Bluegrass Briefing - January 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. Pod news Highlights from the first 500 episodes Inspiration for Musicians episode News and announcements - church street news Dawg at 80 on Nugs Billy Strings Tiny Desk Concert NPR Tiny Desk Contest Old Settler’s Music Festival Releases (The Grass is New) Sam Grisman Project Carolina Chocolate Drops Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas Michael Daves EP Scroll on Buddy Is Bluegrass Too Fast? Other bits Full list of interviews Collings Guitars Happy picking. Matt Support the show === Thanks to Bryan Sutton for his wonderful theme tune to Bluegrass Jam Along (and to Justin Moses for playing the fiddle!) Bluegrass Jam Along is proud to be sponsored by Collings Guitars and Mandolins and Token premium guitar picks - Sign up to get updates on new episodes - Free fiddle tune chord sheets - Here's a list of all the Bluegrass Jam Along interviews - Follow Bluegrass Jam Along for regular updates: Instagram Facebook - Review us on Apple Podcasts

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Bluegrass Briefing - January 2026 is an episode from Bluegrass Jam Along by Matt Hutchinson.

This episode is 13:16 long.

This episode was published on Jan 7, 2026.

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