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Bluegrass Briefing – May 6th 2024

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 Industry Awards My recent interview with Jim Mills Releases (The Grass is New) The…

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Bluegrass Briefing – April 29th 2024

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  Church Street Blues reissue Church Street Blues 40th Anniversary Episode part 1 Church Street Blues…

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How to Coach a Band with Stephen Mougin (Sam Bush Band/Dark Shadow Recording)

My guest this week is Stephen Mougin, guitarist in The Sam Bush Band and founder of Dark Shadow Recording. In this episode we talk about Stephen's work as a band coach. We chat about his training as a vocal teacher, what bands should be working on, including how they should be rehearsing, why preparing for…

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Bluegrass Briefing – April 22nd 2024

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  Library of Congress list Releases (The Grass is New) The Grass is (mostly) New 2024…

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Kristina R Gaddy on the Banjo’s Hidden History (part 2 – new interview)

Kristina R. Gaddy joins me again to celebrate the paperback release of her fascinating  book “Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History”. We chat about the reception to the book's publication in hardback, what information has come to light since publication, Kristina's hopes that her book will inspire others to pick up where she…

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Kristina R Gaddy on the Banjo’s Hidden History (part 1 – original interview re-post)

**This interview was originally posted in September 2022** My guest this week is Kristina R. Gaddy, who joins us to discuss her fascinating  book “Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History”. We chat about how she came to write the book and some of the key discoveries she made along the way, in particular…

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Bluegrass Briefing – April 15th 2024 (Church Street Blues re-issue, John McEuen, Jake Eddy)

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  Church Street Blues reissue Releases (The Grass is New) The Grass is (mostly) New 2024…

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Matt Glaser – Celebrating 15 Years of Berklee’s American Roots Music Program

My guest this week is Matt Glaser, Artistic Director of Berklee's Center for American Roots Music. Matt joins me to celebrate 15 years of the program, but also to delve into some of the themes of his superb Keynote  Speech at IBMA 2023. In the speech, Matt sets out the idea that American music can…

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Bluegrass Briefing – April 8th 2024 (Fretboard Summit, Rhiannon Giddens, Hillary Klug)

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  Fretboard Summit Rhiannon Giddens on collaborating with Beyoncé on 'Cowboy Carter' Releases (The Grass is…

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Temperance Reel (G 75 bpm) – Jam Along

This week we're jamming along to Temperance Reel and 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…

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