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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This week we feature mandolin player Jacob Jolliff and talk to him about his early years in Oregon, his attending the Berklee College of Music, the various bands he has performed with, including Joy Kills Sorrow and Yonder Mountain String Band, and then we talk about him starting his own band.  We’ll also talk about his band’s last two solo albums and his upcoming album with Michael Daves.

This week we feature fiddler Maddie Denton.  Maddie performs with both East Nash Grass and the Dan Tyminski Band and she will be the fiddle instructor at our Bluegrass Unlimited Workshop Weekend during the weekend of February 7th to the 9th, 2025 in Owensboro, Kentucky.  We’ll talk with Maddie growing up as a contest fiddler, her work with her current bands and her approach to teaching the fiddle.

This week we feature fiddler with Johnny Warren.  As most listeners will know, Johnny is the son of bluegrass fiddle legend Paul Warren who spent years performing with Flatt & Scruggs and then toured with Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass after Flatt and Scruggs parted ways.  Johnny is the fiddle player for the Earls of Leicester.  We talk with Johnny about his father and about playing his father’s role as the fiddler in the Earls of Leicester.