Episode Notes To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest this week on the podcast is Chris Luquette. Chris Luquette is a 2 time Grammy nominated guitarist from Seattle Washington. He spent 11 years touring with renowned progressive bluegrass combo Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen. Chris also happens to be an incredible mandolin player who just this year has played mandolin with Becky Buller and Rick Faris! Chris showcases his in...
Dec 13, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Episode Notes To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) This episode I welcome back to the podcast Michael Prewitt. Michael has an incredible new album out called “Something He Can Handle” where he shows off his songwriting, mandolin, guitar and singing chops! The album is great and you can get your copy, and keep up with Michael HERE! Songs featured in this episode: All songs featured this week are available on Michael’s new album avail...
Dec 06, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Episode Notes To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) Here’s part two with Sierra Hull! We talk about playing with Bela Fleck, Cory Wong, tone, pyro, how she keeps herself challenged and more! Keep up with Sierra at her website HERE which has links to all her social pages and tour dates! Restring Appalachia link Songs featured in this episode: “The First Snowfall” by Sierra Hull “Western Winds” by Cory Wong (Trail Songs) As Always a HU...
Nov 22, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Episode Notes To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest this week is the one and only Sierra Hull. Sierra was a guest on episodes 53 and 54 of the podcast back in 2020….and 4+ years later, she’s back on with information about new singles, a new album and more! Once again, the conversation with her was so epic, I’m going to break it down into two episodes! Here’s part one with Sierra Hull! Keep up with Sierra at her website HERE ...
Nov 15, 2024•41 min
Episode Notes To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest this week is Jonah Horton. An improviser at heart from the mountains of North Carolina, Jonah Horton blends his wide array of influences such as Joni Mitchell, Sam Bush, John McLaughlin, Jaco Pastorius, and Béla Fleck to create his signature sound that is easily recognizable whether he is playing mandolin or bass. As a sideman, he has worked with John Cowan (Newgrass Reviva...
Nov 08, 2024•59 min
Episode Notes**** To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest on the podcast this week is Adam Levy. Adams is an incredible professional guitarist, songwriter and music educator who has been featured on records by Norah Jones (yes…that album!) Tracy Chapman, Amos Lee, Vulfpeck and many more! He also has authored an incredible book called String Theories which is available HERE . This book was inspired by Adam’s popular Youtube ser...
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Episode Notes To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) This week my guest on the podcast is Jordan Tice. Jordan is a superb guitarist, singer and songwriter who just in the past few months has put out a collaboration of his band Hawktail and Vasen as well as a collaboration with Aiofe O’Donavan. He is also part of the newly released “Wild Rose of Morning” with Andrew Marlin and Christian Sedelmyer. Keep up with Jordan by heading over to...
Oct 25, 2024•59 min
Episode Notes To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) This week I welcome back Dan Bui. Dan is the mandolin player in the band Twisted Pine. They have a brand new album called “Love your Mind” available everywhere now. To pick up a physical copy of the album, or to support them by picking up a digital copy, head over to Bandcamp here! They are headed out on the road today to start a run of dates to promote this album, to find out where...
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Episode Notes To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest this week on the podcast is ……. Me! I want to give a special thanks to David Benedict for taking the time to interview me for the podcast. We talk about my new album “Around the Clock” available to buy here and streaming everywhere today! We also talk about how I got into mandolin, how the podcast started out and more! Head over to David’s website where you’ll find links to...
Oct 11, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Episode Notes To Pre Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) Here's a little behind the scenes look at "Hey Bulldog".
Oct 08, 2024•12 min
Episode Notes To Pre Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest this week on the podcast is Rebecca Frazier. Grounded in her roots as a native Virginian, bluegrass trailblazer Rebecca Frazier found herself reawakening to a whole new journey of inspiration and invention. For the flatpicking luminary, who achieved notoriety in the music world as the first woman ever to appear on the cover of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, that creative ...
Oct 04, 2024•1 hr
Episode Notes To Pre Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl ) My guest this week is Rico Wallenda. Rico is the mandolin player for the DownRiver Collective (currently nominated for the IBMA Momentum Award) and also plays and tours around with a few other Nashville acts. Rico is a great player and you can also hire him to record mandolin for your project at this site right HERE! Head over to DownRiver Collective’s page to keep up with them...
Sep 20, 2024•58 min
Episode Notes Here is the debut of my single "Blue Sky" featuring Sam Bush! Stream on Spotify HERE! Stream on Apple Music HERE! Purchase a copy of the album on digital, CD or Vinyl HERE!!!!
Sep 16, 2024•17 min
Episode Notes To Pre Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest this week is Troy Boone. Troy grew up in the Appalachian Mountains of East Tennessee. His early life was surrounded by music, especially bluegrass. The Boone Family is very musical, and Troy took to music at a very young age. He received his first banjo at the age of 7 and promptly traded it for a guitar due to the finger picks hurting his fingers. Playing guitar all th...
