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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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59:28

Darol Anger - Mr Sun Plays Duke Ellington's Nutcracker

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2024/12/04

My guest this week is Darol Anger, one of the leading lights of progressive string band music over the last 50 years.Through his work with the David Grisman Quintet, the Turtle Island String Quartet, bands like Psychograss and New Grange and his long standing collaboration with Mike Marshall (not to mention his own wonderful solo records), Darol has been at the forefront of pushing perceptions of what string bands can do for decades.Today we're chatting about Darol's current band, Mr Sun, and...

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40:34

Charlotte Carrivick - Sensible or Otherwise

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2024/11/28

My guest this week is Charlotte Carrivick.Charlotte is one of my favourite guitarists, so I'm delighted she's back on the podcast to talk about her new record Sensible or Otherwise.We chat about why, despite having written tunes for years, it took so long to make an instrumental record; the new guitar she commissioned for this album; why she's not uploading it to Spotify and where some of the names for the tunes on this record came from (there are some fabulous titles on this one!)...

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46:41

Olli Chanoff - FreshGrass Foundation

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2024/11/20

My guests this week is Olli Chanoff, Director of Programming at the FreshGrass Foundation.So much music I love has its roots in FreshGrass Commissions, from albums like Becky Buller's Jubilee, Sarah Jarosz's Blue Heron Suite and Aoife O'Donovan's All My Friends, to instrumental works by Sierra Hull, Jerry Douglas and Jacob Jolliff. So I was delighted to get the opportunity to chat to Olli about how FreshGrass goes about commissioning these works, why they support the FreshGrass Foundatio...

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Bluegrass Briefing - November 18th 2024

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2024/11/18

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)Blue Ridge Guitar CampAllison de Groot’s ArtistWorks clawhammer banjo courseReleases (The Grass is New)Charlotte Carrivick BandcampThe Grass is (mostly) New 2024 playlistScroll on BuddyBela Fleck and Abigail Washburn’s Holiday Card listOther bitsSign up for emails https...

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44:34

Sarah Jarosz - Blue Heron Suite Reissue Special

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2024/11/13

My guest this week is Sarah Jarosz.Sarah joins me to talk about one of my favourite albums, 'Blue Heron Suite', which is getting a physical reissue on November 22nd. We chat about how the record developed out of a FreshGrass commission, what that process was like, the central themes that underpin the album, the decision to arrange it for a trio rather than including drums and how it fits into Sarah's journey, both personally and as a songwriter.Getting to chat about new records is always fun,...

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10:46

Bluegrass Briefing - November 11th 2024 (Grammy...

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2024/11/11

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 we have a special episode looking at the artists from the bluegrass and string band world who've been nominated for a Grammy. There'll be some music in here you're familiar with and, hopefully, something new to discover too.The awards themselves will take place on Sunday February 2nd 2025.Who are your favourites?Other bitsDonate to the Bluegrass Jam Along...

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44:48

Sierra Hull Returns

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2024/11/06

My guest this week is Sierra Hull.Since I spoke to Sierra for the podcast back in January 2023 she's been ridiculously busy touring and recording. We chat about the extended tour she's been on for Bela Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart (which she describes as one of the highlights of her musical life), her current and ongoing tour with her own band (which has been chaotic to say the least!) and why she chose to have a drummer in her band, even though she confesses she's not generally a fan of drums ...

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Bluegrass Briefing - November 4th 2024

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2024/11/04

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 newsBryan Sutton IBMA fundraiser interviewDonate to the Bluegrass Jam Along/Bryan Sutton fundraiser to help people and communities devastated by Hurricane HeleneNews and Announcements (Church Street News)Poor Gal: The Cultural History of Little Liza JaneReleases (The Grass is New)The Grass is (mostly) Ne...

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75:38

Bryan Sutton - Hurricane Helene Fundraiser

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2024/10/30

This week I'm joined by bluegrass legend Bryan Sutton for a very special episode to benefit the IBMA Trust Fund and help people suffering the devastation of Hurricane Helene.In the run up to recording the episode we asked for questions for Bryan for Bluegrass Jam Along listeners - in this interview you'll hear me put those questions to him. We talk about growing up in Asheville and how important that community was to Bryan's musical development; about his relationship with Doc Watson and the ...

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Bluegrass Briefing - October 28th 2024

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2024/10/28

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)Donate to the Bluegrass Jam Along/Bryan Sutton fundraiser to help people and communities devastated by Hurricane Helene.Biscuits and BanjosEuropean Bluegrass SummitRestring AppalachiaReleases (The Grass is New)Chris Eaton & Flint County - Pheasant PieThe Grass is (m...

