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- 🇺🇸US · Music Interviews#6330K to 100K
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11K to 39K🎙 Daily cadence·518 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
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36K to 129K🇺🇸78%🇲🇽8%🇨🇿8%+3 more - Active Followers
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14K to 52K
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Missy Raines on The Seldom Scene Act Two
Jun 17, 2026
35m 44s
Bluegrass Briefing - June 2026
Jun 10, 2026
22m 10s
Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck - The Fiddle and the Drum
Jun 3, 2026
47m 02s
The Tim O'Brien Songbook
May 27, 2026
55m 17s
Sierra Hull - The Movements
May 20, 2026
41m 39s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 6/17/26 | ![]() Missy Raines on The Seldom Scene Act Two | My guest this week is Missy Raines and we're talking about one of her all time favourite records - The Seldom Scene's Act Two We talk about how Missy grew up listening to The Country Gentlemen and The Seldom Scene, thanks to her parents' love of bluegrass, and how the band played a formative role in her early musical life, in particular how Tom Gray influenced her to become a bass player. We also discuss the shift that was happening in bluegrass and string band music in the early '70s and wha... | 35m 44s | ||||||
| 6/10/26 | ![]() Bluegrass Briefing - June 2026 | Welcome to the June 2026 Bluegrass Briefing, a monthly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass. Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode. News and announcements (Church Street News) Craft Recordings Boone Creek reissue (preorder)CDLPDownloadGabe Witcher's Gig Ledger Pro app51st Annual Father's Day Bluegrass FestivalMarcel Ardans' Winfield DocumentaryFly in FestivalOften Herd tour datesScroll on Buddy Punch Brothers play Star WarsOther bits Fu... | 22m 10s | ||||||
| 6/3/26 | ![]() Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck - The Fiddle and the Drum | My guests on the podcast this week have an astonishing 24 Grammy awards between them and they represent two musical world I love - the first is bluegrass and string band music and the second is opera. Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck join me to chat about their wonderful new collaboration The Fiddle and the Drum, a project which explores Renée's long-held love of American folk and Appalachian music. The album includes guest appearances from several musicians from in and around the string band wor... | 47m 02s | ||||||
| 5/27/26 | ![]() The Tim O'Brien Songbook | My guest this week is Tim O'Brien and he joins me to chat about 'The Tim O'Brien Songbook', a handpicked selection of 40 of his songs, complete with notation, chords, Nashville number charts and thoughts from Tim on singing and songwriting. We talk about Tim's journey from being an instrumentalist, to a singer, then a songwriter, and some of the key points along the way, as well as how he set about choosing the songs for the book. He shares his thoughts on co-writing and why songs don't alway... | 55m 17s | ||||||
| 5/20/26 | ![]() Sierra Hull - The Movements | My guest this week is Sierra Hull and we're chatting about her instrumental project The Movements. We talk about how the piece came about, as the result of a FreshGrass Concerto commission, how she approached writing the piece, with and for her current band (Avery Merritt, Erik Coveney, Mark Raudabaugh, and Shaun Richardson), and the challenges presented by releasing a project like this. We also discuss how the piece has developed since it was first written and how she and the band inco... | 41m 39s | ||||||
| 5/13/26 | ![]() John Reischman on The Salish Sea and Playing in The Tony Rice Unit | My guest this week is John Reischman and we're talking about his fantastic record The Salish Sea, recorded with his band The Jaybirds. We chat about the band's long history together and the journey behind this record, including the Freshgrass Concerto Commission that led to the title track. John also shares his memories of first meeting Tony Rice and how he came to play with The Tony Rice Unit in the 1980s, including recording the albums Still Inside and Backwaters. You can fi... | 43m 31s | ||||||
| 5/8/26 | ![]() Andy Leftwich - Aced | My guest on the podcast this week is fiddle player Andy Leftwich and we're chatting about his new album Aced. Andy talks about his love for instrumental music, including how hearing Mark O'Connor's The New Nashville Cats as a child inspired him. He also talks about contest fiddling and his 15 year stint with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, alongside Cody Kilby, who features on Aced as well as its predecessor The American Fiddler. After a decade and a half with Ricky, Andy ch... | 29m 22s | ||||||
| 5/6/26 | ![]() Bluegrass Briefing - May 2026 | Welcome to this month’s Bluegrass Briefing, a monthly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass. Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode. Podcast news Recent interview episodesAppleSpotifyNews and Announcements (Church Street News) Todd Phillips fundraiserNorth Carolina Guitar CelebrationCraft Recordings Tony Rice reissueReleases (The Grass is New) Punch Brothers - New Bike videoJarrod Walker - NighthawkI'm With Her - Sing Me Alive Scroll o... | 15m 20s | ||||||
