Mandolin orchestras and string ensembles were common, playing classical and popular music. But by the early 1920s, that boom had busted and the 4-string banjo began to take over the popular music ...

NAZARETH, Pa., April 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- (Musikmesse Hall 8.0 | Booth F74) -- C.F. Martin & Co.® (Martin Guitar) will introduce long-awaited banjo and mandolin strings crafted with Monel® at ...

He's been credited with putting the mandolin back on the world map of classical music, as well as jazz and even folk. He tells FRANCE 24's Florence Villeminot why the string instrument has been o ...