In this week's episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with singer/songwriter and Folk Potions founder Raina Rose, who joins us from her home in Austin, TX with a smoothie to revisit her 2013 album Caldera. She talks about the many landscapes that inspired the songs, taking her time to record them and how becoming a mother changed everything.

Featured Songs:

1. Woodsmoke
2. Swing Wide The Gate
3. Badlands
4. Drum Machine

🔗 Show Notes: https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/297

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In this week's episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with North Carolina-bred "comrade country" artist Nathan Evans Fox. He joins us from his home in Nashville with a gin and tonic to revisit his 2018 album Texas Dust and digs into his complicated relationships with family, Houston and drums. He also talks about his anti-confederate book club, exploring the history of southern history and resistance.

Featured Songs:

1. Texas Blues No 7
2. Texas Dust
3. St. Louis
4. Kindling Bridges

🔗 Show Notes:

https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/296

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In this week's episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with legendary folk/rock duo Johnson & Drake who revisit their 1973 album Carry It On. They share incredible stories as they reflect on their quick rise to success touring with Jim Croce, REO Speedwagon, Earth, Wind and Fire and Linda Ronstadt. Plus we learn all about quadraphonic recording and what it took to obtain and remaster the original tapes 48 years later.

Featured Songs:

1. Carry It On

2. Hello New Day

3. Slow Boat

4. Isn't There Someone

🔗 Show Notes :

https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/295

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In this week's episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with Midwest Country Music Award winner Molly Brandt, who joins us from her home in St. Paul to revisit her 2024 album American Saga. She talks about her love of crime podcasts and Ken Burns documentaries and drawing songwriting inspiration from dying strip malls, burlesque dancers and Paul Thomas Anderson's film There Will Be Blood.

Featured Songs:

1. Mr. Texas (feat. Reilly Downes)

2. Daughter of the Oil Tycoon (feat. The Sunsettes)

3. Dollar Stores & Strip Malls

4. Queen of Clark County

🔗 Show Notes :

https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/294

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In this week's special episode recorded for the Folk+ Online Music Conference, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with Celia Woodsmith and Kimber Ludiker from Grammy-nominated bluegrass band Della Mae. They join us from the road in Spokane, WA to revisit their pandemic album Family Reunion (2021) which waxes nostalgic about airport lines and touring life and also explores themes of loss and hope for a better future.

Featured Songs:

1. These Songs
2. Ride Away
3. Goodbye My Friend-Waltz For Lois
4. The Way It Was Before

🔗 Show Notes :

https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/293  

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In this week's episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with folk artist Sadie Gustafson-Zook who celebrates her 1-year anniversary of living in Minneapolis with a virgin mimosa. She revisits one of two releases she put out in 2024, talks about why this EP What I Pushed Below is one of her favorites and shares how mood boards and spreadsheets help in her decision and art-making process.

Featured Songs:

1. The End
2. Autumn’s Fragrance
3. Wallflower

🔗 Show Notes: https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/292

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In this week's episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with Serbian-born blues guitarist and songwriter Ana Popovic who joins us from Los Angeles to revisit her 2016 3-disc album Trilogy. She talks about exploring the moods of morning, mid-day and midnight working with Grammy-winning R&B, rock and jazz producers including Warren Riker (Michael Jackson, Santana, Aretha Franklin), Tom Hambridge (Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, ZZ Top, BB King) and jazz legend Delfeayo Marsalis.

Featured Songs:

1. She Was a Doorman
2. Woman to Love
3. Train (featuring Joe Bonamassa)
4. Waiting on You

🔗 Show Notes : https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/291  

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In this week's episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with Bohemian swing-folk band Adrian and Meredith who join us from their home in Nashville to revisit their 2016 debut More Than a Little. They talk about their Detroit polka roots, recording in an old pharmacy and why their first tour stop is always to a hardware store. A wild hour of wide-ranging music and stories!

Featured Songs:

1. More Than a Little
2. Fixer
3. Birthday Cakes
4. Midwestern Home

🔗 Show Notes:  https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/290 

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In this week's episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with country/Americana artist Michaela Anne who joins us to revisit her 2016 album Bright Lights and the Fame, which was recorded in Nashville and heavily influenced by her early days of living there and playing the country bars. She talks about the sparkly jumpsuit that graces the cover and offers her #1 piece of songwriting advice.

Featured Songs:

1. Living Without You
2. Bright Lights and the Fame
3. Liquor Up
4. Stars

🔗 Show Notes :

https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/289

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In this week's episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and producer Courtney Hartman. She joins us from her home in Eau Claire, WI to revisit her 2019 album Ready Reckoner, which was written while walking the 500-mile Camino de Santiago in France and Spain. She takes us inside the writing and recording of this intimate first solo album and talks about her wide-ranging influences that include Alison Krauss and Yanni.

Featured Songs:

1. Hollow
2. Neglect
3. Won’t Be Satisfied
4. Finis Terrae

🔗 Show Notes:

https://backcataloglisteningparty.com/288

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