This week we feature guitar and bass player Jed Clark. In our July 2024 issue we include a story about the Indigo Roots Band. The core of the band is comprised of the three Kelley siblings. Jed often plays guitar to make up the fourth member of the band. We talk with Jed about his early days in Arkansas performing with his brother Harry and the man…

This week we featured guitar player, singer and vocal instructor Dede Wyland. Dede spent years performing with our July 2024 cover story artist in the band Skyline, but she has had a full career in bluegrass both before and after performing in that band. She is also a well-known vocal instructor. We talk with Dede about her career in bluegrass musi…

This week we feature banjo player, singer and songwriter Alan O'Bryant of the Nashville Bluegrass Band. We talk with Alan about his early days in North Carolina, his move to Nashville and early experiences there working with James Monroe, his years with the Nashville Bluegrass Band and then we move on to talk about his current musical endeavours.…

This week we feature singer, guitar player and bass player Terry Eldredge. Terry has had a long career in bluegrass and has spent time in bands with a number of our first generation bluegrass heroes. He was also a founding member of The Sidemen and The Grascals. He is currently performing with The Farm Hands. We talk with Terry about the many aspec…

This week we feature singer, songwriter, producer and guitar player Jon Randall. Jon will be best known to bluegrass fans as a member of Emmylou Harris' band and then as a member of the Sam Bush Band. He is also a very successful songwriter and producer in Nashville and back in 2010 he produced a bluegrass album for our June 2024 cover story artist…

This week we feature mandolin player Jesse Brock. Jesse is currently a member of Authentic Unlimited and the band has two new albums out. We talk with Jesse about his career leading up to performing with Authentic Unlimited and you'll have a chance to hear a few tracks from the band's new recordings.…

This week we feature bass player Todd Phillips. Todd has had a long career in acoustic music performing with many legendary musicians such as David Grisman, Tony Rice and Joan Baez. He was also a member of the Bluegrass Album Band and currently performs with the Appalachian Road Show. We talk with Todd about many aspects of his career in bluegrass …

The week we feature guitar player and songwriter Peter McLaughlin. Peter started his bluegrass career in the Washington, D.C. area and has now lived in Tucson, Arizona for many years. He has been active in the bluegrass music scene in the southwest for decades. We'll talk with Peter about his work with Laurie Lewis, The Perfect Strangers, Chris Bra…

This week we are talking with banjo player and record label owner Alison Brown. We talk with Alison about her career in music, starting with how she became interested in the banjo and her early days in southern California up to her recent recordings with Steve Martin. We will also discuss her thirty years as a record label owner and talk about what…

This week we feature banjo player Grace van't Hof. Our May 2024 issue features Chris Jones on the cover and Grace currently plays banjo with Chris Jones and the Night Drivers. We talk with Grace about learning to play the banjo, her professional bluegrass journey, her love of old country music and the other unique instrument that she plays with the…

This week we feature Rick Faris. In addition to being a great singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Rick is also a talented guitar builder and has recently moved to Owensboro, Kentucky to build guitars at the Kentucky Guitar Works. We talk with Rick about growing up in a family bluegrass band, his years with Special Consensus, going out wit…

This week we feature bass player March Schatz. For anyone who has been around bluegrass music for a while, Mark is no stranger. Throughout his career he has played with many of the top bluegrass artists. He started with bands like Tasty Licks and Spectrum and also spent time with Tony Rice, Tim O'Brien, Nickel Creek and Claire Lynch. Most recently …

This week we feature banjo player BB Bowness. Originally from New Zealand, BB is a founding member of the band Mile 12. Among other things, we'll talk with BB about how she became interested in the banjo, how she learned how to play and her approach to teaching students.By Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

This week we feature mandolin player David Benedict. David is known for his work with the band Mile 12 and is currently recording and performing with his wife Tabitha in The Foreign Landers. He is also known in the mandolin world for his long running weekly YouTube series Mandolin Mondays.By Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

This week we feature fiddle player Bronwyn Keith-Hynes. Currently Bronwyn plays the fiddle for Molly Tuttle's band Golden Highway. We talk with Bronwyn about the band's great success over the past few years, their 2024 Grammy win and Bronwyn's new solo album.By Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

This week's podcast features banjo legend Larry McNeely. McNeely famously played with Roy Acuff for many years on the Grand Ole Opry and is also well known for performing with Glen Campbell. Larry shares the details of his long career as a bluegrass banjo player in this week's podcast.By Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

This week we feature Travis Book, the bass player for the Infamous Stringdusters. Jerry Garcia is on the cover of our March 2024 issue and many of today's bluegrass musicians have been influenced by the music of The Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia. Travis Book is one of them. We talk about Travis' bluegrass journey and the Garcia influence.…

