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Bluegrass Jam Along

Matt Hutchinson

"Bluegrass Jam Along is a great, great podcast" - Chris EldridgeThe IBMA Award winning podcast for anyone and everyone who loves bluegrass.Every week we feature interviews with musicians, writers, instrument makers and other key figures from the bluegrass and string band world, plus regular news and new releases.Guests include Alison Krauss, Sierra Hull, Tim O"Brien, Wyatt Rice, Jerry Douglas, Sarah Jarosz, Jarrod Walker and David Grisman.For more info visit https://bluegrassjamalong.com

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54:25

Joe K Walsh - Less is More, Conversation and Space in...

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2025/07/02

My guest this week is Joe K Walsh. Joe plays mandolin with several projects, including Mr Sun (featuring Darol Anger, Grant Gordy and Aidan O’Donnell); the Mike Block Trio; a duo with Matt Flinner and a trio with Ella Jordan and Jed Wilson. He joins me this week to chat about his most recent solo record “Trust and Love” and also his previous record ”If Not Now, Who?” Both records have a quiet, conversational feel and feature some wonderful musicians. Joe describes his approach to "Trus...

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Bluegrass Briefing June 30th 2025

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2025/06/30

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 Picking For the PrizeNoam Pikelny tour datesJake Workman safariNed Luberecki safari Releases (The Grass is New) The Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlist In My Ears I’m With Her - Ancient Light live at Sunset Sound Other bits Sign up for emails...

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63:31

Celebrating IBMA World of Bluegrass as it Prepares to...

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2025/06/25

This week we're celebrating IBMA World of Bluegrass as it prepares to make the move to Chattanooga after a successful decade in Raleigh. First I'll be talking to former IBMA Executive Director, and current board member, Paul Schiminger about the history of World of Bluegrass, how it started, the various cities it's been hosted in over the years and why it's moving this year. After that I chat to Jill Snider, former Convention Services / Member Services Director at IBMA who's been very inv...

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83:41

Celebrating 50 years of the David Grisman Quintet -...

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2025/06/18

We're celebrating 50 years of the David Grisman Quintet with a special set of 3 episodes. This week is part 3, featuring the man himself, David Grisman. I chat to David about how the Quintet came together and developed over those early years, how it built on the work he'd already done with The Great American Music Band, how Tony Rice joined the band and what he brought and how, through continuous rehearsal, the Quintet learned to craft and build the arrangements that are such a key part of th...

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Bluegrass Briefing June 16th 2025

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2025/06/16

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) Tony Rice Backwaters re-releaseDel McCoury Pickin’ PartyBluegrass at the Ryman Releases (The Grass is New) The Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlist Scroll on Buddy Gabe Witcher InterviewAppleSpotifyYouTubeIn My Ears Bill C Malone BookTed Olson inter...

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44:04

Celebrating 50 years of the David Grisman Quintet -...

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2025/06/11

We're celebrating 50 years of the David Grisman Quintet with a special set of 3 episodes. This week is part 2, featuring Todd Phillips, who was in the band before it was even a band! We chat about how he got to know David Grisman and how, through taking mandolin lessons from him, they started developing a duet that eventually grew into the Quintet. We also talk about his transition from the mandolin role to playing bass in that band, and subsequently with Tony Rice, both in The Tony Rice Unit...

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78:23

Celebrating 50 years of the David Grisman Quintet -...

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2025/06/04

2025 marks 50 years since The David Grisman Quintet first got together, an event that changed string band music forever. The DGQ played a huge part in the careers of some incredible musicians, including Tony Rice, Mike Marshall, Darol Anger and Todd Phillips, as well as including collaborations with Stéphane Grappelli. Their first record, The David Grisman Quintet, remains one of the most important records in string band history. To celebrate the early years of the quintet, and the...

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Bluegrass Briefing June 2nd 2025

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2025/06/02

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 Bluegrass Live - lineup and tickets Releases (The Grass is New) Acoustic Disc Frank Wakefield album The Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlist Other bits Sign up for emails https://bluegrassjamalong.com/contact/The Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlistFu...

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Celebrating Norman Blake's 'Whiskey Before Breakfast'...

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2025/05/28

My guest this week is Bob Minner and we're celebrating one of the most iconic flatpicking records of all time - Norman Blake's 'Whiskey Before Breakfast'. We chat about Bob first hearing this record and why he loves it so much; its place in the flatpicking repertoire; the gear Norman used (including guitars, picks and even string gauges!) and we go through the record track by track. Not only that, Bob phoned Norman before we did the interview specifically to ask him about the songs and tunes ...

