Northfield Mandolins has been gathering the eight-string faithful in the town of Marshall, Michigan every year for the Marshall Mandolin Summit, a weekend of amazing concerts and workshops with some of the finest mandolinists in the world. In this video, shot at the event, Sarah Jarosz discusses how she uses her octave mandolin to accompany songs, and plays her original “Build Me Up from Bones.”
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