Mandolin music from the Mandolin Cafe
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This podcast is for every mandolin and guitar player who wants an inspiration boost. Hosts Magnus Zetterlund and Hayes Griffin share professional tips, experiences, and stories that will support every music maker on their journey.
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I’m always looking for inspiration and it turns out so are some of the best players in the world! From tips and tricks to influences, let’s talk some mandolin! (And maybe enjoy a beer or two!)
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In this weekly podcast Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine editor, Dan Miller, interviews bluegrass musicians. Both the new up-and-coming artists and the bluegrass legends are featured.
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With Ron McKinnon. If you geek out on minutiæ regarding music interpretation, history, acoustics and theory (and seriously who doesn't?) I invite you to join me on the Mandolin Minute. Available wherever podcasts are heard. Suggestions/comments can be sent to https://www.twitter.com/ron_mckinnon
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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 fi ...
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Basic Folk features honest conversations with folk musicians hosted by Cindy Howes, a well-versed public radio DJ, and singer/songwriter Lizzie No. While we’re not gassing up the banjo, fiddle, guitar and mandolin, Basic Folk approaches interviews with warmth, humor and insightful (invasive?) questions. This podcast fosters the folk community and showcases a genre that is often misunderstood. Our definition of “folk” is extremely broad, so you’ll hear interviews from Molly Tuttle, Ben Harper ...
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Your source of knowledge and fun from the hoppin' suburbs. Beeps brings you your favorite recurring segments and special guests along the way. All aboard!!!!
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Scottish and Irish folk songs combined with the Lord of the Rings music and a wee bit o’Celtic fun. The Brobdingnagian Bards (pronounced brob-din-nahg-EE-en) were The Original Celtic Renaissance music duo from Austin, Texas. Their unique brand of folk music on the autoharp, recorder, and mandolin made them one of the most-popular Celtic music groups online where they continue to give away thousands of free Celtic MP3 downloads daily. From 1999 to 2008, the Brobdingnagian Bards performed coas ...
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Fretted instrument specialist: guitars, banjitars, bass, mandolin. Composer, sideman, teacher.
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This podcast will just be about what I've been up to, for example chat about my radio shows, and the musical stuff I do like choir, the buskers night, mandolin band and karaoke.
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rickfu's collective
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An Irish web developer living in Brighton, England working with Clearleft. I built Huffduffer.
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Songs, Stories & More!
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Top 20 Songs mandolin songs which Mando Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
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Top 20 Bluegrass Songs mandolin songs which Mando Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
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Top 20 Other Songs mandolin songs which Mando Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
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Top 20 Celtic/Irish Songs mandolin songs which Mando Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
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Top 20 Folk Songs mandolin songs which Mando Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
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Top 20 Old-Time Songs mandolin songs which Mando Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
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Top 20 Jazz/Blues Songs mandolin songs which Mando Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
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Justin Clauser and Molly Shortridge will interview guests to explore the value of music and the arts in the lives of our community members.
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The glasses clink and the talk and laughter grow louder. In the corner of the pub, musicians sit and play traditional dance tunes that make your feet want to stomp and slide. Join fiddler Meg Wobus Beller as she brings you along into the world of fiddling and traditional music, from bow-grips and double stops to Old-Time tunes and Irish jigs.
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Teachings, conversations, and maybe some music from Tim and Laurie Thornton of The Blackthorn Project.
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Inside the Banjoverse connects with the unique journeys of music’s most celebrated roots artists - delving into the thoughts, emotions and experiences that drive and inspire them to art and to greatness. The podcast is hosted by Enda Scahill, winner of the 2022 Steve Martin Prize for excellence in banjo, and founder of Irish crossover supergroup We Banjo 3. Enda is a multiple national champion on banjo and mandolin. He now creates the very best online learning resources for Irish tenor banjo ...
