It may sound like a scene right out of “Antiques Roadshow,” but there were no television cameras at the Denver Folklore Center last October when staffer Nick Amodeo picked up the phone. On the line ...

“Loar, the ‘Wizard of the Mandolin,’ is a revelation to those who believe that instrument to occupy a secondary position in musical excellence,” noted a typical press clipping from his illustrious ...

The “holy grail of acoustic instruments” was played at The Great Divide music store in Aspen yesterday – a mandolin that dates to 1923 and is worth $100,000. Great Divide owner Sandy Munro was the ...