Bluegrass Jam Along

My guest this week is Kristina R. Gaddy, who joins us to discuss her fascinating new book “Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History”.

We chat about how she came to write the book and some …

My guest this week is three time IBMA Guitar Player of the Year nominee Trey Hensley.

We talk about Trey's early start in the music business, including his first appearance on the Opry, just 9 months …

My guest this week is Paul Kowert, bassist with Punch Brothers and Hawktail.

Paul joins me to chat about Hawktail's wonderful new record 'Place of Growth', how the band came together, why they decided…

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I've had a couple of weeks off the podcast to have a holiday, but I've been mulling over something Dan Tyminski said in the interview I did with him a couple of weeks ago and wanted to sh…

My guest this week is bluegrass legend Dan Tyminski.

We chat about Dan's new EP 'One More Time Before You Go : A Tribute to Tony Rice.' We talk song selection, what Tony's music means to Dan and some …

This week we've got another mini jam episode. This time we're stepping things up to 85 bpm and playing 3 tunes back to back. 

This week's tunes are

1. Cherokee Shuffle in A (starts at 1:03)
2. Blackberry Blos…

My guest this week is Chris Pandolfi, banjo player with The Infamous Stringdusters and also the host of my favourite podcast, Inside the Musician's Brain.

We chat about the podcast and the lessons Chr…

My guest on the podcast this week is guitarist and Peghead Nation founder Scott Nygaard.

We chat about playing with Chris Thile and Tim O'Brien, including how Scott got the gig with Tim after a chance…

My guest this week is Cameron Knowler.

Cameron is a multi-instrumentalist who specialises in bluegrass, old time and jazz. I was first introduced to Cameron by Bob Minner, who I interviewed back in Ma…

This week we've got something I haven't done in a while - a mini jam episode. That means we're playing 3 tunes back to back instead of focussing on just one. The idea is it feels a bit more like play…

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This is another Food For Thought episode and it centres around the idea of perfection.  Chris Eldridge said something recently that made me think about letting go of the idea of playing p…

This week we're jamming along to the classic tune Big Sciota and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play rhythm track where I play the melody so you can work on…

This week we're jamming along to Big Sciota. This is a performance track, rather than a backing track. It's me playing both tune and backup so you've got a reference to listen to if you're new to the…

This week we're jamming along to the classic tune Big Sciota and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play lead track where I play backup so you can work on the t…

This week we're jamming along to the classic tune Big Sciota and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the jam along track where I play backup, then the tune and we swap o…

My guest this week is Steve Nall, better known as Nully, head of production at Collings guitars.

I didn't realise till we sat down to chat that it was exactly five years to the day since Bill Collings…

My guest this week is Marcel Ardans, from the Lessons With Marcel YouTube channel.

Marcel has spent hours (probably weeks) transcribing the playing of bluegrass players. In this episode he picks four …

This week we're jamming along to Fiddler's Dram and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the jam along track where I play backup, followed by the melody then we keep swap…

This week we're jamming along to Fiddler's Dram and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play rhythm track where I play the melody so you can work on backup.  It'…

This  week we're jamming along to the classic tune Fiddler's Dram. This is a performance track, rather than a backing track. It's me playing both tune and backup so you've got a reference to listen t…