In the spring of 1976, Joni Mitchell trekked out to the North Shore of Staten Island to the Mandolin Brothers , a vintage American guitar dealership that had opened five years earlier and had already become a well-trodden pit stop for musicians, guitar buffs, and fretted-instrument collectors. Ms. Mitchell bought a 1915 Gibson Mandocello and a Martin herringbone guitar, Mandolin Brothers ...

Back 40 aims to bring all their members on back to Portage la Prairie for their CD release party on July 25. Spread out as they are in various communities, guitarist, fiddler and mandolin player Logan Picton said Portage’s location is a key place for the party.

MONTPELIER -- The local duo Good Old Wagon pulls into the Black Door on Thursday, July 24, at 8 p.m., for an evening of American roots music, including blues, rags, and old-time tunes. Mark Greenberg (guitar, banjo, mandolin) and Andy Pitt (guitar, slide guitar) cut their musical teeth in the 1960s folk revival. Each soon discovered an affinity for the vernacular styles at the roots of popular, ...

Not only did Flogging Molly tour with the like-minded Dropkick Murphys last fall, the band kicked off its 2008 tour on Feb. 1 - because it's never too early to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

Smoking your own food at home can be quite good fun, whether you have a home smoker or convert your barbecue into a smoker. Or you could try it my way.

May 1, 2008 -- PORTRAIT OF A COAST REDWOOD FOREST WITH MANDOLIN When the first ray pierces my canvas I breathe on its shaft, make Solar music. It's in...

January 1, 2008 -- Weber Fine Acoustic Instruments announced the new Octar mandolin recently. The Octar is an Octave mandolin built with a carved top f-hole guitar...

December 16, 2006 -- AURORA Mandolin Orchestra, the largest mandolin orchestra in Northern California, invites new members who can play a mandocello, guitar, harp or...

August 15, 2007 -- Rationale: Bone marrow-derived cells have been shown to engraft during lung fibrosis. However, it is not known if similar cells engraft consequent to...

July 1, 2006 -- FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC, in the Moravian countryside south of Prague, comes a new line of high-quality hand-built guitars and mandolins called...