrum: Mandolin soloist David Evans featured at upcoming concert". In 1982 he joined the Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra and took over as the orchestra’s director in 1986, retiring in 2011 after 25 years...In addition to being a solo performer, Mr. Evans plays first mandolin in the Baltimore Mandolin Quartet and teaches mandolin at Goucher College in Baltimore. He has also performed with the Peabody Camerata, Peabody Symphony, Johns Hopkins University Symphony, Providence Mandolin Orchestra, Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra, and as a soloist at Classical Mandolin Society of America conventions.
  111. 1 2 "Modern Mandolin Quartet, Bios". modernmandolinquartet.com. Modern Mandolin Quartet. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  112. Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford University Press. p. 179. ...a significant figure in this revival, in particular his championing of the unaccompanied mandolin.
  113. "The life and music of marilynn mair". intothebardo.wordpress.com. The Bardo Group. June 13, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2015. ...professor of music at Roger Williams University at Bristol, Rhode Island...writing is a series of hybrid choro in which Marilynn uses themes from classical music and jazz to creat Brazilian music...
  114. Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford University Press. p. 181. ...Developed the duo-style of playing to a very sophisticated degree.
  115. Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-19-517337-6. Emanuil Sheynkman has continued a successful career as a mandolinist...
  116. "2005 Highlights, Plans for the Future". mandolin-orchestra.org. Providence Mandolin Orchestra. Retrieved September 29, 2015. American-born, French-based musician, Richard Walz, is one of the world's leading classical mandolinists and a highly accomplished violinist. He tours internationally on a regular basis as a recitalist, soloist and member of several chamber music ensembles...recognized for his research and performance of 18th and 19th century music.
  117. "Radim Zenkle". zenkl.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015. [self described on artist webpage] ...progressive original and eastern European traditional music flavored with string jazz, new age, bluegrass, flamenco, rock, classical and other...
  118. Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-19-517337-6. exciting young performer...highly idiosyncratic way of playing...adapting classical and bluegrass styles to his own...tunings...techniques
  119. "Mandolin World Summit, Paulo Sá". marilynnmair.com. Retrieved October 2, 2015. ...has achieved phenomenal success in his adopted country, winning the U. S. National Mandolin Championship in 1992, and performing and recording with Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Bela Fleck, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Dan Hicks, and others. Radim tours extensively as a mandolin soloist, and with the quartet, "A Festival of Four." ...
  120. "About Us, Ricardo Sandoval, guest instructor (mandolin)". sdclassicalmandolincamp.com. San Diego Classical Mandolin Camp. Retrieved October 4, 2015. ...degree in music from the Instituto Universitario de Estudios Musicales (IUDEM) in Caracas...continue[d] his studies at the Musikhochschule (Cologne University of Music) with Marga Wilden-Hüsgen and Gertrud Weyhoffen...teaches and regularly gives solo and ensemble concerts in classical and Latin American music...directs an amateur mandolin orchestra in Luxemburg.
  121. Rich, DelGrosso. "Mandolin Blues From Memphis to Maxwell Street, the intro to DelGrosso's book by Hal Leonard Pub.". mandolinblues.com. Retrieved October 7, 2015. the Rolling Stones, started as a blues band... asked Ry Cooder to play Yank Rachell-style mandolin licks...
  122. Limnios, Michael (March 1, 2012). "Bert Deivert : Blues on the 8 strings". blues.gr. Blues GR. Retrieved October 8, 2015. repertoire consists of blues classics... Son House, Yank Rachell, Sam Chatmon, Skip James, Johnny Young, Carl Martin, Howard Armstong, Vol Stevens, Will Hatcher, Tampa Red, Sleepy John Estes, Mississippi Sheiks... Delta and country blues... specialties are blues mandolin and slide guitar...
  123. "Rich DelGrosso Intervew". mandolincafe.com. Mandolin Cafe. Retrieved October 7, 2015. ...blues mandolinists don't exactly represent a crowded genre... has amassed a stack of national blues organization awards for his playing...
  124. "Techniques, Rich DelGrosso". mandozine.com. Rich is a specialist in blues mandolin...A truly great player and teacher, he has taught music for over 25 years...
  125. McCarty, David. "Andra Faye - First Lady of Blues Mandolin". Mandolin Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2015. [magazine issue Winter 2012-2013]...Blues mandolin... has always been the domain of a few determined, extraordinarily talented players...Andra Faye... moves the blues mandolin needle even higher.
