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  • 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.

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    News and Announcements (Church Street News)

    Vasen & HawtailPreorder linkTour dates

    Releases (The Grass is New)

    Andy Statman albumBuy on AmazonThe Grass is (mostly) New 2024 playlist



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  • My guest this week is the legendary Jerry Douglas.

    Jerry joins me again to chat about recording his first new album in six years. It's called 'The Set' and features the band Jerry's been playing with for a decade now.

    He talks about what's special about playing with that band and why he chose to re-visit some tunes that will be familiar to his fans for this record, as well as new material, including 'The Fifth Season', which started out as a FreshGrass commission.

    We also chat about some of Jerry's other long standing collaborations, including Transatlantic Sessions, the Telluride House Band and Alison Krauss and Union Station. Jerry reveals AKUS have not one but two new albums recorded.

    'The Set' is out on September 20th. You'll find all the info and links to preorder on Jerry website

    For info and updates on all Jerry's projects, make sure to follow him on Facebook and Instagram

    It's always a joy chatting to Jerry. Hope you enjoy this as much as I did!
    Happy picking,
    Matt

    **this episode was edited post release to remove a small section of the content**

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  • My guest this week is Fretboard Journal's Jason Verlinde.

    Jason shares the story of how Fretboard Journal started, back in 2005, and how it's grown from a print magazine to include a series of great podcasts and The Fretboard Summit events.

    We also chat about the current state of the acoustic instrument market and how the vintage market has changed over the past two decades, plus what people can expect from this year's Fretboard Summit, which kicks off in Chicago in just two days.

    Visit fretboardjournal.com for more info on the Fretboard Journal magazine and podcasts and fretboardsummit.org for info on the Fretboard Summit.

    Happy picking!
    Matt

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  • 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.

    This week, news of a brand new record by Daniel Patrick of the Mandolins and Beer podcast and a new flatpicking course from Grant Gordy on Peghead Nation.

    There's also new music from Stephen Mougin and Ned Luberecki, Jason Carter and Michael Cleveland, Sarah Jarosz, Any Leftwich, Aoife O'Donovan and Hawktail and Jerry Douglas!

    Don't forget, you'll find the new releases playlist here:

    The Grass is (mostly) New 2024 playlist

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  • My guest this week is Rebecca Frazier. Rebecca was the first woman ever to appear on the cover of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine and her band Hit & Run are the only band to win all three Rockygrass, Telluride, and SPBGMA Festival Band competitions.

    She joins me to chat about her new record Boarding Windows in Paradise. We talk about working with legendary producer and engineer Bill Wolf, recording with Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan and the band Love Canon and the decade gap between this and her last record.

    We touch on so many different aspects of combining music with life and how we change (or don't ) over time. We also talk about our shared love of Dolly Parton's record The Grass is Blue and the influence it had on Rebecca's new record.

    I loved this conversation and I hope you do too.

    For more info check out rebeccafrazier.com, where you'll find links to her tour dates, social channels and YouTube.

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  • My guest this week is Becky Buller.

    Becky is the winner of 10 IBMA awards, including the 2016 awards for Fiddler and Female Vocalist. She's the first woman in the history of IBMA to receive the Fiddle Player of the Year award and the first person ever to win in both vocal and instrumental categories.

    She joins me to talk about her fabulous album and song cycle 'Jubilee'.

    We talk about the FreshGrass commission that sparked the piece, co-writing with Aoife O'Donovan, taking part in an historic all-female Newport line up (where she sang '9 to 5' with Dolly Parton) and recording 'Jubilee' in the studio...live...in just a day and a half!

    We also talk about the themes of anxiety, self-worth and depression that underpin 'Jubilee' and how the enforced shutdown brought on by Covid affected Becky's mental health.

    It's an open, honest and warm conversation that touches on so many things I suspect will resonate with a lot of people. It was a joy to get to have it.

    Visit beckybuller.com for more info and tour dates and follow Becky on Instagram and Facebook for regular updates.

    Happy picking!
    Matt



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  • 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.

    Podcast news

    Interview episodes by category

    News and Announcements (Church Street News)

    IBMA announcementLessons With Marcel Molly Tuttle bookPeghead Nation Folk and Bluegrass Songs for FiddleDon’t forget the promo code below for a free month!

    Releases (The Grass is New)

    Billy Strings Leadfoot videoThe Grass is (mostly) New 2024 playlist




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    Green Mountain Bluegrass FestivalRebecca Frazier High Country Road Trip video

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    Happy picking.