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For years the picture of the man with the oxcart has hung on the wall of her Aunt and Uncle's house. It never occurred to Tory that one day she might actually find herself in the picture. She frees Neal, an imp who has been imprisoned in Castle Hildegard for two hundred years. Together, they journey through the world of the Kingdom Trees, racing to break the spell that has bound the world together - in war. King Delphic is bent on taking the spell for himself, and becoming monarch of all. To ...
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Zac Childs is a music insider and historian. He is the host of the acclaimed Truetone Lounge interview series and contributed to Vintage Guitar Magazine for 15 years via his Ask Zac column, and numerous featured articles, product reviews, and cover stories. On his ASK ZAC channel, Zac takes a look at players and gear and also answers guitar-related questions in ways that were never possible via print.
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Innervation Studios in Benfleet, Essex (SS7 2NQ) is the perfect place for any aspiring singer songwriter to get professional advice, expertise and guidance in bringing your songs to life. Record your music, individually or with the option of session musicians, giving you exactly the results you wanted and much more. Here at Innervation Studios we have all the experience, guidance and support you would ever need to get the songs out of your head and onto cd or digital media. Tuition available ...
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Ray DeVito (The Jim Gaffigan Show, MTV) & sometimes Bob Biggerstaff (Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing) cohost The Rock Bottom Podcast.. formerly known as The Ghole. They host the podcast out of NYC, every Monday and they have a guest comedian or two. Every episode the guests have to reveal a guilty pleasure they have, or at least an opinion or stance that they have that goes agains the public opinion. It's an unfiltered podcast, it can also be followed on Instagram and twitter at @thegholepod
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64 Nicolas Cage movies go head to head to ultimately answer the question, "What is the best Nic Cage movie of all time?" Face/Off vs Jiu Jitsu, Gone in 60 Seconds vs Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Raising Arizona vs Trapped in Paradise, Pig vs Left Behind, Willy’s Wonderland vs Snake Eyes. Two Cages enter, one Cage leaves. This is Cage Match.
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On Acoustic Music Talk we'll be interviewing artists and talking about all facets of acoustic music, including performing, instruments, recording techniques, and much more. The world of acoustic music is a wonderful one, and we want to explore it along with you! Join us for the ride. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brad-apple/support
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The Travis Book Happy Hour is hosted by Travis Book of the GRAMMY Award-winning band, The Infamous Stringdusters. The show’s focus is musical collaboration and conversation around matters of being. The podcast is the best of the interview and music from the live show recorded in Brevard, NC, and is brought to you by Americana Vibes and The Bluegrass Situation. Support this podcast: https://bit.ly/3UDay92
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Favorite Christmas Songs to warm your Christmas gathering around the fire or family holiday event
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Jazz Christmas tunes for your holiday gathering from Strings Attached
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Favorite Christmas Carols to warm your Christmas gathering
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From behind enemy lines, Howard and Morgan transmit their weekly dispatch of wrongthink.
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Jazz Instrumental Christmas tunes for your holiday gathering from Strings Attached
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The Ready, Set, Go Show! is a podcast for children and their families and friends. Each episode is created with the intent to inspire creativity, singing, movement, and play.
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Welcome to artist Anthony Ptak’s End of Music Podcast podcast, where music ends.
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Listen to many samples of Christmas Music, Songs, and Carols. Most instrumental music from many sources.
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Will Taylor and Strings Attached present selections from its Holiday Music collection available on itunes or at AMandolinChristmas.com
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Get off my lawn
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We're watching every Nicolas Cage IMDB credit in order so you don't have to. It's going to be weird. It's going to be fun. We're going to get off-topic a lot. Join us!
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Imagine songs re-invented with dynamic arrangements, strings, trumpet, percussion, alongside vibrant jazz and classical colors - all in the spirit of fun, experimentation and art. Taking strings out of the elevator since 1999
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Acoustic Christmas Songs, Music and Carols to accompany your holiday or xmas activities. Perfect to set the mood while you bake cookies or visit with the family during the Christmas Holidays
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Orson Welles had quite a career in radio, from his days as The Shadow and his Mercury Theatre On The Air, to the radio version of his Third Man character from the movie, and beyond. This podcast will replay his radio performances from his various series and guest appearances.
