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New Grange cover artwork. A photo of the artists scattered on top of a green hill.

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Artist Profiles: New Grange

Angel Romero January 7, 2025 No Comments Alison Brown American folk music Bluegrass Darol Anger Mike Marshall New Grange Philip Aaberg Tim O'Brien Todd Phillips western classical music

Through the vision of San Francisco Bay Area collaborators and string instrument virtuosos Marshall and Darol Anger, six celebrated acoustic music veterans formed New Grange.…

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mandolin Kentucky KM-1000 Master F-Model Mandolin - Vintage Sunburst

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The Mandolin: A Versatile and Agile Instrument

Angel Romero February 13, 2023 4 Comments Adam Steffey Alan Bibey Bill Monroe Bluegrass Brazilian music Carlo Aonzo Casey Campbell Caterina Lichtenberg Celtic music Chris Thile Dan Tyminski Daniel Amick Danilo Brito Darren Nicholson Dominick Leslie Doyle Lawson Elisa Meyer Hamilton de Holanda Jesse Brock Jesse McReynolds Jonah Horton Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns mandolin Marty Stuart Mike Compton Rhonda Vincent Ronnie McCoury Sam Bush Sierra Hull Simon Mayor Thomas Cassell Tim O'Brien Tony Williamson U. Srinivas Wayne Benson world fusion world music Wyatt Ellis

The mandolin is a stringed musical instrument that is closely related to the lute and the guitar. It has a small, pear-shaped body and a…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Tim O’Brien

Angel Romero December 27, 2017 No Comments Bluegrass Celtic music Tim O'Brien United States of America

Born in 1954, O’Brien grew up in Wheeling, West Virginia listening to the Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller records played by his parents and a…

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