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Life is good here in the Northwest.
This summer is shaping up to be a good one. I'll be helping out again at the Mandolin Symposium in Santa Cruz in June. The new Hot Club Sandwich recording featuring an appearance by Dan Hicks is nearing completion.

I'm also looking forward to the new CD by Kelley & the Cowboys, featuring Kelley Brieding and Nick McMillian from North Carolina, Joel Savoy and Glenn Fields from Lousiana, and Ray Wood and me from Washington State. You can listen to a few of the cuts here. Yes, that's electric mandolin you hear.

I'm also thrilled to be playing with Buell Neidlinger and the Prairie Ramblers - a very challenging and fulfilling gig directed by a true legend of American music.

Check out the articles page for news on several contributions that made it onto the magazine racks this year. Order back issues of the Fretboard Journal and check out links to Strings Magazine articles.