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Bluegrass Briefing – April 10th 2023

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. Pod news Sign up for email alerts Church Street News Rob Ickes' Reso Summit Slide Fest DelFest lineup The Grass is New…

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Red Haired Boy in A at 2 tempos – 75 bpm & 85 bpm

This week we're playing another tune back to back at two different speeds  – once at 75 bpm then again at 85. We're doing Red Haired Boy and we're in the key of A. We're using the jam along format – that means I'm kicking off playing backup and you're on the tune, then we…

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Bluegrass Briefing – April 3rd 2023

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. Pod news Bluegrass Jam Along is now sponsored by Collings Guitars and Mandolins Sign up for email alerts Church Street News Blue…

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Noam Pikelny (Mighty Poplar/Punch Brothers) interview

My guest this week is Noam Pikelny. Noam is probably best known as a member of Punch Brothers, but he joins me this week to talk about his new project, Mighty Poplar. He’s joined in this band by fellow Punch Brother Chris Eldridge and former Punch Brother Greg Garrison, as well as Andrew Marlin of…

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Bluegrass Briefing – March 27th 2023

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. Pod news Sign up for email alerts Church Street News Fretboard Summit The Grass is New – new releases The Grass is…

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Peartree (G 75 bpm) – You Play Rhythm

This week we're jamming along to Peartree and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play rhythm track where I play the melody so you can work on backup.  It's four times through in the key of G at 75 bpm. Don't forget to check out the other…

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Peartree (G 75 bpm) – You Play Lead

This week we're jamming along to Peartree and I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the you play lead track where I play backup so you can work on the tune.  It's four times through in the key of G at 75 bpm. Don't forget to check out the other…

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Peartree (G 75 bpm) – Jam Along

This week we're jamming along to Peartreeand I've got  three brand new backing track episodes for you. This is the jam along track where I play backup, followed by the melody then we keep swapping.  It's four times through in the key of G at 75 bpm. Don't forget to check out the other three…

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Peartree (G 75 bpm) – Performance

This  week we're jamming along to the classic tune Peartree. This is a performance track, rather than a backing track. It's me playing both tune and backup so you've got a reference to listen to if you're new to the tune, or just want to be able to listen a few times to the whole…

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Bluegrass Briefing – March 20th 2023

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. Pod news John McEuen interview  – Apple– Spotify– YouTube Church Street News Pat Morris, IBMA’s Executive Director, has announced his plans to…

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