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Folk Alley Sessions are exclusive in-studio performances and interviews produced by Folk Alley (a service of the FreshGrass Foundation). Folk Alley Sessions feature exciting, up-and-coming artists and longtime veterans in folk, roots, and Americans music. Hear artists perform and talk about their music in their own words. Watch videos of these exclusive performances via FolkAlley.com, the Folk Alley mobile app, or our Youtube Channel: FolkAlleydotCom
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Opening in 1875, the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard is the oldest museum in the world purely for recording crime. The name “Black Museum” was coined in 1877 by a reporter from “The Observer”, a London newspaper, although the museum is still referred to as the Crime Museum. It is this museum that inspired The Black Museum radio series, produced in London by Harry Alan Towers. The Black Museum From Jay Hickerson’s “The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to All Circulating S ...
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BLUEGRASSBy Jerry Garcia and David Grisman
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #235 Andrew Hendryx (Dangermuffin)
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Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My guest this week on the podcast is Andrew Hendryx. His musical career started at Elon College, NC where he performed with regional folk and jam bands. Later moving to NYC, Andrew co-founded the band Yarn, with which he to…
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Fender's Marvelous Mandocaster - The Vintage Fender Electric Mandolin
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In the Spring of 1956, Leo Fender introduced the greatest little solid body of all-time, the Fender Electric Mandolin. Nicknamed ,Mandocaster, by collectors, they were designed to replicate the sound of Tiny Moore, and Johnny Gimble, the fiery 4-string mandolin playing veterans of Bob Wills Texas Playboys Band. The instrument was not a success as W…
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#31 Being a multi-instrumentalist with Ondra Kozák
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In this month’s episode, Magnus interviews one of Europe’s top bluegrass musicians, Ondra Kozák, from the Czech Republic. He plays mandolin, guitar, fiddle/violin, dobro, bass, etc. The episode is full of good tips from a professional music maker, and there is an exciting discussion about: - Being a multi-instrumentalist - The bluegrass scene in th…
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Wyatt Ellis can’t even drive a car but he’s making waves in the bluegrass community. A prolific tune-writer and a dedicated student of the mandolin, he’s growing and learning at a rate you only find in the under 20 set. I was surprised to find that he’s also humble, articulate, and a total professional. It’s not hard to envision him reaching the hi…
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Denitia’s Musical Journey: From NYC Streetwear to Nashville’s Vintage Vibes, ep. 274
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Sometimes it strikes me just how much power can emanate from a creative mind. Speaking with Denitia was one of those times. When the indie music artist comes across an unfamiliar musical concept, she goes “sponge mode” until she understands it. Then she seamlessly integrates it into her artistic vocabulary. This relentless curiosity and sense of pl…
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Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Wayne Taylor
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This week we feature Blue Highway’s bass player and lead singer Wayne Taylor. We talk about Wayne’s early years in bluegrass, his 30 years performing and recording with Blue Highway, the newest Blue Highway recording and the Blue Highway festival.By Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine
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Marc and Andrew share how they found and add the song "The Scotsman" to their muscial repertoire. Plus, there's big news a-coming! It’s all on the Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast #84 0:02 - HOW LONG IS A BROBDINGNAGIAN MINUTE? Brobdingnagian Bards are The Original Celtic Renaissance music duo. A Bard by any other name… would have a shorter name. THANK…
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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, Telluride, and SPBGMA Festival Band competitions. She joins me to chat about her new record Boarding Windows in Paradise. We talk about working with legen…
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Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert, Johnny Hiland, J.D. Simo, and Daniel Donato reunited with Don Kelley on August 5th 2024 for a one-time concert to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Robert's Western World. Besides being a fete for one of the longtime anchors of Broadway's club scene, it was also a celebration of Don Kelley, and the incredible alumni of h…
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Nothing Else Matters to Phoebe Hunt
