In this week’s episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with folk singer/songwriter Connor Garvey who joins us from a green room in Bangor, ME to revisit his 2011 album Where Ocean Meets Land. He talks about his love of production, how songs can live separate lives on stage and a special co-writer he enlisted to update one of the songs. Plus glockenspiel and some serious guitar shredding!

1. The Reflection
2. Pencil Frame
3. The Bird
4. Monster

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In this week’s episode, hosts Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with Eric Mohring of award-winning Cajun band New Riverside Ramblers. We revisit their 2018 album Lache pas la Patate, talk about the connections between country and Cajun music and the surprisingly robust Cajun music scene in Minnesota. Plus some dance tips!

1.Lache pas la patate

2.Blues de Soulard

3.La Valse de Kaplan

4.Chacoter / Allons a Lafayette (Medley)

5.Hold My False Teeth

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In this week's episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with award-winning singer, flutist and whistle player Norah Rendell, who enjoys a Guinness and revisits her 2015 album Spinning Yarns, which focuses on Celtic songs with a Canadian connection. She talks about making this first solo album after having kids and leaving her international touring band The Outside Track and what it was like to put her instruments aside and focus on her singing. Plus we even hear an Irish love song with a happy ending!

1. The Pinery Boy
2. Pretty Susan
3. The Carrion Crow
4. Letty Lee

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In this week's episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with Nashville folk duo Haunted Like Human. Over beers and gin and ginger ale, we revisit their 2021 album Tall Tales & Fables and talk about their fortuitous meeting in a coffee shop, magical fox encounters and conjuring witchy swamp women. Plus a guest appearance by their dog Juniper!

Featured Songs:

1. Ohio
2. Run Devil Run
3. Soothsayer
4. Whistling Tree

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In this week’s episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with folk duo The Falderals, who pour some Scotch and revisit their 2011 album Radio. They talk about how they met in Armenia, the craziness of recording and touring with three kids, and the oversized influence of two albums from the 1960s.

Featured Songs:

1. Oh My My (Sound Advice)
2. Warm Things
3. Radio
4. A String and a Kite

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In this week’s episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with guitarist, singer, librarian and Celtic radio host Brian Miller. We revisit his 2013 album The Falling of the Pine that he recorded with Randy Gosa, explore the connections between Irish music and folk tunes from the Great Lake region, learn about the “pole of inaccessibility” and hear wild stories Brian unearthed from Midwest logging camps.

Featured Songs

1. The Jolly Raftsman
2. Deep, Deep Sea
3. Raftsman Jim
4. Colleen Bawn

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In this week’s episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with reclusive singer-songwriter Buggy Jive, who enjoys a seltzer and an espresso and revisits his 2018 album The Buggy Jive Mixtape. He talks about making music from his basement, meeting his manager through a Joni Mitchell fan group and his big beef with Lenny Kravitz.

Featured Songs:

1.The White Album (For Joan Didion)

2.Black Spaces (For Ava Duvernay)

3.This Is Not a Pipe (For René Magritte)

4.We Wear the Mask

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In this week's episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with Louisiana fiddler/singer/songwriter Gina Forsyth. We revisit her 2012 album Promised Land, talk about her family's unique immigration story and dive into her varied influences, including Cajun, Celtic, rock and old-time music.

1. Promised Land
2. 4th of July
3. Sparrows
4. Lord Have Mercy
5. What I Did On Mardi Gras Day

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In this week's episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with blues/roots/soul singer Nicholas David. We revisit his 2016 album With These Hands, talk about fasting before recording sessions and his varied musical influences from family polka parties to Disney films and monster movies. Plus he shares stories about recording in a Hollywood mansion where Frank Sinatra hung out.

1. Here So Far Away
2. Go To Bed
3. Moon At Noon
4. 2 Times

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In this week’s episode, Anthony Ihrig and Mother Banjo talk with award-winning folk artist and writer Amy Speace. We revisit her 2009 album The Killer in Me, talk about how her theater background helped in her album photo shoot and explore her varied influences from 90s alt-rock to Shakespearean tragedies.

1. The Killer In Me
2. Something More Than Rain
3. Dog Days
4. Haven’t Learned A Thing

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