This week we are talking with guitar player Eric Thompson. Jerry Garcia is on the cover of the March 2024 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited and Eric performed in a band with Jerry prior to Garcia forming The Grateful Dead. We talk with Eric about his long career in music and his days performing with Garcia.…

This week we are talking with Chris Joslin, the Executive Director of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum about some exciting events and projects that are coming up this year at the museum and at other locations in and around Owensboro, Kentucky. This includes a special Jerry Garcia exhibit at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum, th…

This week we feature guitar player and singer Jimmy Haley. This month Terry Baucom is on the cover of Bluegrass Unlimited and Jimmy, along with Terry Baucom, was famously an original member of Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver. He later also performed with Terry in the band Baucom Bibey Graham & Haley. We talk with Jimmy about his career in bluegrass an…

This week we feature guitar player, singer and songwriter Wes Golding. Since Terry Baucom is on the cover of our February 2024 issue, we are talking with musicians this month who have performed with Terry over the years and Wes is someone who has known Terry since they were teenagers and Wes was in the band Boone Creek with Terry. We talk with Wes …

This week we feature fiddler Mike Hartgrove. Terry Baucom is on the cover of our February 2024 issue and Mike spent time in a few bands with Terry over the years. We'll talk to Mike about his career in bluegrass, his time spent with Terry Baucom and his fiddle set-up and repair business. I hope you enjoy the Mike Hartgrove podcast.…

This week we feature Bill Amatneek, the author of the new book Discovering Tony Rice. Bluegrass Unlimited ran excerpts from Bill's book in our December 2023 and January 2024 issues. We talk with Bill about his time spent with Tony Rice in the David Grisman Quintet and the writing of his new book.By Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

This week we feature Dudley Connell. A founding member of the Johnson Mountain Boys and a long-time member of the Seldom Scene, Dudley talks about his career in bluegrass music and updates us on what the Seldom Scene is up to in 2024.By Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

This week we feature C.J. Lewandowski, the mandolin player with the Po' Ramblin' Boys. C.J. was working on a recording project with Bobby Osborne at the time of Bobby's passing. We talk about that project and about C.J.'s friendship with Bobby Osborne. We also discuss the latest from the Po' Ramblin' Boys and C.J.'s acquisition of his Lloyd Loar ma…

This week we feature fiddler, singer and songwriter Laura Orshaw. We talk with Laura about her early life in bluegrass, her work with the Po' Ramblin' Boys and her latest solo projects.By Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

This week we feature Danny Roberts, the Grascals' mandolin player. Danny has been working on a new solo album, the Grascals are also working on a new album for their 20th anniversary year in 2024, and Danny keeps busy when he is off ther road reparing and setting up mandolins. We'll talk about all of that and more on this edition of the Bluegrass U…

This week we feature singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jody Stecher. Jody has a new album out with the band Mile 12. The album is titled Mile 77. We talk with Jody about his long career in music and about the new album. You'll also hear a couple of cuts from the record.By Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

This week we feature singer, songwriter and guitar player Jim Lauderdale. Jim has recently put out an album with the Po' Ramblin' Boys. We talk with Jim about his long career in music which includes recording with bluegrass legends like Ralph Stanley and winning two Grammy awards. We will also discuss his success as a songwriter in country and blue…

This week we feature singer, songwriter and fiddler Corrina Rose Logston Stephens. Corrina and her husband, Jeremy Stephens, are in the band High Fidelity and they both also spent time performing with Jesse McReynolds. Since Jim & Jesse are on our cover this month (December 2023), we thought it would be nice to talk with Corrina about her time perf…

. This week we feature fiddle and banjo player Buddy Griffin. Jim & Jesse McReynolds are on the cover of our December 2023 issue and as part of his long and distinguished bluegrass career Buddy performed with Jim & Jesse, and continued to perform with Jesse after Jim's passing. At the same time he performed with Jesse, Buddy was also performing wit…

This week we feature Noah Wall, the singer and fiddle player with The Barefoot Movement. We talk with Noah about her career in music thus far, including her time at ETSU and the origin of The Barefoot Movement, all the way through the band's current Christmas tour and the series of new singles they are releasing every month this winter. You will al…

This week we feature the Blue Highway’s Dobro player Gary Hultman. Gary grew up performing with his family's band and is a graduate of the bluegrass program at ETSU. He performed with the Boxcars before joining Blue Highway in 2019.By Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

This week we feature the talented Dobro and bass player Jeff Partin, who is currently performing with Rhonda Vincent and the Rage. We talk with Jeff about getting his start with his family’s band as a young kid, the various groups he has performed and recorded with over the years, his work as a recording engineer and his upcoming new album.…

