Credit: Grayson County, Virginia Get Outside See Wild Ponies At Grayson Highlands State Park, set off on a scenic hike to spot its famous free-roaming wild ponies. Introduced in the 1970s to maintain ...

The rest of the people are on their way, don't worry," Vance Matthews said. This is the 18th year for the NEPA Bluegrass Festival, which draws thousands of people.

MASTERWORKS: MOZART AND THE MANDOLIN is sponsored by Century Furniture, Alex Lee, Inc., and the Kenneth K. and Suzanne G. Millholland Endowment Fund. Season media partner is Our State Magazine.

But speaking of your accomplishments, like I said, you've played at almost every venue. You've won Best Mandolin Player six times at the International Bluegrass Music Awards.

With her new album, A Tip Toe High Wire, the mandolin virtuoso steps out onto the proverbial tight rope with her first independent release since signing to Rounder Records at just 13 years old.

The Mandoleers are quick to explain that they play classical mandolins, not high-octane, bluegrass, mandolin tunes played by musicians like Bill Monroe, known as the Father of Bluegrass.

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According to leading kitchen tool company, OXO, mandolin sales since Moffitt’s videos have gone viral have seen a “dramatic increase” across various retailers, says Nicole Rivera, VP of ...

Wyatt Ellis is only 15, but the mandolin prodigy is making quite a splash on the bluegrass world and appearing alongside some pillars of the genre — Bobby Osborne, Sierra Hull, Sam Bush, Marty ...

“Since we started out in North Carolina, we knew lots of kids that played bluegrass, and we got into it,” Luciya said. “We had a great teacher down there, so we kept playing when we moved to Evanston.

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Mr. Wakefield’s innovations didn’t stop there, though. By the mid-1960s he had begun composing sonatas for the mandolin and arranging classical pieces for traditional bluegrass ensembles.