    Matt



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  • This week's episode is a Food For Thought episode. If you're not familiar with them, they're a series of short episodes on a single idea, designed to get you thinking and (hopefully) deepening your understanding of a particular music related area.

    This week we've got a simple idea from Dolly Parton - "Find out who you are and do it on purpose."

    So many of us think we should decide what kind of musician (or person!) we want to be, then work to become that, but the reality is we've all got something within us that's authentically and uniquely 'us' and we should all be doing our best to lean into it. Not that it's wrong to learn from and be inspired by others, just that only they can be themselves (and we can only be ourselves!)

    I hope you find it useful! Back next week with another interview for you.

    Happy picking,
    Matt

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  • 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 news & info

    Releases (The Grass is New)

    The Grass is (mostly) New 2024 playlist

    Other bits

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    Happy picking.

    Matt

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  • My guest this week is Alister Atkin of Atkin Guitars.

    I've been following Atkin's progress for a few years now and have been blown away by the quality of guitars they're producing. They combine some cutting edge techniques with a bespoke approach, to bring out the uniqueness of every guitar they make. As Alister puts it: 'We're all about getting the feel and the sound of the instrument, and the aura of a great instrument.'

    We talk about some of these processes, including baking wood, freezing guitar bodies and even 3D printing moulds, as well as how Alister got into guitar making in the first place. We also chat about Atkin's White Rice model, a tribute to the Martin D28 owned by Clarence White, then Tony Rice (hence the name!) and the new range of electric guitars they're making.

    You can find info and drool over their guitars at https://atkinguitars.com/ and follow the Atkin Guitars Instagram feed for updates.

    But what I'd really urge you to do is to find one and play it, which you can do by checking the list of Atkin Guitar dealers around the world.

    It was a fascinating chat - I hope you enjoy it.

    Happy picking,
    Matt

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  • Last week we lost Happy Traum, one of the shining lights of acoustic music for over half a century.

    It’s hard to fully grasp, in our online world where everything is right there whenever we need it, just what an enormous contribution Happy and the Homespun team made to helping people learn roots and acoustic music.

    I was lucky enough to get to chat to Happy a couple of times for the podcast, and he spoke about how strongly he felt that their role was to document, as well as teach. Watching the videos they put out with Tony Rice, Doc Watson, Norman Blake and Bill Monroe (and many more) it’s hard to think of a bigger contribution to documenting an era of music!

    To celebrate Happy's extraordinary influence, which will continue for many years through Homespun's legacy, I'm re-posting the chat I had with him for the podcast back in June of 2022. Countless people learned to play an instrument thanks to the books, tapes, videos, CDs, DVDs and downloads Homespun put out, with some of the leading names in roots music, including Tony Rice, Norman Blake, Bill Monroe, John Hartford, Sam Bush and many, many more.

    Happy shares the story of how Homespun was born, around a kitchen table, as well as memories of working with some of those iconic musicians, many of whom became friends along the way.

    Happy will be dearly missed by those who knew him, as well as by people like me, who didn't, but whose lives were enriched by his work.

    Thank you Happy!

    Matt

    Visit Homespun's website to check out their extraordinary catalogue

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  • 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 award nominees

    Releases (The Grass is New)

    David Grisman & the Rounder Album Band - Live at Grass ValleyThe Grass is (mostly) New 2024 playlist

    Other bits

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    Happy picking.

    Matt

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  • My guest this week is Roger Siminoff. Not only is Roger an authority on instrument making, the physics of music and tap tuning, he's also an expert on the life and work of Lloyd Loar.

    Loar worked at Gibson in the early 1920s and oversaw the production of some truly remarkable, game changing instruments - most notably the F5 mandolin, which went on to become an integral part of bluegrass music and shape how we see mandolins for the next 100 years.

    We talked about Lloyd Loar's background, why his approach to making mandolins was both revolutionary, yet also harked back 200 years to the golden age of violin making and how Roger ended up researching Loar for a magazine piece (a piece that went on to develop into an interest in Loar's work, a deep friendship with his widow, the discovery of some long lost instruments and, ultimately, a life's work for Roger himself).

    It was a fascinating conversation - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

    To find out more about Roger and his books, visit siminoffbooks.com

    In particular check out The Life and Work of Lloyd Allayre Loar and The Art of Tap Tuning

    Roger mentions Dan Beimborn's wonderful Mandolin Archive site, detailing all the known Loar-signed instruments out there.

