This week's Food For Thought episode was inspired by Punch Brothers' new cover of Tony Rice's 'Church St Blues' (well, their cover of Tony's cover of Norman Blake's original!) As always with Punch Brothers and Chris Thile, opinions have been divided. Some people really take offence at a song they love being covered in a…

This week's food for thought centres around the question 'should we stop calling people 'gifted'?' I've been thinking a lot (and talking to other people) about the notion of 'gifted' vs 'hard working' and wanted to share some thoughts on it with you. In the episode I mention a great documentary called 'Flamekeeper – The…

This week's food for thought centres around the question 'what is the actual tune?' We all know Whiskey Before Breakfast, right? But we also probably all know slightly different versions. So, how does Whiskey Before Breakfast actually go? I've included a snippet from the interview I did with Bryan Sutton for episode #100, which addresses this,…

Hi everyone. This is the first in a new series of episodes called 'Food for Thought'. Each one introduces an interesting (and short!) thought or idea about music that got me thinking about how I play and what music means to me.  I'm sharing them in the hope you'll find them interesting and come and…