LYONS — Lizzy Scully recently took up the mandolin, borrowing an instrument from a Lyons neighbor. Deciding she wanted her own, she signed up for a class that’s teaching her to build a working ...

This article was originally published on May 3, 2024. The walls in Don MacRostie’s studio in Athens County are covered in tools. Screwdrivers and scissors hang above tin cans full of markers and ...

The music drifted down from Appalachia, from the front porches of English and Scottish immigrants who plucked and strummed the string instruments of their homelands. Along the way, someone added ...

In times past the Iveragh area produced many skilled craftsmen and tradesmen but it is difficult to recollect anyone who honed their skills in the making of mandolins. However, the craft is now alive ...

LEWIS – Bobby Wintringham, the sole, steady and unassuming hand behind San Juan Mandolins, prefers to be in the background. He’s putting the finishing touches on instrument No. 84, a guitar-shaped ...

Musician Bob Shue plays the banjo Saturday evening during a benefit event for him in Gold Hill. Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post GOLD HILL — Dozens of people on Saturday gathered at the Old Shaver ...

Don MacRostie plays one of the Red Diamond mandolins he made last year. He hand crafted the instrument in his workshop in Athens County. The walls in Don MacRostie’s studio in Athens County are ...