Steve Nall (Nully), Collings' Head of Production, returns to the podcast to chat about tonewoods. When Nully was originally on the podcast in July we touched on this and I thought it would make for a great episode in its own right, as it's something lots of us have questions about. We start with a…
Read MoreMy guest this week is Marcel Ardans, from the Lessons With Marcel YouTube channel. Marcel has spent hours (probably weeks) transcribing the playing of bluegrass players. In this episode he picks four of his favourites and we chat about their styles, influences and what makes them unique. First up is Billy Strings, followed by Trey…
Read MoreYesterday was June 8th 2022 and would have been Tony Rice's birthday. As a tribute to Tony I've put together a compilation of some of the conversations I've had for this podcast where the guests mentioned Tony. I wanted to wait till today to release it as yesterday, Tony's actual birthday, I was speaking to…
Read MoreHi and welcome to Bluegrass Jamalong, a new podcast of fiddle tune and bluegrass backing tracks. I play guitar and mandolin and love jamming along to backing tracks when I’m learning a fiddle tune. But, I struggle to find backing tracks I like. First up, most backing tracks are too short. It generally takes me…
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