  126. Jimi Hocking biography. 2007 saw Jimi release 'Blue Mandolin', his first album of mandolin-based tunes. Jimi's unique stlye of 'blues mando' made an instant impact on the local scene...
  127. "Lino Muoio : Mandolin Blues". starassoprod.com. Retrieved October 7, 2015. ...a very active Napolitan bluesman in the Italian scene...presents here a new kind of "work" born of his passion for the mandolin...
  128. Richter, Jim. Richter Mandolin: Postmodern Blues, Rock & Alt-Folk Mandolin. Jim Richter shares insights and techniques that punctuate his style of blues, rock, and folk mandolin...
  129. Jimi Hocking's mandolins .. In modern times Rich Delgrosso is the foremost living exponent of Blues mandolin, he is a fine player and spent time in the company of the great ‘Yank’ Rachell...
  130. Morthland, John (September 3, 2003). "The Hypnotic Banjo, Otis Taylor's spooky, trance-inducing blues.". slate.com. Slate. Retrieved October 9, 2015. ...His largely acoustic music is blues, or at least blues-based, in that he often echoes the dark, doom-laden one-chord boogie patterns ...in addition to guitar, Taylor himself plays mostly banjo and mandolin...
  131. Dacaire, David (December 19, 2001). More Blues Singers: Biographies of 50 Artists from the Later 20th Century. McFarland. pp. 222–223. 'Mandolin Man' was a heartfelt tribute to Yank Rachell, the great blues mandolin player... Theessink is a multi-instrumentalist, able to play...the mandolin... knows where to insert... a run of mandolin notes...
  132. "Doc White Victoria, Australia, Actor, Musician". starnow.com. Star Now, Auditions and Jobs. Retrieved October 9, 2015. ...plays country blues like the devil, who was an early fan, and is one of the few modern blues artists to adopt the mandolin...
  133. "Rainer Wöffler Blues & Slide, 08/22/2015 - 08/29/2015, Casanuova". Mediterranean Music School Sommer Workshops 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015. ...has long been one of the top guitarists of the acoustic blues in Germany... With his band "Sons of the Desert" and the duo "The Red Hot Serenaders"... In both formations Rainer playing on guitar, Hawaiian guitar, mandolin and ukulele blues, jazz and Hawaiian music in the early years , Rainer has played with many sizes of blues scene...
  134. "Mandolin.org.uk, Marc Woodward, Biography". mandolin.co.uk. 2005. Retrieved October 9, 2015. Highly regarded UK mandolinist... released his long-awaited first CD Bluemando - which features an eclectic mix of blues, jazz and original music and songs...
  135. "Congrats to Darin and Brooke". Bluegrass Today. December 28, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  136. Hidden Track Staff (February 24, 2012). "Rex-A-Vision: Yonder Mountain String Band in Nashville". glidemagazine.com. Retrieved September 25, 2015. ... frontman and mandolinist Jeff Austin... performing, with twisted facial expressions, gangly dance moves and on mic silliness belie his deadly earnestness when picking on his instrument.
  137. "Baucom, Bibey, Graham & Haley". cduniverse.com. Retrieved October 31, 2015. Jimmy Haley (guitar, vocals); Terry Baucom (banjo, fiddle, bass, vocals); Alan Bibey (mandolin, background vocals); Randy Graham (bass, vocals).
  138. McCarty, David. "Mike Compton - The Unlikely Icon". Mandolin Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2015. [magazine issue Winter, 2003]... has earned a worldwide reputation as one of the modern masters of bluegrass mandolin... his command of the instrument allows him to go far beyond mere mimicry of Big Mon's [Bill Monroe's] licks to a unique ability to weave new phrases and solos that bear the mark of Monroe without sounding forced or copied.
  139. Joyner, Hermon. "Buddy Merriam - No Turning Back". Mandolin Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2015. [magazine issue Spring 2010]...By this time, he was a confirmed Bill Monroe fan and was on his way to being a bluegrass mandolinist... Merriam's mandolin sound is linked closely to the mandolins he plays. He happens to play two of today's best mandolins — a Monteleone Grand Artist and a Gilchrist F5...
  140. Byworth, Tony, ed. (2006). The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Music. London: Flame Tree Publishing. pp. 296–297. ISBN 978-1-84451-406-9.
  141. Loomis, Bob (2002). "Tom Rozum - A Rhythm Rascal's Varied Influences". Mandolin Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2015. [magazine issue Winter 2002]... plays mandolin and mandola with bluegrass superstar Laurie Lewis...