This week we feature the extremely talented multi-instrumentalist, and the IBMA's five-time Dobro Player of the Year, Justin Moses. We talk with Justin about how he got started playing music in his family’s band, the various bands that he has performed with since that time and his touring with Bela Fleck over the past couple of years.…

This week we feature multi-instrumentalist and singer Gaven Largent who plays the Dobro with East Nash Grass and the Dan Tyminski Band. Jerry Douglas is on the cover of our November 2023 issue and so our podcasts this month highlight Dobro Players and first up is Gaven Largent.By Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

This week we feature banjo player Cory Walker. Cory is currently performing and recording with the band East Nash Grass, as well as others, like The Dillards, Tim O'Brien and Jason Carter. He has also recently come out with a solo album titled School Project. We will talk with Corey about his bluegrass banjo journey to date and the new recording.…

This week we feature guitarist Ben Garnett. Missy Raines is on the cover of our October 2023 issue and Ben is the current guitar player in Missy’s band Allegeheny. We’ll talk with Ben about his move from rock and jazz guitar to bluegrass music while he was in college, about being a member of Missy’s band, and his newest solo recording.…

This week we feature mandolinist Steve Smith. Our cover story artist for October 2023 issue is Missy Raines. Steve and Missy performed and recorded in the mid-1980s in a band called Cloud Valley. We’ll talk with Steve about his work with Missy and trace his career up through the present day, highlighting bands he has performed with, recordings he h…

This week we feature guitar master Jim Hurst. Our October 2023 cover story artist is Missy Raines. Jim and Missy have worked together as members of Claire Lynch’s band and also as a duo. We talk with Jim about guitar pickin’, various aspects of his career and his work with Missy Raines.By Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

This week we feature singer, songwriter and band leader Claire Lynch. Our October 2023 cover story artist is Missy Raines. Claire and Missy have a history of working together in Claire's band. We talk with Claire about her career in bluegrass music and about having Missy in the band. She also tells us what she has been up to lately in her relativel…

This week we feature Dean Osborne. As the Director of Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music at the Hazard Community and Technical College, he worked closely with our September 2023 cover story artist Bobby Osborne at that school, as well as other projects, including the Osborne Brothers Hometown Festival. We talk with Dean about his ca…

This week we feature the Grascals bass player Terry Smith. Terry has had a long and interesting career in bluegrass music and part of time—13 years—he performed with the Osborne Brothers. Since we have Bobby Osborne on the cover of this month’s issue and are remembering Bobby, we will talk with Terry about his time with the Osbornes and other aspec…

This week week we feature Lauren Price Napier of the Price Sisters. Our September issue honors bluegrass legend Bobby Osborne. Lauren studied mandolin with Bobby and spent a lot of time creating over one hundred YouTube videos with Bobby and her husband Scott Napier under the title "Tremolo Tuesday." We talk with Lauren about her career in bluegras…

This week week we feature singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Darrell Scott. Darrell’s career has seen him as a prominent part of the musical worlds of Americana, country, folk and bluegrass. Recently he has put a new band together called the Darrell Scott String Band and recorded a new album called Old Cane Back Rocker. We talk with Darr…

This week we feature mandolin player Mark Stoffel. Being from Germany, Mark has an interesting bluegrass story. He is probably best known in his role as the long-time mandolin player for Chris Jones & The Night Drivers. We talk with Mark about his bluegrass journey, his work with Chris Jones, his 2020 solo album Coffee and Cake and his new soon-to-…

This week week we feature songwriter David Stewart. A highly successful songwriter, David has written several number one bluegrass songs for our August 2023 cover story artist Lorraine Jordan and her band Carolina Road. I talk with David about those songs and other highlights of his long career, including walking all the way from Wyoming to Nashvil…

This week week we feature Grammy award winning bluegrass singer, guitar player and songwriter Molly Tuttle. We talk with Molly about her background in bluegrass, her Grammy winning album Crooked Tree and her newest album City of Gold. We’ll also listen to a few tracks from the new recording.By Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

This week we feature bluegrass veteran Raymond McLain. Raymond has had a long and distinguished career as a bluegrass performer, recording artist, educator, and world-wide ambassador of bluegrass. He talks about his family's history, his interactions with first generation bluegrass legends, and his work at various college level bluegrass programs.…

This week we feature singer and guitar player Josh Richards, a long-time member of Michael Cleveland’s band Flamekeeper. We talk with Josh about his early years in bluegrass and his long relationship with Michael Cleveland. We also discuss Michael's newest recording and talk about singing, songwriting, and guitar picking.…