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
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 490
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Sierra Hull Returns
My guest this week is Sierra Hull.
Since I spoke to Sierra for the podcast back in January 2023 she's been ridiculously busy touring and recording. We chat about the extended tour she's been on for Be…
Bluegrass Briefing - November 4th 2024
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly 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
Bryan Sutton - Hurricane Helene Fundraiser
This week I'm joined by bluegrass legend Bryan Sutton for a very special episode to benefit the IBMA Trust Fund and help people suffering the devastation of Hurricane Helene.
In the run up to recordin…
Bluegrass Briefing - October 28th 2024
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly 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 Announ…
Daniel Patrick - Mandolins and Beer Podcast
My guest this week is Daniel Patrick, host of the excellent Mandolins and Beer podcast.
Daniel has interviewed dozens of great mandolin players for his podcast, but today we're going to talk about his…
Bluegrass Briefing - October 21st 2024
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly 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 Announc…
Announcing the Bryan Sutton & IBMA Hurricane Helene Fundraiser
This week's episode is about a very special fundraiser I'm putting together.
I’m working with Bryan Sutton to raise funds to help people suffering the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene. Bryan is…
Bluegrass Briefing - October 14th 2024
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly 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 Announ…
Roots Revival - A Black Stringband Symposium, with Lillian Werbin & Kristina Gaddy
My guests on the podcast this week are Lillian Werbin and Kristina Gaddy. I caught up with them at IBMA to chat about Roots Revival : A Black Stringband Symposium, a collaboration between IBMA and Th…
Bluegrass Briefing - October 7th 2024
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly 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 Announc…
IBMA 2024 Special - featuring ArtistWorks, Brenna MacMillan, Collings Guitars and more
This week's episode is a selection of interviews I carried out at IBMA World of Bluegrass in Raleigh, North Carolina last week.
It was the last IBMA in Raleigh before the event moves to Chattanooga in…
Inspiration for Musicians - featuring Bryan Sutton, Sierra Hull, Stephen Mougin and more
This week’s episode is all about learning to play music.
I’ve been listening back to the interviews I’ve done over the past 3 years and so many of them touch on some really core stuff when it comes to…
Bluegrass Briefing - September 23rd 2024
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly 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 Announ…
Bluegrass Briefing - September 16th 2024
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly 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.
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Jerry Douglas on his new record 'The Set'
My guest this week is the legendary Jerry Douglas.
Jerry joins me again to chat about recording his first new album in six years. It's called 'The Set' and features the band Jerry's been playing with …
Jason Verlinde (Fretboard Journal) interview
My guest this week is Fretboard Journal's Jason Verlinde.
Jason shares the story of how Fretboard Journal started, back in 2005, and how it's grown from a print magazine to include a series of great p…
Bluegrass Briefing - August 19th 2024
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass.
This week, news of a brand new record by Daniel Patrick of the Mandol…
Rebecca Frazier Interview
My guest this week is Rebecca Frazier. Rebecca was the first woman ever to appear on the cover of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine and her band Hit & Run are the only band to win all three Rockygrass, Tel…
Becky Buller Interview
Becky is the winner of 10 IBMA awards, including the 2016 awards for Fiddler and Female Vocalist. She's the first woman in the history of IBMA to receive the Fiddle…
Bluegrass Briefing - August 5th 2024
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly 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.
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