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As much a mystic as a musician, Phoebe Hunt makes music that speaks to the yearning we all have to connect with something larger than ourselves. A deep commitment to making music with meaning is her compass and she’s an example of what it means to be in loving relationship with music. We need more musicians like Phoebe Hunt in this world. This epis…
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Comedian and co-host of 'My Wife Hates Me' Bonnie McFarlane joins, and talks about standup, marriage to Rich Vos, and dealing w/ internet trolls, fun times! follow Bonnie on twitter @bonniemcfarlaneBy ray devito
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Bonus Episode: USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
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Get your whiskey ready, it's time for a bonus episode of Cage Match. We're joined by shark movie expert, Aaron to discuss sharks of unusual origins, shark tropes, shark dicks and more! Come for the claspers, stay for Nick's horrid tattoo idea. This is Cage Match. We are Cage Match? I am Cage Match! You can chat with us on Twitter or Instagram or su…
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Anna Tivel & Jeffrey Martin: Eyeballs, Ice Cream, and Portland, Oregon, ep. 273
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Anna Tivel and Jeffrey Martin have both released new albums in the past year that have knocked us right over. Living Thing is the most recent Anna Tivel singer-songwriter record and Thank God We Left the Garden being the Jeffrey Martin new album. Of all the singer-songwriter interviews and musician conversations we've done over the course of the po…
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Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Daniel Grindstaff
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This week we feature banjo player Daniel Grindstaff and talk with him about his newest album Heroes and Friends. Early in his career Daniel played with several of the first generation bluegrass legends, such as Jim & Jesse and The Osborne Brothers. He has also been on the road with Marty Raybon and with Marty’s brother Tim. We will talk about his t…
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My Mandolin and Vocal Duet album "Around the Clock" Artist and Track Announcement
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Episode Notes Here we go! From more updates, sign up to my email list at my website!
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My guest this week is Becky Buller. 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 Player of the Year award and the first person ever to win in both vocal and instrumental categories. She joins me to talk about her fabulous album an…
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Charley Beller (Won't Come 'Till Morning)
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Hey, it's episode 100! We hear from Charley Beller, Irish flute and guitar player and contra dance musician from Baltimore, Maryland and my spouse. Charley has played guitar on most of the podcast episodes, but this is the first time he shares on the podcast! What's it like to learn a dozen musical instruments? Why would a person practice all the t…
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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 Interview episodes by category News and Announcements (Church Street News) IBMA announcement Lessons With Marcel Molly Tuttle book Peghead Nation Folk …
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UNCATEGORIZEDBy Jerry Garcia and David Grisman
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #234 Don Julin (New Album Release)
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Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! This week I’m happy to have back on the podcast, Don Julin. Don has just released an absolutely incredible album called “Fractured Fiddle Tunes” that you can pick up digitally, or on CD or vinyl HERE! Also head over to Don’…
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In today's podcast I am looking at the rest of Finbarr Dwyer's compositions. These are lesser-known and lesser-recorded tunes and, as well as the expected collection of reels, will also include some jigs, waltzes and a polka. Towards the end of the programme I will also detail some commonly mis-attributed tunes that Finbarr did not compose as well …
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In today's podcast I am looking at the rest of Finbarr Dwyer's compositions. These are lesser-known and lesser-recorded tunes and, as well as the expected collection of reels, will also include some jigs, waltzes and a polka. Towards the end of the programme I will also detail some commonly mis-attributed tunes that Finbarr did not compose as well …
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Fake Interviews & Real Talk: Matt the Electrician Reinvents Music Marketing, ep. 272
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The world of Austin's Matt the Electrician, aka Matt Sever, is quirky and sincere. Sever is known for his work ethic and vibrant presence in the Austin Texas music scene. Before music was full-time, Matt worked as an actual electrician in between folk music gigs and open mics. He found people were drawn to his skills in the trade, so he decided to …
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Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Darin and Brooke Aldridge
