My guest this week is Lindsay Lou.
I chatted with Lindsay a while back, about her record Queen of Time. This time we're talking about her brand new record Bluegrass Women. Lindsay reveals how the project came about and why she wanted to make a record celebrating the contributions of women to bluegrass. We talk about the musicians on the record – including Sarah Jarosz, Sierra Hull, Molly Tuttle, Laurie Lewis and Alison Brown – and why mentorship and multi-generational music making are so important.
Lindsay also discusses the origin of some of the songs on the record, many of which will be familiar to regular listeners to bluegrass, but not everyone will realise they were written by women (I certainly didn't).
We also chat about the importance of vocal harmony and how Bluegrass Women was a natural progression from Queen of Time and its predecessor Southland.
Here's some info on where to buy or stream Bluegrass Women
You can check out the harmony singing lessons mentioned on Lindsay's Patreon page.
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