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Recent articles featuring Mike’s work
WMOT: Mike Compton Breathes Life into Lost Bill Monroe Tunes Craig Havighurst Article Review (March 11, 2022)
Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association Rare & Fine Review. Andy Bing (March 9, 2022)
Mandolins & Beer Podcast # 126: New Album Release Conversation (March 4, 2022) w/Daniel Patrick
Noteworthy Music: “Orange Blossom Breakdown” (March 4, 2022)
Bluegrass Unlimited: Rare & Fine Review (March 1, 2022) by David McCarty
Bluegrass Today: “Orange Blossom Breakdown” Single Release Review (Feb 22, 2022)
Mandolin Cafe (Feb 18, 2022) “Orange Blossom Breakdown” Single Release
Folk Alliance 2022 Showcase Artists, Compton & Newberry
Artist in Residence, ETSU (June, 2021)
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast #14 (Feb, 2021)
Bluegrass Ramble Interview (April, 2020)
Creativity and Bill Monroe style mandolin (Feb, 2020)
Gallop to Georgia Review - Craig Havighurst (Dec, 2019)
Mandolins and Beers Podcast Episode #16
First Generation Bluegrass, Part 2 (Live from D’Addario Stage, IBMA, 2019)
Bluegrass Unlimited - Mike Compton & Norman Blake: Gallop to Georgia Review (Oct 2019)
Southern Roots Magazine: Mike Compton-Mandolin Master (Dec, 2018)
Mandolin Mondays #110 (Feb, 2018)
Mandolin Cafe - Mike Compton Talks First Generation Bluegrass Mandolin Styles
Fretboard Journal-Highwater’s Rising, An Interview with Helen Highwater Stringband (April, 2017)
Fretboard Journal #39 - Mandolinist Mike Compton Merges Ancient Tones With Modern Grit
Southern Roots Magazine Interview
Fretboard Journal - Highwater’s Rising: An interview with the Helen Highwater Stringband
The Pitch: Interview of Mike Compton by Betse Ellis (Feb, 2014)
Bluegrass Unlimited - The Gathering (Review)
Bluegrass Unlimited - Rotten Taters (Review). August 2013
Bluegrass Today - Compton & Newberry Live (Review). April 2013
Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association - Steve Brandt Review Rotten Taters. October 2012
Enjoy The Music Magazine - Mike Compton & David Long Stomp (Review)
Country Standard Time - Stomp (Review) 2006
Mandozine Interview Questions - January 2003
Mississippi State Senate Resolution 45 - Mike Compton 2002