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This week we feature Darin and Brooke Aldridge. We talk with them about their careers in bluegrass music, how they met, their recordings, performances and songwriting and their latest album titled Talk of the Town. During the podcast you’ll have the chance to hear a few cuts from the album.By Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine
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Food For Thought - Dolly Parton and Being Yourself on Purpose
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This week's episode is a Food For Thought episode. If you're not familiar with them, they're a series of short episodes on a single idea, designed to get you thinking and (hopefully) deepening your understanding of a particular music related area. This week we've got a simple idea from Dolly Parton - "Find out who you are and do it on purpose." So …
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Why does the fiddle squeak? If only we knew. Hang on, we do know! I offer lots of diagnosis and advice for how to get to the bottom of squeaking. Together we can not squeak as much. The tune for this week is Marion Reece's version of Cumberland Gap. Email me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com. Listen and subscribe on Apple Music, Spotify, or Buzzsprou…
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Comedian Lemaire Lee from Panties in the Mouth podcast joins Ray. They exchange stories about being on mushrooms, and PCP. A heated debate of French Onion soup vs. Split Pea, and why Bobby Brown was trouble even if he never met Whitney Houston. follow Lemaire Lee on X at @lemaireleeBy ray devito
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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) IBMA news & info Releases (The Grass is New) The Grass is (mostly) New 2024 playlist Other bits Sign up for emails https…
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #233 Winston Mitchell (Into the Fog)
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Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My guest on the podcast this week is Winston Mitchell from Into the Fog. They have a great new album called Carolina Moon that will be available everywhere on August 2nd. You purchase a copy (or pre order) you can head over…
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Oh, hi there, let us just take off these long legs. We went to see Cage in the new Oz Perkins/Neon movie: Longlegs. It was a blast watching a Cage movie in theaters with other people including several of our Patreon supporters. Long time guest, John, joins us to chat about prosthetics, horror, and movie snacks. Some spoilers abound. This is Cage Ma…
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John Smith is Finding Harmony in Chaos, ep. 271
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Originally from Devon, the English singer-songwriter John Smith got his start playing bars and clubs in Liverpool, both with his own songs and as a side player for artists like Lianne La Havas, Lisa Hannigan and David Gray. Growing up with folk music and guitar music influences from Eric Clapton to Maria Callas to Nick Drake, John’s sensitivity as …
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Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Keith Little
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This week we feature multi-instrumentalist and singer Keith Little. We talk with Keith about his long career in bluegrass starting on the west coast playing with Vern and Ray and various other California bands, then working with the Country Gentlemen, going to Nashville to work with Ricky Skaggs and Dolly Parton and then back out west to work with …
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Alister Atkin (Atkin Guitars) - Building new guitars with old souls
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My guest this week is Alister Atkin of Atkin Guitars. I've been following Atkin's progress for a few years now and have been blown away by the quality of guitars they're producing. They combine some cutting edge techniques with a bespoke approach, to bring out the uniqueness of every guitar they make. As Alister puts it: 'We're all about getting th…
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Adult Diapers w/ Karl from Who Are These Podcasts
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We talk about a podcast that feature adults wearing diapers and dressing up as babies and the Steel Toe Morning Show and Nick Rekieta drama, fun times! follow Karl on twitter at @whoarethesepodBy Ray DeVito
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The best age to start (Horses in the Canebreak)
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What is the best age to start? There is an exact and definite best age to begin playing the fiddle and if you don't start then you're doomed. I'm kidding. The tune for this week is Horses in the Canebreak. Email me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com. Listen and subscribe on Apple Music, Spotify, or Buzzsprout. Find me on YouTube and Bandcamp. Here are…
