Bluegrass Briefing August 4th 2025

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 announcements - church street news 

• Joe Brent Adhyâropa Records interview
• JD Crowe and the New South reissue
• Tim Stafford JD Crowe interview episode
• Earl Scruggs Music Festival
• Sierra Hull Tiny Desk Concert

Releases (The Grass is New)

• Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton Live at the Legion
• The Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlist

Other bits

• Sign up for emails https://bluegrassjamalong.com/contact/
• The Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlist
• Full list of interviews
• Collings Guitars

Happy picking.

Matt

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