Bluegrass Unlimited's Podcast

In this weekly podcast Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine editor, Dan Miller, interviews bluegrass musicians. Both the new up-and-coming artists and the bluegrass legends are featured.

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Russ Barenberg 08/06/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Russ Barenberg This week we feature flatpicking guitar master Russ Barenberg and talk with him about his long career performing and recording with the acoustic guitar. We will follow his career from his early days in Pennsylvania, then moving to his days in New York and Boston and then his making the move to Nashville. We’ll talk about some of the bands that Russ performed with along the way, including Country Cooking, Fiddle Fever and the trio with Jerry Douglas and Edgar Meyer. We’ll also talk about the solo projects that he has released over the years, and more. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/42341670

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with David Harvey 07/30/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with David Harvey This week we feature mandolin player and builder David Harvey. Dave has recently retired from working at Gibson and we take a look back at his career as both a performer and instrument builder. Dave talks about his father, mandolinist Dorsey Harvey, and about performing with artist like Red Allen, Larry Sparks, Claire Lynch, Larry Cordle, the Moody Blues and more. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/42262020

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Craig Duncan 07/23/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Craig Duncan This week we feature fiddler Craig Duncan. We talk with Craig about his many instructional books and his recordings covering a variety of genres of fiddle music. We will also talk about the performance work that he does in Nashville, his approach to teaching fiddle and some of the now famous fiddle students that he has taught over the years. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/42190625

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Mark Johnson 07/16/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Mark Johnson This week we feature clawgrass banjo player Mark Johnson who was one of this year’s inductees to the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame. Mark talks to us about his clawgrass style of banjo, his relationship with Tony Rice and the Rice Brothers, winning the Steve Martin Banjo Prize and his work with Emory Lester. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/42109425

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Heather Berry Mabe and Tony Mabe 07/09/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Heather Berry Mabe and Tony Mabe This week we are featuring Heather Berry Mabe and Tony Mabe. We'll talk with them about how they got started in bluegrass, the various bands they have worked with, their work with Junior Sisk and their recent recording and performing with Red Camel Collective. You will also get to hear a few cuts from their upcoming album. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/42020095

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Mickey Abraham 07/02/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Mickey Abraham This week we feature guitar and mandolin player Mickey Abraham. Mickey has recently released a wonderful new album with Kathryn Belle Long titled Voices: A Folk Opera. We talk with Mickey about his career in music and the making and release of this new album, plus his work as a guitar and mandolin instructor. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/41928940

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Frank Evans 06/25/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Frank Evans This week we feature banjo player Frank Evans. We talk with Frank about his new album titled Fit For A Dog. Frank toured for years with the Slocan Ramblers and is now out on the road as a member of Bronwyn Keith-Hynes’ band. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/41805850

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Michael Daves 06/18/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Michael Daves This week we feature Michael Daves and talk with him about his growing up in bluegrass music, performing with Chris Thile, working with Tony Trischka and his new album with Jacob Jollif that plays tribute to Jim and Jesse. We also talk to Michael about his ArtistWorks vocals course. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/41686580

Billy Cardine and Mary Lucey Podcast 06/11/2026

Billy Cardine and Mary Lucey Podcast This week we feature Billy Cardine and Mary Lucey and talk with them about their new band Tanasi and the album that they recently released. We will explore both Mary and Billy’s backgrounds in music and then talk about the new album and play a couple of cuts from the record. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/41607915

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Tony Trischka 06/04/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Tony Trischka This week we feature bluegrass banjo legend Tony Trischka and talk with him about his two Earl Jam projects and tour. Tony tells us the story about how the two Earl Jam projects came together and we will talk about his love and respect for Earl’s banjo playing and his relationship with Earl Scruggs over the years. We’ll also talk about his teaching banjo on ArtistWorks. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/41531780

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Chris Stuart 05/28/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Chris Stuart This week we feature multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Chris Stuart. Chris has written many songs that were recorded by various well-known bluegrass artists, then he stepped away from writing bluegrass songs for a while, but has now come back to it. We talk with Chris about his bluegrass journey and his song writing. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/41448505

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Jack Lawrence 05/21/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Jack Lawrence This week we feature guitar player Jack Lawrence and talk with him about his early years in bluegrass, the many years he spent performing with Doc Watson and what he will be teaching to flatpicking guitar players in August 2026 at the Monroe Mandolin Camp. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/41377265

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Sara Watkins 05/14/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Sara Watkins This week we feature fiddle player, songwriter and singer Sara Watkins, famously of Nickel Creek and now performing with I’m With Her. We talk with Sara about the Nickel Creek days and what I’m With Her has going on this year, including the recent release or their live album. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/41289720

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Ralph Stanley II 05/07/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Ralph Stanley II This week we are featuring Ralph Stanley II. We talk with Ralph about his life growing up in bluegrass as the son of a bluegrass legend and we will talk about this year’s upcoming Dr. Ralph Stanley Hills of Home Bluegrass Festival held at the Stanley homeplace over Memorial Day Weekend. We’ll also talk about the Stanley Brothers recent induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/41200615