Sep 13, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Episode Notes To Pre-Save a streaming version of my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Its free to save) My guest this week is Drury Anderson from the band Mountain Grass Unit. Drury is in his third year at the Berklee College of Music and had quite a busy summer with his band. They’ve got a brand new single available today (Sept. 6th) and a brand new EP coming out on Sept 20th called “Runnin’ From Trouble” which you can pre-save HERE! Keep up with Mountain Grass Unit and follow them on t...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Episode Notes To Pre-Save a streaming version of my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Its free to save) My guest this week is Jonathan Dillon. Jonathan is a member of Junior Sisk and most recently the backing band of Sisk’s has formed a great new band called the Red Camel Collective. They’ve are currently recording for Pinecastle Records and you can check out their singles by clicking the links below. You can also keep up with Jonathan at his Facebook , at Red Camel Collective’s website ...
Aug 23, 2024•46 min
Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My guest this week on the podcast is Andrew Hendryx. His musical career started at Elon College, NC where he performed with regional folk and jam bands. Later moving to NYC, Andrew co-founded the band Yarn , with which he toured nationally for nine years. He currently calls Asheville home and has just released and incredible album with the band Dangermuffin. Andrew also ...
Aug 16, 2024•1 hr 13 min
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Aug 07, 2024•9 min
Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! This week I’m happy to have back on the podcast, Don Julin. Don has just released an absolutely incredible album called “Fractured Fiddle Tunes” that you can pick up digitally, or on CD or vinyl HERE! Also head over to Don’s website for great mandolin content, and to keep up with where Don can be found! Don on episode #36 of the Mandolins and Beer Podcast Songs featured ...
Aug 02, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My guest on the podcast this week is Winston Mitchell from Into the Fog. They have a great new album called Carolina Moon that will be available everywhere on August 2nd. You purchase a copy (or pre order) you can head over to their website where you can get their music, check out their tour dates and follow their social media! You can also follow Winston on the Instagra...
Jul 26, 2024•59 min
Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My guests this week on the podcast are Steve Smith and Tim May. In their latest release, The Hillsboro Hay Incident, The Tim May & Steve Smith Duo deliver a collection of original instrumentals that take listeners on an enchanting journey through their diverse musical influences. Inspired by true stories, the project blends old-time, bluegrass, and Latin jazz, marked...
Jul 19, 2024•45 min
Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My guest this week is Jason Bailey. Mandolinist, composer, teacher, studio musician, Jason Bailey possesses a range of musicianship of a well-seasoned professional and is an essential and powerful asset to Birmingham-based favorites such as celtic-infused Shilleleagh Law, folk/rock Three Man Stone, bluegrass group The Bluegrass Cartel and the regional touring jazz/bluegr...
Jul 12, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My Guest this week on the podcast is Laura-Beth Salter. A well kent face on the Glasgow Folk and Roots scene, mandolinist, tutor, singer and composer Laura-Beth is a founding member of award winning folk bands The Shee & Kinnaris Quintet. She was nominated for the MG Alba Composer of the year award in 2013 after the success of her Celtic Connections commission and de...
Jul 09, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Jul 05, 2024•2 min
Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! This week I welcome back to the podcast, Isaac Eicher! Isaac has just released an absolute gem of an album called “Accents”! (available here ) We talk all about the album and more! He also has a camp with podcast alum Ian Coury on July 6th and you can sign up for that at this link! Head on over to Isaac’s website here for more info on Isaac as well as to his videos lesso...
Jun 21, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My guest this week on the podcast is mandolinist and owner of Cody Cases, Cody Shuler. From Bryson City, NC, Cody began his career in music at the age of 15 playing mandolin for legendary banjo player Raymond Fairchild. There he got to meet and play music with of some of bluegrass' biggest stars like Jimmy Martin, Del McCoury, Ralph Stanley, The Crowe Brothers and many m...
Jun 14, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! This week on the podcast I talk with Singer, Fiddler Player and Songwriter Becky Buller. Becky’s newest album, Jubilee (Darkshadow Recording), was the number one bluegrass album in the country last week! It’s a beautiful album and we discuss that, songwriting, the do’s and don’ts of auditioning for a band and more on this week's episode of The Mandolins and Beer Podcast!...
Jun 07, 2024•59 min
Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! My guest this week is Wes Lee. Wes is a Merlefest Mandolin Champion and the mandolin player for Becky Buller. He is featured on her newest release entitle Jubilee available here . They’ll be on the road promoting the album throughout the summer, we talk about that and more on this episode of the Mandolins and Beer Podcast! Be sure to follow Wes on Facebook and Instagram ...
May 31, 2024•59 min
Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! It’s always a pleasure to welcome back to the podcast Jacob Jolliff. Jake has released the follow up to his Instrumentals, Vol.1 with the equally as stunning Instrumentals, Vol. 2! We talk about the album and more on this weeks episode of the podcast. To keep up with Jake and to purchase his music, head to his website HERE! Songs featured in this episode: All songs previ...
May 24, 2024•44 min
Episode Notes To support this podcast you can follow me on Patreon where there is a bunch of video content and tabs available! This week on the podcast is Rolling Stone Featured mandolin player, Wyatt Ellis. Wyatt if ensuring the future of the mandolin is bright! His new album “Happy Valley” is available now and his newest music video “Blue Smoke” also just premiered on Rolling Stone’s website! You can find all this and more at Wyatt’s Website HERE! Songs featured in this episode: All songs feat...
May 17, 2024•47 min
