My guest this week is Emma John, author of the wonderful book 'Wayfaring Stranger - A Musical Journey in the American South'.

We chat about what made a British journalist and cricket fan want to travel to North Carolina and write a book about bluegrass, the key lesson Emma learned from the Kruger Brothers  and so much more. I loved this one - it feels as much a conversation about life and belonging as it does a conversation about bluegrass.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Links to stuff we mention

The Breakdown podcast

Buy Wayfaring stranger:

US (Barnes & Noble)
UK (Waterstones)

Emma's website

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