Visit any local farmers market, summer festival or coffee-house jam session, and you’ll likely see adults making music with fiddles, banjos and mandolins. It’s no surprise, then, that Vermont kids ...

If you were to travel to the Andes mountains of South America, you might encounter a small string instrument called a charango. At first glance, it looks a bit like a mandolin or ukulele with ten ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Small Business Saturday, one Kansas City business opened a new store 32 years after opening their original shop. Anton Krutz first opened KC Strings in 1992. “We didn’t have a ...

The mandolin isn’t just an accent in J Carmichael’s music — it’s the driving force behind his unique Americana-rock blend. Influenced by improvisational bluegrass and jazz, Carmichael was drawn to the ...