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Have you ever wondered how we got light gauge strings? To give some context, until 1962, strings were 12-52, or heavier, with a wound third, and nothing lighter was available unless you used a banjo string. How about this, did you ever wonder why every string manufacturer has a 10-46 set that has the exact same gauges, 10,13,17,26,36,46? And the sa…
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Last week we lost Happy Traum, one of the shining lights of acoustic music for over half a century. It’s hard to fully grasp, in our online world where everything is right there whenever we need it, just what an enormous contribution Happy and the Homespun team made to helping people learn roots and acoustic music. I was lucky enough to get to chat…
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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) IBMA award nominees Releases (The Grass is New) David Grisman & the Rounder Album Band - Live at Grass Valley The Grass …
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Today our guest is Matt Webb, a virtuoso tinkerer and creative whose experiments with interaction design and technology have led to such apps as the Galaxy Compass (an app that features an arrow pointing to the center of the universe) and Poem/1, a hardware clock that offers a rhyming poem devised by AI. He’s also a regular essayist on his blog Int…
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #232 Steve Smith and Tim May
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Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My guests this week on the podcast are Steve Smith and Tim May. In their latest release, The Hillsboro Hay Incident, TheTim May & Steve Smith Duo deliver a collection oforiginal instrumentals that take listeners on anenchan…
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Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Jim VanCleve
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This week we feature fiddle player Jim VanCleve. We talk with Jim about his early days in Florida, his work with bands like Lou Reid and Carolina, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Mountain Heart and the Appalachian Road Show. We also discuss his mentoring of the young band Indigo Roots, who are featured in our July 2024 issue.…
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Peggy Seeger spills Folk Feminist Tea with Dawn Landes, ep. 270
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Editor's note: For this episode, we invited our friend Dawn Landes to interview Peggy Seeger. Dawn was the perfect choice to interview the feminist folk icon. She recently joined us on a special episode with Aoife O'Donovan to discuss their feminist-themed new albums. We're thrilled to welcome Dawn back as guest host! I can’t believe it took me 40 …
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Roger Siminoff - Celebrating Lloyd Loar and the Gibson F5 Mandolin
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My guest this week is Roger Siminoff. Not only is Roger an authority on instrument making, the physics of music and tap tuning, he's also an expert on the life and work of Lloyd Loar. Loar worked at Gibson in the early 1920s and oversaw the production of some truly remarkable, game changing instruments - most notably the F5 mandolin, which went on …
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In this special series from Sideways, called A New Frontier, Matthew Syed explores the most out of this world ethical questions posed by the evolution of human space exploration.He takes us into the cosmos with stories from astronauts who’ve been there and those who can only dream of going, to explore the moral debates that have permeated space exp…
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In this special series from Sideways, called A New Frontier, Matthew Syed explores the most out of this world ethical questions posed by the evolution of human space exploration.He takes us into the cosmos with stories from astronauts who’ve been there and those who can only dream of going, to explore the moral debates that have permeated space exp…
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Brian Fletcher of Huge at SXSW | Join us for a talk on the next evolution of user interfaces. Traditional static interfaces fall short of meeting the diverse needs of users and dynamic contexts. Discover how you can enable interfaces to adapt in real-time, tailoring presentation, functionality, and content. Explore advancements in AI, NLP, edge com…
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People play the fiddle for all kinds of reasons, and as a fiddler and fiddle teacher they often tell me all about it. I talk about some of the variety of reasons I've heard from adult fiddlers for why they're voluntarily choosing to take up this rewarding and challenging new hobby! Our Tune this week is a funky Sally in the Garden I got from Marion…
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The Most Underrated Electric Guitar String Gauge - 9.5-44
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For years I went back and forth between 9s and 10s on my Telecaster, always frustrated with both gauges for different reasons. 9s, although easy to bend, were just not as full sounding, and I had to be careful not to "overplay" them, as they really needed to be played with a light touch. 10s, while certainly fatter sounding, always felt a bit too s…
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