  142. Artist Biography by Eugene Chadbourne. "Sandy Rothman | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
  143. Lawless, John (September 9, 2013). "Herschel Sizemore: Mandolin In B". bluegrasstoday.com. Retrieved October 3, 2015. ...among the very first practitioners of the [Bluegrass] mandolin to break distinctly from Monroe’s style, and began to chart a course that has profoundly affected everyone who has played since...
  144. McCarty, Dave. "Herschel Sizemore - On A Mission". Mandolin Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2015. [magazine issue Winter, 2002]... But then, tellingly, he (Bill Monroe) would confide in Sizemore how much he respected him. 'You play what you hear in your head, just like I did,' the father of bluegrass once said to Sizemore.
  145. Goad, John Curtis (September 3, 2013). "Lonely Comes Easy – Chris Jones and the Night Drivers". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  146. "The Joe K. Walsh Interview". mandolincafe.com. Mandolin Cafe. April 5, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2015. When Berklee College of Music found itself in need of someone with a focus on mandolin upon the passing of John McGann, they turned to Joe asking him to instruct the next generation...
  147. McCarty, David (2007). "Kym Warner - Music From Down Under". Mandolin Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2015. [magazine issue Spring, 2007]... Until now, there hasn't been a homegrown Aussie player to achieve world-class status as a mandolinist.
  148. "The Whites". skaggsfamilyrecords.com. Skaggs Family Records. Retrieved October 8, 2015. Buck White started his musical career not long after the end of World War II, working the dance halls and radio shows... Honky-tonk music called for the piano and the bluegrass mandolin, and so he became proficient on both, absorbing the many varieties of Texas country and blues...
  149. Cabe, Jessica (May 25, 2014). "Review: Brazilian mandolinist Danilo Brito brings choro to jazz series". postandcourier.com. The Post and Courier. Retrieved October 6, 2015. Brazilian choro mandolinist Danilo Brito... proved there is room for progress while respecting the integrity of the classics... a master of phrasing, making the music swell and recede, ebb and flow...
  150. "Rio Con Brio". mandolinconvention.com. Classical Mandolin Society of America. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  151. "Classical Mandolin Society of America, 2013 Convention Host - Regina Mandolin Orchestra, Choro das 3, Porto Feliz, São Paulo, BRA". Retrieved October 6, 2015. Choro das 3 is a Brazilian Instrumental Music Band...Elisa plays mandolin...Mike Marshall says Choro das 3 plays '... the highest quality of Brazilian Choro music that can be heard any place today.'
  152. "Choro de Lá pra Cá". chorodelapraca.com. Choro de Lá pra Cá. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  153. Albin, Scott. "Jazz Reviews: Live!Yamandu Costa & Hamilton de Holanda - By Scott Albin — Jazz Articles". Jazztimes.com. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
  154. Monterrey Coast Weekly. "Agradecido". importcds.com. Retrieved October 6, 2015. modern arrangements of Brazilian Chôro, Samba, Bossa, Basque, and Latin Jazz ...Ray's unique mandolin style...steps into the foremost ranks of jazz and Latin-based mandolinists
  155. Tamara Elena Livingston-Isenhour, Thomas George Caracas Garcia. 2005. Choro: A Social History Of A Brazilian Popular Music. Indiana University Press, Jul 30, 2005 p. 133
  156. "Mandolin World Summit, Paulo Sá". marilynnmair.com. Retrieved October 2, 2015. ...Brazil devoted himself to mandolin performance and research from an early age, specializing in "Choro...in addition to performing, teaches at the Villa-Lobos Institute of Music and the Brazilian Conservatory of Music...
  157. Nathaniel Riverhorse Nakadate. "On the Wagon, Following Paul Buskirk's long, dusty trail". fretboardjournal.com. Retrieved September 25, 2015. Fretboard Journal Issue 14: Summer 2009...late mandolin virtuoso...David Grisman even declares, 'Paul Buskirk is one of the unsung heroes of the mandolin.'
  158. 1 2 3 "Collin Rae". PragueFrank's Country Music Discography. December 17, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  159. "Steve Howell and the Lonesome Teardrops". profileengine.com. Retrieved October 30, 2015. Lead guitarist moved to Nashville from Los Angeles in the early 90’s. He spent the next 12 years touring with Tanya Tucker and Collin Raye.
