Personally, I’m not the biggest fan of the mandolin. However, there’s a player out there who is about to change my mind–Hamilton de Holanda. The mandolin has a higher-pitched, kind of thinner sound ...

Grammy-winning mandolin player Chris Thile is out with a new album. This time, he is taking the music of J.S. Bach to different locations. WKMS's Derek Operle reports.

In September 2012, 414 people gathered in Heraklion, Crete, to set the record for largest mandolin ensemble, according to the Guinness World Records website. Those hardy pickers felled a record that ...

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Like all other mandolin players seeking to sustain a pitch, he “cheats” by playing tremolo (a fast-picked repeat of the note). He also has become adept at dynamic expression, and at something ...

Grammy-winning mandolin player Chris Thile is out with a new album. This time, he is taking the music of J.S. Bach to different locations. WKMS’s Derek Operle reports. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news ...