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My guest on this week's bitesize episode is Gabe Witcher. This extract comes from a longer conversation I had with Gabe ...
13/08/2025

My guest on this week's bitesize episode is Gabe Witcher. This extract comes from a longer conversation I had with Gabe in June 2023, directly after he'd played his final shows with Punch Brothers at Telluride.

Gabe talks about first meeting Chris Thile at a festival when they were kids; playing football together before they even got round to jamming; how they found the rest of the band that became Punch Brothers; their first shows together in New York City and how the emotion of playing the tunes they worked on back then hit him in those final Telluride shows.

This was a fun one to listen back to!

Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bluegrass-jam-along/id1556697198?i=1000721782658

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/2wQ5CiEYoSAqktS7o7spvo?si=PnTCArvQRLOZnH_2jrdaMQ

(If you want to hear the full episode from 2023 it’s here - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bluegrass-jam-along/id1556697198?i=1000618579582)

This week’s Bitesize episode comes from one of my favourite interviews (and also one of the most listened to), my conver...
06/08/2025

This week’s Bitesize episode comes from one of my favourite interviews (and also one of the most listened to), my conversation with Jarrod Walker

Jarrod is probably best known to most of you as the mandolin player in Billy Strings’ band.

In this excerpt Jarrod talks about getting the gig with Billy, how it was both the most progressive and the most traditional gig he’d had, learning to play plugged in and experimenting with pedals.

The full interview covers much more, including what Chris Thile taught him about learning fiddle tunes, how he almost ended up selling instruments for a living rather than playing them and going from landscaping one day during the pandemic to playing a live streamed gig at Red Rocks the next.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitesize-jarrod-walker-on-playing-with-billy-strings/id1556697198?i=1000720894063

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If you’re interested in the full interview, youll find it here - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bluegrass-jam-along/id1556697198?i=1000552698726

Here’s your weekly Bluegrass Briefing, featuring news and releases from:- Craft Recordings with a remastered JD Crowe cl...
04/08/2025

Here’s your weekly Bluegrass Briefing, featuring news and releases from:

- Craft Recordings with a remastered JD Crowe classic

- Sierra Hull's NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

- Earl Scruggs Music Festival is fast approaching

- new singles from Wyatt Ellis and Darol Anger (with Brittany Haas)

- Billy Strings and Bryan Sutton’s superb live album gets a physical release

- Alison Brown and Steve Martin to host the International Bluegrass Music Association Music Awards

and more

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bluegrass-briefing-august-4th-2025/id1556697198?i=1000720583841

Happy release day to and This extraordinary record has been on the streamers for a bit, but the physical versions are ...
01/08/2025

Happy release day to and

This extraordinary record has been on the streamers for a bit, but the physical versions are now available too. You can get them from Billy’s online store.

Thanks for all the birthday messages. It’s going pretty well so far. Italian pastries, new headphones, a Bob Stanley boo...
30/07/2025

Thanks for all the birthday messages. It’s going pretty well so far. Italian pastries, new headphones, a Bob Stanley book and a new episode of the podcast (plus a pub lunch and a pint).

All good.

My guest this week is Joe Brent, founder of Adhyâropa RecordsSo many of the guests I’ve had on the podcast have released...
30/07/2025

My guest this week is Joe Brent, founder of Adhyâropa Records

So many of the guests I’ve had on the podcast have released their albums through Adhyâropa and I was fascinated to find out more about the label.

We talk about why Joe set up the label in the first place, the reasons why it’s almost impossible for musicians to make a living today, how Adhyâropa is trying to change that and why, in the end, it’s just about helping people put out good music.

There’s so much to learn in this one, whether you’re a musician trying to navigate building a career or, like me, you’re a fan who wants to understand how musicians get paid and what we can do to support our favourite artists.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bluegrass-jam-along/id1556697198?i=1000719777963

I’m very much up for ‘best of’ lists as a means of starting conversations. The conversation this makes me want to start ...
28/07/2025

I’m very much up for ‘best of’ lists as a means of starting conversations. The conversation this makes me want to start is how a book like this can contain seven Megadeth songs, yet nothing from Tony Rice or Doc Watson and one Nickel Creek song, which is a cover.

For the record, I’ve seen Megadeth live at least four times 🙂🤘

It’s news time - your regular round up of bluegrass news and releases has landed. This week:- new singles from Ethan Set...
28/07/2025

It’s news time - your regular round up of bluegrass news and releases has landed.

This week:

- new singles from Ethan Setiawan and Sierra Ferrell (with Nikki Lane)

- a new EP from Becky Buller

- a great release from David Grisman’s Acoustic Oasis, featuring Dawg and Jesse McReynolds

- a new album from Hilary Hawke

- an Alison Krauss vinyl reissue on Craft Recordings

…and more

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bluegrass-briefing-july-28th-2025/id1556697198?i=1000719481740

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7BgMpZMKJ3Tr4jtCSj1myq?si=ULpFTnCGQJGoXVbf5GS6Tw



Dark Shadow Recording Adhyâropa Records

It was amazing to see my name in the nominations for IBMA Broadcaster of the Year. It was also very cool to see Daniel M...
24/07/2025

It was amazing to see my name in the nominations for IBMA Broadcaster of the Year. It was also very cool to see Daniel Mullins in there too.

To have two podcasters on the list just shows how important longer form interviews are to telling stories about the music we love and giving people in this music a platform.

There are so many great podcasts out there. Here are just a few of my favourites. If you’re not doing the podcast thing, download an episode of any one of them and give it a go (or you could even listen to Bluegrass Jam Along!)

Here’s to the podcasters 🎙️🎧🎉

Well would you look at that! Amazing!Thanks so much International Bluegrass Music Association ❤️
23/07/2025

Well would you look at that! Amazing!

Thanks so much International Bluegrass Music Association ❤️

This week’s Bitesize episode comes from one of my favourite interviews, the conversation I had with Caitlin Canty about ...
23/07/2025

This week’s Bitesize episode comes from one of my favourite interviews, the conversation I had with Caitlin Canty about her wonderful record Quiet Flame.

The album was produced by Chris Eldridge (of Punch Brothers and Mighty Poplar) and features a fantastic band, including Paul Kowert, Brittany Haas, Sarah Jarosz, Noam Pikelny and Andrew Marlin.

In this excerpt Caitlin talks about the delay between experiencing something and writing about it and how she needs to see patterns emerge before she starts to write. We also talk about a couple of the tracks on Quiet Flame and what they mean to her.

This was such a fun conversation and one I’ve gone back and listened to more than once in the couple of years since it was recorded.

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Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitesize-caitlin-canty-on-songwriting-and-slow-processing/id1556697198?i=1000718653107

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/26oTH2y4cG1fnL8vFdMBqX?si=TpK3rUuRQbm1CuxAeObc-w

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