| 5/1/26 | ![]() Sore Fingers 2026 Special | In early April I got the chance to go and hang out at SoreFingers, the UK bluegrass and old time camp, for a night. I'd recently interviewed John Wirtz about Sore Fingers' 30 year history for the podcast (link below) and he invited me along to meet the staff and tutors, hang out and watch some music. While I was there I got to interview Michael Daves and Tony Trischka (links to their episodes also below), but I also took the opportunity to wander round, mic in hand like a roving reporter, and... | 47m 33s | ||||||
| 4/29/26 | ![]() Tony Trischka - Earl Jam 2 | Tony Trischka returns to Bluegrass Jam Along to talk about his new record Earl Jam 2, the follow up to the first volume of a fascinating project that began when Tony was sent a thumb drive of recordings of Earl Scruggs and John Hartford jamming together at home. Volume 2 also has a great line up of special guests, including Billy Strings, Bruce Molsky, Molly Tuttle, Del McCoury, Sierra Ferrell and Sister Sadie. Tony tells the fascinating story of how Farayi Malek ended up adding vocals to one... | 19m 56s | ||||||
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| 4/27/26 | ![]() Michael Daves - Celebrating Jim & Jesse with Jacob Jolliff | My guest this week is Michael Daves and we're chatting about the superb new record he has out with Jacob Jolliff, We Like Jim & Jesse! The record, released on Michael's own label Wild Geranium Records, celebrates the music of first generation bluegrass legends, brothers Jim and Jesse McReynolds. Michael talks about meeting Jesse in 2019 - he was 90 or 91 at the time and still writing new tunes every day - and how that sparked the idea for the record. We also chat about Jesse's unique cont... | 25m 42s | ||||||
| 4/22/26 | ![]() Bryan Sutton - From Roots to Branches | My guest on this episode is Bryan Sutton. We're talking about Bryan's new project From Roots to Branches, the follow up to his 2006 album Not Too Far From the Tree, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. The new album features a series of duets with musicians from the wold of bluegrass and beyond, plus a couple of unreleased tunes he recorded with Doc Watson and Tony Rice. We chat about the original idea behind Not Too Far.... and how the new project differs; who Bryan chose to... | 54m 34s | ||||||
| 4/17/26 | ![]() Tony Rice's Best Loved Albums | In this bonus episode we're celebrating Tony Rice's best loved albums....as voted for by you! I put out a poll over my social channels as well as some popular Facebook groups and subreddits and collated all the responses. The rules were simple - just pick one album each for these 3 categories: 1. Tony Rice/Tony Rice Unit album 2. Album where Tony’s named as one of the artists (e.g. Blake & Rice/ Skaggs & Rice/Tone Poems) 3. Any album Tony plays on but isn’t named as an artist (e.g. DG... | 15m 57s | ||||||
| 4/15/26 | ![]() Thomm Jutz - Ring-a-Bellin and Musical Alchemy | My guest this week is Thomm Jutz. We're talking about Thomm's fascinating new project Ring-a-Bellin', an 18 track album and, for those wanting to dive even deeper into the process behind this new release, a beautiful, hardback Ring-A-Bellin’ companion book, which includes the stories and inspiration behind each song. Thomm talks about the idea behind the record; his unique approach to music, creativity, and life; how imagery, psychology, and tradition inform his work and the importance ... | 55m 34s | ||||||
| 4/8/26 | ![]() Alex Graf - Tony Rice's Manzanita Changed My Life | My guest this week is Alex Graf and we're talking all things Manzanita. Alex made the shift from a more jazz based background to flatpicking a few years ago and Tony Rice's Manzanita became one of the absolute cornerstone records for him on that journey. We talk about why it became so important, what Alex learned from Tony's playing on the record and why he still finds something new in it every time he listens. You'll hear about: How Tony's jazz influences shaped his approach to guitarThe imp... | 1h 02m 50s | ||||||
| 4/1/26 | ![]() Bluegrass Briefing - April 2026 | Welcome to this month’s Bluegrass Briefing, a monthly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass. Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode. Podcast news Brad Kolodner interviewBill Nowlin interview Releases (The Grass is New) Del McCoury Band with Peter Rowan & David Grisman Michael Daves & Jacob JolliffTony Trischka Earl Jam 2Blue Highway - Live at ETSU! A 30-Year Retrospective (preorder)Jesse Apppelman Other bits ... | 13m 06s | ||||||
| 3/25/26 | ![]() Bill Nowlin - 50 Years of Rounder Records, the 'Hobby That Got Out of Control' | My guest this week is Bill Nowlin, co-founder of Rounder Records. Bill joins me to talk about Rounder's extraordinary 50 year legacy as one of the most important, influential and best loved independent labels in American roots music. We chat about how Rounder started, after Bill was randomly assigned Ken Irwin as his college roommate, and how, along with Marian Leighton Levy, they grew Rounder from a small enterprise releasing a couple of records a year into a successful label, responsi... | 56m 49s | ||||||
