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Bluegrass Jam Along - Podcast

Bluegrass Jam Along

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. 

For every tune we give you four brand new tracks: 

- Backup 4 times through (you play the tune or improvise breaks)
- Tune 4 times through (you play backup)
- ‘Jam Along’ (4 complete run throughs, alternating backup and tune)
- Full performance

For more info and chord charts, visit https://bluegrassjamalong.com. Hope you find these tracks useful (and thanks for listening!) - Matt

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Update frequency
every 4 days
Average duration
20 minutes
Episodes
490
Years Active
2021 - 2025
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New Camptown Races (Bb 75 bpm) - You Play Rhythm

New Camptown Races (Bb 75 bpm) - You Play Rhythm

This week we're jamming along to New Camptown Races 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. …

00:06:27  |   Tue 11 Jan 2022
Beaumont Rag (D 75 bpm) - Jam Along

Beaumont Rag (D 75 bpm) - Jam Along

This week we're jamming along to Beaumont Rag 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 swappi…

00:08:13  |   Fri 07 Jan 2022
Beaumont Rag (D 75 bpm) - Performance

Beaumont Rag (D 75 bpm) - Performance

This  week we're jamming along to the classic tune Beaumont Rag. 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 …

00:04:09  |   Fri 07 Jan 2022
Beaumont Rag (D 75 bpm) - You Play Rhythm

Beaumont Rag (D 75 bpm) - You Play Rhythm

This week we're jamming along to Beaumont Rag 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's …

00:04:41  |   Fri 07 Jan 2022
Beaumont Rag (D 75 bpm) - You Play Lead

Beaumont Rag (D 75 bpm) - You Play Lead

This week we're jamming along to Beaumont Rag 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 tune.  It's four…

00:04:39  |   Fri 07 Jan 2022
Josh Turknett (Brainjo) Interview

Josh Turknett (Brainjo) Interview

Here's the final interview of the year! My guest for this one is Josh Turknett, author of the fantastic book 'The Laws of Brainjo - The Art & Science of Molding a Musical Mind’.

Josh's book is all abo…

00:58:49  |   Wed 22 Dec 2021
Salt Creek (A 85 bpm) - Jam Along

Salt Creek (A 85 bpm) - Jam Along

This week we're jamming along to Salt Creek 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 swapping…

00:07:30  |   Tue 21 Dec 2021
Salt Creek (A 85 bpm) - You Play Lead

Salt Creek (A 85 bpm) - You Play Lead

This week we're jamming along to Salt Creek 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 tune.  It's four t…

00:04:23  |   Tue 21 Dec 2021
Salt Creek (A 85 bpm) - Performance

Salt Creek (A 85 bpm) - Performance

This  week we're jamming along to the classic tune Salt Creek. 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…

00:03:45  |   Tue 21 Dec 2021
Salt Creek (A 85 bpm) - You Play Rhythm

Salt Creek (A 85 bpm) - You Play Rhythm

This week we're jamming along to Salt Creek 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's fo…

00:04:18  |   Tue 21 Dec 2021
Chris Eldridge (Punch Brothers) Interview

Chris Eldridge (Punch Brothers) Interview

My guest this week is the brilliant Chris Eldridge.

Chris is a member of my favourite band in the world, Punch Brothers, but he also records and tours with Julian Lage as a duet, as well as recording…

01:13:56  |   Thu 09 Dec 2021
Charlotte Carrivick Interview

Charlotte Carrivick Interview

My guest this week is the fabulous Charlotte Carrivick. Charlotte's one of my favourite guitarists and we've been chatting about getting this interview done since July, so I'm thrilled we finally man…

00:41:51  |   Wed 01 Dec 2021
Red Wing (G 85 bpm) - You Play Rhythm

Red Wing (G 85 bpm) - You Play Rhythm

This week we're jamming along to Red Wing 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's four…

00:04:16  |   Tue 23 Nov 2021
Red Wing (G 85 bpm) - Jam Along

Red Wing (G 85 bpm) - Jam Along

This week we're jamming along to Red Wing 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 swapping. …

00:07:50  |   Tue 23 Nov 2021
Red Wing (G 85 bpm) - You Play Lead

Red Wing (G 85 bpm) - You Play Lead

This week we're jamming along to Red Wing 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 tune.  It's four tim…

00:04:17  |   Tue 23 Nov 2021
Red Wing (G 85 bpm) - Performance

Red Wing (G 85 bpm) - Performance

This  week we're jamming along to the classic tune Red Wing. 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 y…

00:03:42  |   Tue 23 Nov 2021
Justin Moses interview

Justin Moses interview

I've got another great guest for you this week - multi-instrumentalist Justin Moses.

Justin plays all the bluegrass instruments at an incredibly high level. He's played fiddle in Dan Tyminski's band, …

00:59:19  |   Wed 10 Nov 2021
Mike Marshall Interview

Mike Marshall Interview

I've got another great interview for you this week, with mandolin virtuoso and all-round acoustic legend Mike Marshall. We talk about Mike's career, his teaching and his collaboration with Northfield…

01:07:11  |   Thu 04 Nov 2021
Food for Thought #7 - A cool book and a neat trick

Food for Thought #7 - A cool book and a neat trick

Happy Friday.

This week's Food For Thought is inspired by Dr. Josh Turknett's book on how to learn the banjo (it's great for any instrument - not just banjo). If you haven't read it I highly recommend…

00:04:28  |   Fri 29 Oct 2021
Daley's Reel (Bb 75 bpm) - Jam Along

Daley's Reel (Bb 75 bpm) - Jam Along

This week we're jamming along to Daley's Reel 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 swappi…

00:08:19  |   Tue 26 Oct 2021
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