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19/08/2026

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.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lindsay-lou-bluegrass-women/id1556697198?i=1000784351270

07/08/2026

Today’s theme is old wooden transport and cake for breakfast*

* cake not pictured

This is very, very, very good.
06/08/2026

This is very, very, very good.

Downtime ❤️🇪🇸
06/08/2026

Downtime ❤️🇪🇸

No podcast tomorrow, on account of this. Back soon… 😎
04/08/2026

No podcast tomorrow, on account of this. Back soon… 😎

This album has been out for almost a week now, so here are some initial thoughts. *disclaimer* this is a record it’ll ta...
30/07/2026

This album has been out for almost a week now, so here are some initial thoughts.

*disclaimer* this is a record it’ll take me a long time to really get under the skin of. However:

Texture - there’s no other string band that uses texture like Punch Brothers. It’s a constant smorgasbord for the ears. Sometimes dense and overwhelming, sometimes delicate and fragile - mostly somewhere in between. I absolutely love it.

The American string band as a vehicle - this might sound w***y, but hear me out. Some artists take a thing and stretch it to the limits. The Beatles took the studio as a canvas and reimagined what it could do. Mozart did the same with form - he didn’t invent the symphony, opera, sonata or string quartet, but he redefined them forever. It feels to me like Punch Brothers, guided by Chris Thile, are doing that with the American string band. It’s endlessly fascinating to listen to.

Fun - Béla Fleck once said (and I’m massively paraphrasing here) that complex music can be totally be approachable. I agree. It too often isn’t, but Punch always manage to balance deep intent with levity. It’s a lovely thing. Serious thoughts held lightly are always joyful.

That’s it for now. What’s your take on the record so far? I’d love to know.



Chris Eldridge Noam Pikelny Brittany Haas Paul Kowert

Birthday haul 🎉
30/07/2026

Birthday haul 🎉

To celebrate Punch Brothers’ fabulous new record, The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers, I’m reposting a fascinating c...
29/07/2026

To celebrate Punch Brothers’ fabulous new record, The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers, I’m reposting a fascinating conversation I had with Brittany Haas after she joined the band.

This is the first Punch album with Brittany in the line-up so I thought it would be fun to listen back and hear how she joined the band and what her first shows were like.

I’d interviewed Gabe Witcher few days after he played his final shows with Punch Brothers at Telluride and, 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.

It’s a superb album and it was fun listening back to this now the record is out!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/repost-brittany-haas-on-joining-punch-brothers/id1556697198?i=1000778909018

The IBMA Industry Awards voting is now open. If you appreciate the podcast, I’d appreciate your vote in the Broadcaster ...
28/07/2026

The IBMA Industry Awards voting is now open. If you appreciate the podcast, I’d appreciate your vote in the Broadcaster of the Year category!

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