  160. Everett, Todd (April 12, 1994). "Review: 'Tanya Tucker, Jeff Dunham'". Variety.com. Variety. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
  161. "Steve Gibson Biography". ArtistDirect.com. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
  162. 1 2 3 "Tanya Tucker". PragueFrank's Country Music Discography. December 30, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  163. Byworth, Tony, ed. (2006). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Music. London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 311. ISBN 978-1-84451-406-9. ... Ranch Romance (Jo Miller, Nancy Katz, Barbara Lamb, Lisa Theo....alt-country, Western Swing...
  164. Joyner, Hermon. "Richard Kriehn: A Prairie Home Mandolinist". themandolinplayer.net. Retrieved October 6, 2015. ... plays mandolin and fiddle in that show’s (Prairie Home Companion) The Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band...
  165. "Thread: Ozark mandolins". I spoke to Chris about his Ozark(s) a couple of years ago when Fairport Acoustic were passing through... Chris's primary requirement is a good playing mandolin that we almost always be amplified...
  166. "The Mandolin Kings: Dave Swarbrick". mandolinking.com. Retrieved October 6, 2015. ...his mandolin playing is much under-rated...
  167. Jonas, Martin. "Dave Swarbrick/Fairport Convention tunes". mandolincafe.com. Retrieved October 6, 2015. equally great on fiddle and mandolin...
  168. Nollen, Scott Allen (November 21, 2001). Jethro Tull: A History of the Band, 1968-2001. McFarland. p. 236. Ian Anderson: Vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, mandolin
  169. "St. Teresa by Joan Osborne". songfacts.com. Retrieved October 4, 2015. ...at some point the mandolin riff came, but I was still playing it over a kind of Jazz/Waltz/Blues...and then one day I said, 'Let me play this mandolin to a click track.'...
  170. Ferfuson, Jim (December 2008). "Thread: Dash Crofts". mandolincafe.com. Mandolin Cafe. ...That and other videos of Dash really do show his versatility on the mandolin...
  171. Todd, Ben (May 13, 2011). "Pink Floyd legends Roger Waters and Dave Gilmour reunite in front of 14,000 delirious fans at O2 Arena". dailymail.co.uk. Daily Mail. Retrieved October 6, 2015. Last night Pink Floyd legends Roger Waters and Dave Gilmour were reunited...With Gilmour on mandolin,... the trio... played an unplugged version of Outside The. Wall...
  172. "Maestro Alex Gregory". emando.com. Retrieved September 25, 2015. ...heavy metal guitar hero, mandolinist, luthier, composer, and inventor... spent about a decade advocating electric mandolins...
  173. jefflester (September 17, 2008). "Mandolin Cafe Forumns, Thread: Grateful Dead tunes". mandolincafe.com. Mandolin Cafe. Retrieved October 4, 2015. "Friend of the Devil" was written by Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter, and John "Marmaduke" Dawson...released on the Dead's "American Beauty" album...David Grisman played mandolin on the studio recording.
  174. Garcia: An American Life by Blair Jackson, Penguin Books, 1999, pg. 202.
  175. Graham, Bill (September 7, 2008). "The Man With The World's Most-Heard Mandolin Solo". mandolincafe.com. Mandolin Cafe. Retrieved October 7, 2015. ... played the mandolin solo on "Maggie May," as well as on "Mandolin Wind," both songs on Stewart's 1971 "Every Picture Tells A Story" album.
  176. "John Paul Jones: A Lifetime of Acoustics". led-zepplin.org. July 6, 2014. Retrieved September 26, 2015. bought his first mandolin in April 1970 in Evansville, Indiana...brought his newly acquired mandolin to Headley Grange in late May 1970...added another level of aural texture to Jimmy’s acoustic guitar work..Seattle Washington's Backstage Theatre...played mandolin, piano and arranged string parts and conducted the orchestra on some tracks.
  177. "Gallows Pole by Led Zeppelin". songfacts.com. Retrieved October 4, 2015. That's John Paul Jones on mandolin and bass, and I'm (Jimmy Page) playing the banjo, six-string acoustic, 12-string and electric guitar
  178. "Ian Hunter Band feat. Mick Ronson - Live at Rockpalast 1980 (DVD)". classicrockrevisited.com. Classic Rock Revisited. Retrieved October 4, 2015. a nice version of the Mott The Hoople classic "I Wish I was Your Mother" featuring Ronson on mandolin
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