    For more on mandolins, including info and a truly excellent forum, I can highly recommend Mandolin Cafe

    Happy picking!
    Matt






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  • 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 Black String Band SymposiumVolunteer at IBMAEmail [email protected] for more info

    Releases (The Grass is New)

    The Grass is (mostly) New 2024 playlist

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    East Nash Grass at DelFestTony Rice Native American vinyl reissue


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    Happy picking.

    Matt



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  • My guest on the podcast this week is Chris Eldridge, guitarist with Punch Brothers and Mighty Poplar.

    Chris is not only one of my favourite guitarists, he's also one of my favourite people I've had on as a guest, so I'm delighted to welcome him back to Bluegrass Jam Along to celebrate the podcast's 400th episode.

    In this special episode we're chatting about Bela Fleck's ground breaking record Drive. It's a record that's really important to Chris, and also played a key role in the early days of both The Infamous Stringdusters and Punch Brothers.

    Chris talks about first hearing the record, why it grabbed his attention so much and why it holds a key place in not only Bela's output, but also in the rich tradition of progressive, instrumental string band music. We also talk about the remarkable contributions made by the players Bela assembled for this record, including Sam Bush, Mark Schatz, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Mark O'Connor and, of course, Tony Rice.

    It was a fascinating conversation to get to have. Drive is one of my favourite records and I know it's a favourite of so many bluegrass fans and players too.

    Thanks Chris and here's to the next 400 episodes!

    Happy picking!
    Matt


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  • 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.

    Podcast News

    Gabe Witcher interviewBrittany Haas interview

    Releases (The Grass is New)

    The Grass is (mostly) New 2024 playlist



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    Fretboard SummitIBMA Bluegrass Ramble



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    Happy picking.

    Matt



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  • My guest on the podcast this week is Brittany Haas, fiddle player with Hawktail and, now, Punch Brothers!

    I interviewed Gabe Witcher last June, a few days after he played his final shows with Punch Brothers at Telluride. Almost exactly a year later to the day I spoke with Brittany to chat about joining the band as his replacement. Brittany had just played with Punch Brothers at Telluride, so there was a lovely symmetry to it.

    We chatted about how Brittany got the gig, the challenges of replacing one of your favourite fiddle payers in a band you love, how knowing the rest of the band really helped with that process (both musically and socially), how her first shows with the band have been and what Punch Brothers 3.0 might look like.

    Brittany also has a brand new record of fiddle duets with Lena Jonsson, called The Snake, which you can stream in all the usual places as well as buy on Bandcamp

    Happy picking!
    Matt

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  • 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 International Booth info Contact Christopher Howard Williams (IBMA board member) via the contact form on the Bluegrass in La Roche websiteNice Like That Kickstarter pageBlue Ridge Banjo Camp

    Releases (The Grass is New)

    The Grass is (mostly) New 2024 playlist

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    Punch Brothers’ set at Telluride 2024



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  • My guests this week are Ruth Oxenberg and Rob Schumer.

    They join me to talk about a very special series of concerts they've curated called Bluegrass on Hudson, which are happening at The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, in New York's Hudson Valley.

    But we start by talking about a wonderful documentary they directed and produced called Bluegrass Journey. It's a movie I've watched multiple times and really love. We chat about how they got into bluegrass in the first place (including how the Del McCoury Band almost became their wedding band!), how a TV news segment on bluegrass turned into a feature length documentary, their experience of filming the movie at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival and some of the legends of bluegrass who feature in the movie, including the Del McCoury Band, Peter Rowan, Tim O'Brien, Jerry Douglas, Chris Thile and an iconic performance of Shenandoah by Tony Rice.

    If you haven't seen Bluegrass Journey I'd urge you to check it out.

    This was a wonderful conversation. I hope you enjoy it!
    Happy picking,
    Matt

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    Bluegrass on Hudson info and tickets

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  • My guest this week is Tony Trischka, who returns to Bluegrass Jam Along to chat about his superb new record Earl Jam.

    We talk about Tony receiving a thumb drive containing 200 unheard recordings of Earl Scruggs jamming with John Hartford, and his amazement at not just how many tunes were on there that he'd never heard Earl play, but also hearing Earl play in different styles and tunings too.

    Tony started transcribing the breaks and that was the start of the project that became Earl Jam, which features performances from Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Sam Bush, Del McCoury and Sierra Ferrell, alongside many more incredible musicians.

    It's a wonderful record and, as always, it was a joy chatting to Tony.

    For more info on the album, to buy or stream Earl Jam and to check Tony's tour dates, visit tonytrischka.com

    Happy picking,
    Matt


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