The strings of the mandolin stretch across a century, and across an ocean, linking Kalamazoo to Italy. So mandolin virtuoso Carlo Aonzo can’t help but to have an affection for our town. Aonzo spoke ...

Italian artists value tradition ? from the carvers of conch shells into cameos, to glassblowers, to the makers of music. “I have been playing the mandolin since I was 9,” said Carlo Aonzo, a native of ...

More than virtually any other instrument, the mandolin stands for different things depending on time and place. In the 18th century it was the preserve of the wealthy in salons across Europe; by the ...

Italian immigrant Albert Bellson was considered Minnesota's master mandolin player and teacher in the 1920s and '30s, an era when big string orchestras were all the rage. Despite his lofty stature, ...

Mandolin player, singer, songwriter Chris Thile is best-known as a founding member of the progressive acoustic trio Nickel Creek and for the quintet, Punch Brothers, where he gets to amply demonstrate ...

If the sound of “quartetto romantico” strikes an appealing chord within, then the combined richness of bowl-back mandolins, mandola and classical guitar is sure to please aficionados of string ...