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. Releases (The Grass is New) The Grass is (mostly) New Spotify playlist Scroll on Buddy Elderly Instruments named America’s Top Small Business…
Read MoreThis week we're playing another tune back to back at two different speeds – once at 75 bpm then again at 85. We're doing Big Sciota and we're in the key of G. We're using the jam along format – that means I'm kicking off playing backup and you're on the tune, then we swap…
Read MoreWelcome 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. Bluegrass Jam Along News Clarence White Tribute – part 1 Clarence White Tribute – part 2 Releases (The Grass is New) The…
Read More2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Clarence White – one of the undisputed greats of bluegrass guitar. To mark the occasion, and to celebrate Clarence, I've been speaking to people who knew and played with him, as well as musicians who were influenced by his playing. This is part 2, featuring all…
Read MoreWelcome 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. Bluegrass Jam Along News Clarence White Tribute part 1 Sweet Relief Musicians Fund News and announcements (Church street News) Celtic Connections Oh,…
Read More2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Clarence White – one of the undisputed greats of bluegrass guitar. To mark the occasion, and to celebrate Clarence, I've been speaking to people who knew and played with him, as well as musicians who were influenced by his playing. This is part 1, featuring all…
Read MoreWelcome 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. Bluegrass Jam Along News IBMA episode News and announcements (Church street News) Caitlin Canty and Chris Eldridge – ‘Come By the Highway…
Read MoreThis week's episode is a special IBMA World of Bluegrass 2023 round up. I was incredibly lucky to be nominated for an IBMA Momentum Award for the podcast, so I made the trip over from the UK to Raleigh for the awards ceremony and the conference. While I was there I interviewed a few people,…
Read MoreWelcome 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. Bluegrass Jam Along News IBMA website Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz interview News and announcements (Church street News) IBMA music award winners…
Read MoreMy guests this week are Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz, who join me to talk about their wonderful new record 'Nothing But Green Willow : The Songs of Mary Sands and Jane Gentry.' The album brings together a selection of British folk songs collected in Appalachia in the early 20th century by Cecil Sharp and…
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