Matt Combs - Fifty Years of Clown School
My guest this week is fiddler, string arranger, composer and session musician Matt Combs. After decades working in the service of other peop...
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The IBMA Award winning podcast for anyone and everyone who loves bluegrass. Free fiddle tune backing tracks and interviews with amazing people from the world of bluegrass.
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20 of 543 episodesKristy Cox - Turning Heartbreak into Hope Through Songwriting
My guest this week is singer-songwriter Kristy Cox and we're chatting about her brand new album 'Winds of Change', due out on October 9th. K...
Bertolf - From The Netherlands to Nashville (and Back Again)
My guest this week is Bertolf Lentink, better know as simply Bertolf. Bertolf grew up listening to bluegrass at home in the Netherlands with...
Julian Lage on World's Fair, Playing Solo and the Art of Interpretation
My guest this week is Julian Lage and we're talking about his extraordinary solo guitar album 'World's Fair'. Julian will be known to many o...
Bluegrass Briefing - September 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 ar...
Sean Sullivan - Capturing More Than Just Music
My guest this week is 5 time Grammy award winning engineer, mixer and producer Sean Sullivan. Sean has worked with dozens of artists, includ...
Lindsay Lou - Bluegrass Women
My guest this week is Lindsay Lou. I chatted with Lindsay a while back, about her record Queen of Time. This time we're talking about her br...
Bluegrass Briefing - August 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 ar...
Repost: Brittany Haas on joining Punch Brothers
To celebrate Punch Brothers' new record, The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers, I'm reposting a fascinating conversation I had with Britta...
Jerry Douglas - Celebrating Boone Creek
My guest this week is Jerry Douglas and we're celebrating the reissue of Boone Creek's first album. Boone Creek has a fascinating story behi...
Scott Billington - Reissuing Classic Bluegrass Albums for Craft Recordings
My guest this week is Scott Billington. Scott is a Grammy winning record producer, an author, a record company exec and a musician. But what...
Bluegrass Briefing - July 2026
Welcome to the Bluegrass Briefing for July 2026, your monthly look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass and beyond. Here are the lin...
Bitesize - Tristan Scroggins on Authenticity and Identity in Bluegrass
This week's Bitesize episode comes from a fascinating conversation I had with Tristan Scroggins in 2021. In this section Tristan reflects on...
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...
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 a...
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...
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, compl...
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, a...
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 ch...
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...