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New Classical Tracks: Modern Mandolin Quartet - Americana Bonus Content

Posted at 12:00 PM on November 20, 2012 by Elena See
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Modern Mandolin Quartet - Americana

Not all of the content from an episode of New Classical Tracks makes the audio cut. Here is further information and interviews relating to the new disc, Americana by the Modern Mandolin Quartet.

The Modern Mandolin Quartet welcomes this holiday season the same way they've welcomed almost every holiday season since they first started playing together in 1985 — with a special arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite that they'll include on some of their upcoming concerts. Here's what two of the group's founding members, Paul Binkley and Dana Rath, have to say about this music (which was arranged for them by a former member of the MMQ — Mike Marshall):

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