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Bluegrass Briefing May 26th 2025

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2025/05/26

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) Romp Festival lineup and ticketsBluegrass Hall of Fame gigsGreen Mountain LineupHardly Strictly BluegrassCarolina Chocolate Drops documentary Releases (The Grass is New) George Jackson PatreonTristan Scroggins PatreonCaterina Lichtenberg Mike Marshall & Fr...

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36:34

Wayne Erbsen on 50 Years of Writing About Southern...

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2025/05/21

My guest this week is Wayne Erbsen, professor of old-time and bluegrass music at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Wayne joins me to talk about half a century of writing about old-time and bluegrass music, including his latest book Southern Mountain Music: The Collected Writings of Wayne Erbsen. Over the past 50 years Wayne has interviewed many legendary figures in Appalachian music, as well as many lesser known names (including the guitarist who acted as AP Carter's 'human tape...

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Bluegrass Briefing May 14th 2025

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2025/05/14

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) Bluegrass on Hudson lineup and ticketsIBMA WOB ticketsIBMA International Stage applicationsNote - the deadline is being extended to the end of MayPhillips, Grier and Flinner tour dates Releases (The Grass is New) The Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlist Ot...

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51:45

Jason Carter on his 33 Years With the Del McCoury Band

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2025/05/07

My guest on the podcast this week is six time IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year Jason Carter. Jason recently ended his 33 year run with the Del McCoury Band and we talk about that extraordinary journey, from the fascinating story about how he got the job in the first place, to the decision to move on and what comes next. We also talk about the huge changes bluegrass has gone through in those 33 years, how Del's career grew alongside that, recording The Mountain with Steve Earle and Jason's...

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23:12

Bitesize - Wyatt Rice on recording Church Street...

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2025/04/23

This Bitesize episode features a conversation I had with Wyatt Rice for a set of episodes in 2023 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Tony Rice's 'Church Street Blues' album. Wyatt talks about his experience of playing on the sessions aged just 17, hanging out with Tony, the first time he saw an Ovation guitar at Tony's house and the track from 'Church Street Blues' he ended up playing backup on, even though he'd never played it before the tape started running. It was a really special interv...

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Bluegrass Briefing - April 21st 2025

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2025/04/21

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) Tony Rice Memorial Day Music FestBanjo in Sicily with Tony Trischka Releases (The Grass is New) Daniel Kimbro album - buy/stream The Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlist Scroll on Buddy Alison Krauss vinyl reissueSoul Folk book Other bits Sign up for...

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45:25

Katie Harford Hogue - Julia Belle: The John Hartford...

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2025/04/16

My guest this week is Katie Harford Hogue, who joins me to chat about the wonderful album 'Julia Belle: The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 2' We discuss how the project came about, following the discovery of dozens of John Hartford's notebooks, kept between 1983 and 2001, full of as many as 4,000 original fiddle tunes he'd composed. That led to the book - 'John Hartford's Mammoth Collection of Fiddle Tunes', followed by two albums, the second of which we're exploring today. Co-prod...

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Bluegrass Briefing - April 14th 2025

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2025/04/14

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) Darol Anger’s Big Book of Tunes vol 3 Releases (The Grass is New) The Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlist Scroll on Buddy Steve Earle’s Fifty Years of Songs and Stories tour dates Other bits Sign up for emails https://bluegrassjamalong.com/contact/The Gr...

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24:44

Bitesize - Rachel Baiman on Connection, Conversation...

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2025/04/09

This Bitesize episode comes from an interview I did in April 2023 with Rachel Baiman about her wonderful record Common Nation of Sorrow I re-listened to the episode (and the album) recently and this section really stood out. We chat about storytelling in music; the power of infusing a song with emotion; the importance of connection and conversation and how music can foster community. I really enjoyed this and found it thought provoking to listen back to. I hope you find something interestin...

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Bluegrass Briefing - April 7th 2025

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2025/04/07

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) Earl Scruggs Music FestivalRhiannon Giddens and Kristina Gaddy book Releases (The Grass is New) The Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlist Scroll on Buddy Billy Strings and Sierra Hull - Midnight on the Stormy Deep Other bits Sign up for emails https://blue...

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Bluegrass Briefing - March 31st 2025

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2025/03/31

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) North Carolina Guitar Celebration Releases (The Grass is New) Darol Anger & Mike Marshall with the WDR Big BandSpotifyCDThe Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlist Scroll on Buddy Dawg at 80 - Hartford’s Reel (with Sam Bush, Billy Strings and more) Other b...

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