Bluegrass Unlimited's Podcast

Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

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.

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20 episodes
Updated Thursday

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Thursday · 59 min
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.
July 23 · 51 min
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.
July 16 · 1 hr 1 min
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.
July 9 · 1 hr 7 min
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.
July 2 · 57 min
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.
June 25 · 1 hr
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.
June 18 · 1 hr 15 min
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.
June 11 · 1 hr
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.
June 4 · 1 hr 7 min
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.
May 28 · 56 min
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.
May 21 · 1 hr 18 min
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.
May 14 · 56 min
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.
May 7 · 49 min
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.
April 30 · 59 min
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.
April 23 · 53 min
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.
April 16 · 1 hr 2 min
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.
April 9 · 1 hr 11 min
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.
April 2 · 55 min
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.
March 26 · 44 min
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.
March 19 · 52 min
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.

Bluegrass Unlimited's Podcast

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with David Harvey

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Craig Duncan

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Mark Johnson

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Heather Berry Mabe and Tony Mabe

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Mickey Abraham

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Frank Evans

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Michael Daves

Billy Cardine and Mary Lucey Podcast

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Tony Trischka

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Chris Stuart

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Jack Lawrence

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Sara Watkins

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Ralph Stanley II

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Randy Barnes

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Paige Anderson

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Robert Bowlin

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Andrew Collins

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with David Parmley

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Jordan Tice

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Samantha Snyder Berry