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Randy Barnes 04/30/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Randy Barnes This week we feature bass and guitar player Randy Barnes and talk with him about the many bluegrass bands that he has performed with over the years and his new solo recording on Mountain Fever Records. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/41071300

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Paige Anderson 04/23/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Paige Anderson This week we feature guitar player, singer and songwriter Paige Anderson. We’ll talk about her early work with her family band and subsequent work with her siblings in a band called The Fearless Kin. We then talk with Paige about her most recent work with the band Two Runner and you will get to hear several of Paige’s original songs that she recorded with Two Runner. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/40986410

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Robert Bowlin 04/16/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Robert Bowlin This week we feature multi-instrumentalist Robert Bowlin. Robert has performed with many bluegrass and country artists over the years and has the distinction of being Bill Monroe’s last fiddle player. We talk with Robert about his career in bluegrass, his newest projects and his schedule for the summer of 2026. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/40894985

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Andrew Collins 04/09/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Andrew Collins This week we feature Canadian mandolin player Andrew Collins. We talk with Andrew about his background in music leading up to a discussion about the Andrew Collins Trio’s newest project titled Retro. You’ll also hear a couple of tracks from that album. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/40792960

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with David Parmley 04/02/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with David Parmley This week we feature guitar player and singer David Parmley. We talk with David about his induction into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame last fall, along with his Bluegrass Cardinals bandmates. He will also tell us about the history of that band and we will follow his career up through the release of his newest music. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/40709810

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Jordan Tice 03/26/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Jordan Tice This week we feature guitar player Jordan Tice and talk with him about his career in bluegrass starting with the release of his first solo album when he was still a teenager. We’ll talk about his other solo album releases over the years, his work with Hawktail and we will discuss some of the other collaborations that he has had with artists like Andrew Marlin. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/40633370

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Samantha Snyder Berry 03/19/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Samantha Snyder Berry This week we feature fiddle player Samantha Snyder Berry and talk with her about her life in bluegrass starting out as a young fiddler with her family's band and then moving on to play with folks like Darin and Brooke Aldridge. We’ll also talk about her teaching fiddle, teaching mathematics and writing and self-publishing a novel. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/40539160

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Jeff Autry 03/12/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Jeff Autry This week we feature guitar player Jeff Autry. Jeff has a fairly new single out and will have a new album out in the near future. We talk with Jeff about that project as well as dive back into his long bluegrass career. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/40414595

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Tabitha Agnew Benedict 03/06/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Tabitha Agnew Benedict This week we feature singer, songwriter, and banjo and guitar player Tabitha Agnew Benedict of The Foreign Landers and talk with her about her unique bluegrass story and the band’s newest project Made To Wonder. You will also hear a couple of tracks from that album. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/40338250

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Shannon Slaughter 02/26/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Shannon Slaughter This week we feature singer, songwriter and guitar player Shannon Slaughter and talk with him about his career in bluegrass music, including the various bands who he has performed with, his work as a school teacher, his newest recording, his songwriting and recently making the move to Mountain Fever Records. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/40244875

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Jesse Appelman 02/19/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Jesse Appelman This week we feature California-based mandolin player Jesse Appelman. We will talk about how he got interested in playing bluegrass mandolin, the many prominent California musicians who he has performed with, his ideas about teaching students how to play the mandolin and we’ll also talk about his new CD. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/40169740

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Tammy Rogers 02/12/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Tammy Rogers This week we feature fiddler, singer and songwriter Tammy Rogers of The SteelDrivers. We will talk about her career in bluegrass, her songwriting, The SteelDrivers recent Grammy nomination and the band celebrating their 20 year anniversary last year. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/40083510

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Barry Abernathy 02/05/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Barry Abernathy This week we feature banjo player Barry Abernathy of the Appalachian Road Show. We’ll talk with Barry about his early days in bluegrass performing with Doyle Lawson and Mountain Heart and then we will talk about Appalachian Road Show’s newest recording and you will hear a cut from that album. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/40002675

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Rebekah Speer 01/29/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Rebekah Speer This week we feature Rebekah Speer and talk with her about her life in bluegrass, her work as an audio engineer, graphic designer, songwriter and recording artist. We’ll also talk about her newest single and you will get to listen to that single towards the end of the podcast. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/39919855

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Wayne Benson 01/22/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Wayne Benson This week we feature mandolin player Wayne Benson and talk with him about his long career in bluegrass music, the recent recorded collaborations with his wife Kristin Scott Benson and his YouTube channel for mandolin players. You'll also hear a some music from Wayne and Kristin. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/39822260

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Russ Carson 01/15/2026

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Russ Carson This week we feature banjo player Russ Carson. We’ll talk about his early years in bluegrass in his home state of Pennsylvania, his work with Audie Blaylock and his becoming the banjo player for Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder. We’ll also talk about his new CD and you’ll hear a few cuts from the recordings. /episode/index/show/bluegrassunlimited/id/39748835

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