| 3/18/26 | ![]() Brad Kolodner on Community, Connection and Clawhammer Banjo | My guest on the podcast this week is Brad Kolodner. Brad is a fantastic clawhammer banjo player. As well as his solo records - 'Chimney Swifts' and the recent album of solo gourd banjo tunes 'Old Growth' - Brad also plays with the band Charm City Junction, as a duet with fiddler George Jackson and with his father, Ken, as part of Ken & Brad Kolodner. He's also an award-winning radio broadcaster for Folk Alley and Bluegrass Country Radio, jam leader, festival organiser, community builder a... | 56m 27s | ||||||
| 3/11/26 | ![]() Celebrating 30 Years of Sore Fingers Music Camps with John Wirtz | My guest this week is John Wirtz. John, along with his partner Moira, runs Sore Fingers, a UK bluegrass and old time music camp that celebrates it's 30th anniversary this year. John joins me to chat about how the camp started up and how it's grown over the years to play a major role in the UK and European bluegrass scenes. We talk about some of the extraordinary tutors who have travelled across the Atlantic to teach at Sore Fingers over the years and how they've helped thousands of people dev... | 52m 44s | ||||||
| 3/4/26 | ![]() Bluegrass Briefing - March 2026 | Welcome to this month’s Bluegrass Briefing, a monthly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass. Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode. Ted Olson interviewDoc Watson 100th Birthday Celebration - part 1 - part 2 News and announcements - church street news Punch Brothers tour dates Scroll on Buddy Atkin Guitars pallet guitarJude Rogers - The Sound of Being HumanBrittany Haas w/ Paul Kowert & Mike Gaisbacher - Impromptu Sessions ... | 11m 56s | ||||||
| 2/25/26 | ![]() Celebrating the Legacy of Rich-R-Tone/Folk Star with Ted Olson | My guest this week is Ted Olson, professor of Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University. Ted joins me to celebrate the Rich-R-Tone record label and it's offshoot Folk Star. Rich-R-Tone was founded in 1946 by James Hobart Stanton who, in Ted's words, "was probably single-handedly the most important documentarian of Appalachian music." Ted has extensively researched Stanton and the Rich_R-Tone label for a project he co-produced for Bear Family Records - The Rich-R-Tone/Folk Star St... | 1h 07m 31s | ||||||
| 2/11/26 | ![]() Bitesize - Sara Watkins on I'm With Her's Grammy Winning 'Wild and Clear and Blue' | My guest on this week's Bitesize episode is Sara Watkins, who joins me to talk about I'm With Her's Grammy winning album 'Wild and Clear and Blue'. It's an album I really love (and a conversation I loved too) and I wanted to put something out to celebrate not only the Grammy win, but also the Grammy they won for the opening track 'Ancient Light'. Sara talks about the process behind writing the record, which began to take shape shortly after the pandemic, why collaboration was so important and... | 21m 54s | ||||||
| 2/6/26 | ![]() Bluegrass Briefing - February 2026 | Welcome to this month’s Bluegrass Briefing, a monthly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass. Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode. News and announcements - church street news Chris Thile’s AcousticampTony Trischka’s New York Banjo NightBruce and Darol’s Great Big Fiddle HangSore FingersRockygrass Releases (The Grass is New) Bryan Sutton/Billy Strings videoAlasdair Fraser & Natalie HaasTony Trischka Earl Jam 2 (preorde... | 12m 53s | ||||||
| 1/28/26 | ![]() Dave Sinko on How 'The David Grisman Quintet' Changed His Life | My guest this week is sound engineer Dave Sinko, who returns to chat about The David Grisman Quintet. We've talked about that record a lot on the podcast, but this is less about the story behind the album and more about how it influenced Dave and informed the way he approaches recording. In his words 'it changed my life.' We chat about his subsequent work with members of the DGQ, including Grisman himself, and recording Tony Rice for a project with Alison Brown. We also discuss how that first... | 51m 56s | ||||||
| 1/21/26 | ![]() Tony Trischka on New York in the 1970s and the Roots of New Acoustic Music | My guest this week is Tony Trischka, who returns to chat about the New York bluegrass scene in the early 1970s. New York and the surrounding area played a huge role in the development of bluegrass and in the genesis of what would become known as New Acoustic music. Tony talks about the early days of his career, including the bands Country Cooking and Breakfast Special and the overlap between that scene and the birth of Rounder Records. We also chat about some of the musicians who came out of ... | 48m 56s | ||||||
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6 placements across 6 markets.
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6 placements across 6 markets.