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55:37

Daniel Patrick - Mandolins and Beer Podcast

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2024/10/23

My guest this week is Daniel Patrick, host of the excellent Mandolins and Beer podcast.Daniel has interviewed dozens of great mandolin players for his podcast, but today we're going to talk about his new record Around the Clock, which features him playing with eleven of his heroes, including Tim O'Brien, Ronnie McCoury and Sam Bush, as well as some of the top players on the scene today, including Jarrod Walker, Jacob Jolliff and Harry Clark.We chat about how the record came together and how i...

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Bluegrass Briefing - October 21st 2024

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2024/10/21

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 episodeNews and Announcements (Church Street News)Donate to the Bluegrass Jam Along/Bryan Sutton fundraiser to help people and communities devastated by Hurricane Helene.Celtic Connections 2025Blue Ridge Guitar Camp 2025Michael Daves’ Clarence White Muleskinner zoom classNew Acoustic Facebook groupReleases (The Grass is...

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Announcing the Bryan Sutton & IBMA Hurricane Helene...

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2024/10/17

This week's episode is about a very special fundraiser I'm putting together.I’m working with Bryan Sutton to raise funds to help people suffering the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene. Bryan is from Asheville, NC, one of the cities hit hardest by the hurricane, so this cause is very close to his heart.We’re putting together a one off episode of Bluegrass Jam Along where you, the podcast's listeners, get to interview Bryan! Here's how it works...When you donate, you get to send me a ques...

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Bluegrass Briefing - October 14th 2024

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2024/10/14

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)Donate to the Bluegrass Jam Along/Bryan Sutton fundraiser to help people and communities devastated by Hurricane Helene.Appalachian Allies benefit concertEnergy Curfew Music HourYouTubeApple PodcastsSpotifyReleases (The Grass is New)The Grass is (mostly) New 2024 playli...

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41:24

Roots Revival - A Black Stringband Symposium, with...

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2024/10/09

My guests on the podcast this week are Lillian Werbin and Kristina Gaddy. I caught up with them at IBMA to chat about Roots Revival : A Black Stringband Symposium, a collaboration between IBMA and The Banjo Gathering.Hosted at IBMA's World of Bluegrass, the symposium celebrated and explored Black contributions to Bluegrass and other traditional music, both historic and continuing, featuring contemporary conversations about diversity and inclusion in traditional music and the ways in which Bla...

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Bluegrass Briefing - October 7th 2024

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2024/10/07

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 episodeNews and Announcements (Church Street News)Donate to help those devastated by hurricane HeleneJohn Hartford tune marathonReleases (The Grass is New)The Grass is (mostly) New 2024 playlistOther bitsSign up for emails https://bluegrassjamalong.com/contact/The Grass is (mostly) New 2024 playlistFull list of intervie...

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56:12

IBMA 2024 Special - featuring ArtistWorks, Brenna...

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2024/10/02

This week's episode is a selection of interviews I carried out at IBMA World of Bluegrass in Raleigh, North Carolina last week.It was the last IBMA in Raleigh before the event moves to Chattanooga in 2025, and was an amazing week, full of great conversations, events, music, instruments, picking and people. I had a fantastic time and can't tell you how much it means to me to feel so welcomed by the bluegrass and string band community.But it was also a devastating week for the people of western...

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Inspiration for Musicians - featuring Bryan Sutton,...

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2024/09/26

This week’s episode is all about learning to play music.I’ve been listening back to the interviews I’ve done over the past 3 years and so many of them touch on some really core stuff when it comes to being a musician. All of it has helped me at one point or another, so I thought I’d put together a compilation of some of my favourite bits. There’s something in here for everyone, whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been playing for years and just need some inspiration or encourageme...

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Bluegrass Briefing - September 23rd 2024

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2024/09/23

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 World of Bluegrass infoCollings Hill Country guitarsKruger Brothers Music AcademyReleases (The Grass is New)The Grass is (mostly) New 2024 playlistScroll on BuddyBilly Strings ‘Seven Weeks in County’ videoOther bitsSign up for emails https://bluegrassjamalong.com/c...

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Bluegrass Briefing - September 16th 2024

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2024/09/16

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.Podcast newsInterview episodes by categoryNews and Announcements (Church Street News)Vasen & HawtailPreorder linkTour datesReleases (The Grass is New)Andy Statman albumBuy on AmazonThe Grass is (mostly) New 2024 playlistOther bitsSign up for emails https://bluegrassjamalong.com/contact/The Grass is (mostly) ...

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