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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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Jun 5, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Andrea Zonn
This week we feature fiddle player and singer Andrea Zonn. Andrea has spent time on the road with many top acts in both country and bluegrass music, including Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett and, for the last twenty-three years, James Taylor. She currently has a new recording out with John Cowan. We'll talk about that album and you'll also hear a cut from the recording.
May 29, 2025 · 58 min
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Clay Hess
This week we feature guitar player and singer Clay Hess. Clay first came to national prominence in bluegrass playing guitar with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder. He later toured with Mark Newton, Sierra Hull, Mountain Heart and his own Clay Hess Band, among others. He is now the newest member of the Seldom Scene and has released a few singles from an upcoming solo album. This week we talk about Clay's entire bluegrass journey, including his first few months with the Seldom Scene.
May 22, 2025 · 1 hr 13 min
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Mason Via
This week we feature singer, songwriter and guitar player Mason Via. We'll talk about his growing up learning bluegrass music and songwriting from his father, songwriter and bluegrass musician David Via. We will also talk about his time with the Old Crow Medicine Show and his new self-titled album. You'll also hear a few cuts from that album.
May 15, 2025 · 1 hr 12 min
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Lucas White
This week we feature guitar player Lucas White. Lucas has had a very interesting career in bluegrass starting from the time he was a teenager in Texas. We'll talk about his relationship with Tony Rice, working with the Zac Brown band while he was still a teenager, his work in Washington, D.C. advocating for musicians and recording engineers and his current band, Off The Rails.
May 8, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Chris Pandolfi
This week we feature banjo player Chris Pandolfi of the Infamous Stringdusters and talk with him about his career in bluegrass and various other aspects of bluegrass music, practicing, performing and banjo playing.
May 1, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Reed Jones
This week we feature bass player, singer and songwriter Reed Jones. Reed played in Audie Blaylock's band, Redline, prior to Audie's untimely passing. He recently teamed up with a special group of musicians who were friends and bandmates of Audie's to record a tribute single titled "Ran Out of Road." We talk with Reed about the song and his work with Audie Blaylock.
Apr 24, 2025 · 1 hr 24 min
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Michael Cleveland
This week we feature fiddler Michael Cleveland. Michael and Jason Carter have a new album out. We talk with Michael about how he got his start in bluegrass music, the various bands that he has performed with, forming his own band, and the new recording.
Apr 17, 2025 · 1 hr 5 min
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Ginger Boatwright
This week we feature guitar player and singer Ginger Boatwright. Ginger performed with Red, White and Bluegrass starting in the late 1960s and then worked with Doug Dillard from 1981 until Doug's passing 33 years later.
Apr 10, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Jeremy Chapman
This week we feature mandolin player Jeremy Chapman. Jeremy played with his family band for years and now he and his brothers run one of the most successful acoustic music stores in the country. He also has a new mandolin instructional book out that is really well done and is reviewed in the April 2025 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited magazine.
Apr 3, 2025 · 1 hr 8 min
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Dick Staber
This week we feature mandolin player Dick Staber. Dick has recently written a very interesting memoir about his life in bluegrass music and after reading it, we got in touch with Dick and asked about conducting a podcast interview. Dick notably play with Del McCoury from 1968 to 1975 and also performed with Don Stover, Bob Paisley, Leon Morris, Bill Clifton and many others.
Mar 27, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Greg Luck
This week we feature multi-instrumentalist Greg Luck. Greg has performed with many of the top bands in bluegrass, including Lost & Found, the Lynn Morris Band, Bluegrass Cardinals, J.D. Crowe and the New South, IIIrd Time Out and Sideline. He also is a recording engineer who has worked with a number of the well-known bands in bluegrass.
Mar 20, 2025 · 52 min
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Gerald Jones
This week we feature multi-instrumentalist Gerald Jones. Every year in March we provide the Workshop and Camp listings for the year and Gerald has just taking over running Camp Bluegrass in Levelland, Texas. Camp Bluegrass is one of the oldest bluegrass music camps in the country and Gerald will be leading that camp this year and into the future. We talk with Gerald about his career playing bluegrass in Texas and what he has in store for Camp Bluegrass 2025.
Mar 13, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Don Rigsby
This week we feature mandolin player, fiddler, singer and producer Don Rigsby. Don has performed with many of the top bands in bluegrass over the years and is currently a member of our cover story band for March 2025, Southern Legacy. We talk with Don about all of the various bands he has been involved with over the years, his work with Southern Legacy and his new solo projects that are coming out in 2025.
Mar 5, 2025 · 1 hr 21 min
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Casey Driessen
This week we feature fiddler Casey Driessen and talk with him about his bluegrass journey including his years at the Berklee College of Music as a student, the bands he performed with after graduating from Berklee, his work as the director of Berklee's Masters program in Spain and the interesting projects that he has been involved with since returning from the job in Spain. That all leads up to talking to Casey about his fiddle camp.
Feb 27, 2025 · 58 min
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Danny Paisley
This week we feature guitarist, singer and bandleader Danny Paisley. Paisley started out in bluegrass 50 years ago as a teenager performing with his father Bob Paisley and continues that legacy today. Known for his distinctive bluegrass voice, Danny has won the award for IBMA's male vocalist of the year four times, including last year in 2024.
Feb 20, 2025 · 1 hr 7 min
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Russell Moore
This week we feature guitar player and singer Russell Moore. Russell performed with Southern Connection before joining Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver in mid-1980s, then in 1991 he became a founding member of IIIrd Tyme Out and has been with that band since. But now, as most bluegrass fans know, Russell has joined Alison Krauss and Union Station. We talk with Russell about his bluegrass career and the move to Union Station.
Feb 13, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with John Reischman
This week we feature mandolin master John Reischman. John performed with a number of prominent west coast bands, including the Tony Rice Unit, before starting his own band John Reischman and the Jaybirds. We'll talk with John about all of various groups he has performed with, his solo projects and what lies ahead for his band.
Feb 4, 2025 · 58 min
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Larry Keel
This week we feature flatpicking guitar player Larry Keel. We talk with him about bands he performed with during his early years leading to the formation of his own band the Larry Keel Experience. We'll also talk about the many people who performed with him over the years, including such legends as Curtis Burch, Tony Rice and Vassar Clements. Additionally, we talk about the work he is doing on stage and in the studio this year with John Stickley.
Jan 30, 2025 · 1 hr
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Tim Crouch
This week we feature fiddler Tim Crouch. Tim has a long history in bluegrass music dating back to the days as a teenager playing with his Uncle Dub Crouch - who was a legend in bluegrass music in Missouri and was a friend and mentor to our cover story artist this month John Hartford. Tim also spent time with Jim & Jesse, The Whites and Mike Snyder.
Jan 23, 2025 · 57 min
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Kody Norris
This week we fearture Kody Norris of the Kody Norris Show. We will talk with Kody about his bluegrass journey to date and focus on some of the bands latest recordings, including hearing a couple of songs from his last two recorded projects.

Bluegrass Unlimited's Podcast

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Andrea Zonn

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Clay Hess

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Mason Via

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Lucas White

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Chris Pandolfi

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Reed Jones

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Michael Cleveland

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Ginger Boatwright

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Jeremy Chapman

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Dick Staber

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Greg Luck

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Gerald Jones

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Don Rigsby

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Casey Driessen

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Danny Paisley

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Russell Moore

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with John Reischman

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Larry Keel

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Tim Crouch

Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Kody Norris