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Amy Grant playing live holding a guitar.

Events

Amy Grant To Kick Off Belfast’s Folk In Fusion 2026

World Music Central News Room November 27, 2025 No Comments Amy Grant Brendan McCreanor Clare Sands Crystal Gayle David Keenan Dee White Gerry O’Connor Irish folk music Jessica Willis Fisher Jim Lauderdale Paddy Keenan Rissi Palmer Ron Block Wallis Bird world music Wyatt Ellis Your Roots Are Showing

Your Roots Are Showing (YRAS), Ireland’s folk and roots music conference, has named American singer-songwriter Amy Grant as the 2026 headliner for Folk In Fusion.…

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Wyatt Ellis standing in a field with his mandolin strapped.

Artist Profiles

Mandolin Prodigy Wyatt Ellis: A Virtuoso in the Making

Angel Romero September 26, 2024 No Comments Bluegrass mandolin world music Wyatt Ellis

Wyatt Ellis, born in East Tennessee near the Great Smoky Mountains, first discovered his passion for the mandolin after hearing Bobby Osborne’s iconic solo in…

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Articles

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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