Mandolin maestro U. Srinivas, an astonishingly talented Indian artist who brought his Western instrument into the heart of traditional South Indian music, died Sept. 19 in Chennai at age 45. According ...

Most publicists would agree that there is never a great time for a name change, and Emily Frantz (vocals, fiddle) and Andrew Marlin (vocals, mandolin, guitar, banjo) of Mandolin Orange concurred. But, ...

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

Nov. 21—When speaking to country and bluegrass musician Ricky Skaggs, there are many things to talk about, but not enough time to cover everything. During our conversation, I got to ask him about his ...

It’s not just the loss of live shows that rocked the multibillion-dollar concert industry this year. It was everything that came with it — industry workers’ livelihoods disappearing, album sales ...

Americans were once mad for mandolins. Yet today, most have disappeared. We visit one of the remaining mandolin orchestras, which is celebrating its 90th birthday. Mandolin fever swept the United ...