mandolins

• “Anne, there is a little bit of evidence that violins (in particular) do increase in amplitude and perhaps other aspects of sound through playing, so we can't really say that there is nothing to the idea of mandolins waking up or opening up, but there is certainly no agreement that they definitely do open up, and certainly no agreement as to how much.”

  Mandolin Cafe News

• “The tumbling mandolins that open the title track of Lady Antebellum's new album telegraph the group's loyalty to country music, but the electric-guitar riffs that follow nod to their past success on pop radio.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A Flock of Rock Docs

• “On the way to Galax, at Blue Ridge Music Center Grayson/Carroll County, a museum just off the parkway, you can talk to talented luthiers who create fine guitars, banjos, mandolins and other instruments on site.”

  The Huffington Post: Lea Lane: Hooked on Virginia's Crooked Road

• “There are crunchy electric guitars, moody mandolins and witticisms both goofy and insightful from singer Michael Stipe.”

  The Washington Post: Album review: R.E.M.'s 'Collapse Into Now' is settled into familiar formula

• “From 1919 to 1923, Lloyd Loar worked for the Gibson company, making F-5 mandolins whose quality has never been matched, according to everyone, including mandolin hero Ricky Skaggs, who played at the BB King Blues Club a few weeks ago.”

  The Huffington Post: Daniel Menaker: Mandolins

• “But for some time now, Japan has been turning out mandolins that are inscribed with the name "Loar," even though Mr. Loar had nothing at all to do with them.”

  The Huffington Post: Daniel Menaker: Mandolins

• “The musician and his cohorts performed utterly Indian music; the electric mandolins used by Shrinivas and his brother, U.”

  The Washington Post: In concert: U. Shrinivas at Millennium Stage

• “Collapse Into Now" shows a group not afraid to let the jangly guitars, mandolins, and classic melodies all play together.”

  The Huffington Post: Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music

• “Violins, banjos and mandolins immediately follow: an alt-country "Cosmic Pulse" and fiddle jam on "Lexington," with members jigging on "What is Time?”

  The Huffington Post: Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Buzzing Cicadas and Jewish Gangsters

• “D'Angelico came of age as a craftsman in the Little Italy of the 1920s, as the market for mandolins began to dry up.”

  The Wall Street Journal: True Artistry Born of Craftsmanship

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