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28/04/2025

11/04/2025

Episode 71 is OUT NOW! Ugandan folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Giovanni Kiyingi sat down with Neil to share stories from his life in music and play some music together. Listen to TradCafe anywhere you listen to podcasts or here:

The Ugandan folk singer-songwriter and mult-instrumentalist sat down with Neil to share stories ranging from from his first experiences learning music to travelling to India to showcase Ugandan music and dance for millions of people. Giovanni Kiyingi writes his own songs and performs on many instrum

04/06/2024

Episode 70 features Alicia Svigals! As she prepares to release her long awaited second solo album Fidl Afire, Svigals shares stories from her life as a major figure in the revival of Klezmer music. Listen in to hear about the early days of the Klezmatics, the creation of Svigals seminal first solo album Fidl, Itzhak Perlman's In the Fiddler's House and more! She has album release shows in New York on 6/23 and Boston 6/25.

As she prepares to release her long awaited second solo album Fidl Afire , Alicia Svigals sat down with Neil to share stories from her life as a major figure in the revival of Klezmer music. Listen in to hear about the early days of the Klezmatics, the creation of Svigals seminal first solo album

03/04/2024

This month's episode features Finnish fiddle powerhouse Esko Järvelä! Listen in as he talks about his musical adventures from playing for traditional folk dancing to touring festival stages with bands like F***g, Baltic Crossing and Tsuumi Sound System!

Finnish fiddle powerhouse and founding member of the band F***g, Esko Järvelä shares his journey from growing up in one of the most musical families in Finland to touring the world with F***g, JPP, Baltic Crossing and Tsuumi Sound System. Along the way he explores the relationship between m

05/03/2024

Season 8 kicks off today with a crossover podcast featuring Cameron DeWhitt of Get Up in the Cool! Neil and Cameron met up last fall and traded off being guests and hosts of a joint episode of TradCafe and Get Up In The Cool. Check it out below or wherever you get your podcasts!

In November 2023 Neil sat down with Cameron DeWhitt in Portland, Oregon to tape a crossover episode of TradCafe and Get Up In The Cool. Cameron is one of the top clawhammer banjo players in Old-Time music today who plays with Tall Poppy String Band and hosts the Get Up In The Cool podcast, which has

27/05/2023

It's kind of like a TradCafe episode with Neil in the hotseat! Neil's interview and performance starts about an hour into the program:

Anna launches the Young Trad competition for 2024 and pianist Neil Pearlman is in session.