This week we feature singer and guitar player Josh Richards, a long-time member of Michael Cleveland’s band Flamekeeper. We talk with Josh about his early years in bluegrass and his long relationship with Michael Cleveland.  We also discuss Michael's newest recording and talk about singing, songwriting, and guitar picking.

This week I’m talking with singer and guitar and mandolin player Jeff White.  Michael Cleveland is on the cover of our July 2023 issue and Jeff was a co-producer on Michael’s newest album.  I’ll talk with Jeff about his work with Michael on that recording and also his current work with the Earls of Leicester, his long relationship with Vince Gill, his work with Alison Krauss and his current touring with Lyle Lovett.

This week we feature fiddler, singer and songwriter Mike Mitchell.  Mike has a fairly new album out titled Fathers and Sons and a few cuts from that album have been rising up the bluegrass charts.  We talk to Mike about his recording, his band, his songwriting and his work at the Floyd Music School in Floyd, Virginia. 

This week we feature a master of the flatpicked guitar, and the current IBMA “Guitar Player of the Year,” Cody Kilby.  Our July 2023 cover story is about Michael Cleveland and Cody performed on Michael’s newest album.  We’ll talk with Cody about his background in bluegrass, his work with Michael Cleveland, a solo album that he will be releasing soon, and his work recording and performing with the Traveling McCoury’s.

This week we feature the six time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year, Dale Ann Bradley.  We talk with Dale Ann about her background in music, singing, and songwriting, her work with the various bands she has performed with over the years and her new solo album Kentucky For Me.

This week we feature singer and songwriter Casey Penn.  Casey, who also plays guitar and fiddle, is a regular columnist for Bluegrass Unlimited writing a column called "The Story Behind the Song."  She has recently released a new CD on the Mountain Fever label titled One Step Away and we talk with Casey about that recording.

This week we feature Jason Barie, the fiddle player for our June 2023 cover story band Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers.  We talk with Jason about his work with the various bands he has performed with over the years and about his new solo recording titled Radioactive.

This week we feature guitar player, singer, and songwriter Robbie Fulks and talk about his new Compass Records release titled Bluegrass Vacation.  We will first talk about Robbie’s early days in music and his long and distinguished career to date.  That will lead up to talking about the new recording and the all star bluegrass cast of musicians that Robbie called in to help him record the album.

This week we feature Tara Nevins of Donna the Buffalo and talk with her about her career in music, her work with Donna the Buffalo, her Grass Roots festivals and the associated Culture Camp, a music and dance instruction camp that provides a wide variety of music and dance classes in July each year.  We hope you enjoy the Tara Nevins podcast.

This week we feature Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer.  After battling breast cancer Marcy, along with her partner Cathy, have produced a released a new film titled All Wigged Out.  The film takes the viewer through a musical journey of the trials and tribulations of cancer diagnosis and treatment.  Tom Paxton says of the film, “All Wigged Out is heartwarming, touching, hilarious and so relatable.”  We talk with Cathy and Marcy about their careers in music and about the making of the new film.