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Saturday Morning Car Tunes: The Mandolin

Anders Zorn via Wikimedia Commons

Saturday Morning Car Tunes

It's an orange! It's a bounty hunter! It's... a 400-year-old instrument? The mandolin is popular in both folk and art music. Is it Italian or bluegrass? Tune in to find out!

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Published on 05.25.2024
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