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Send us Fan Mail Legendary bassist who played 5 years with with Tony Rice Unit, plus Nickel Creek, Tim O'Brien and John Hartford. Mark now tours with Bela Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart. He talks at length about his time playing with and managing Tony Rice, his friendship with Bela Fleck, his love of clogging and claw hammer banjo,  and views on the history and confluence of Afro American mu...

Send us Fan Mail Luke Bulla is one of the best fiddle players of his generation. A Grammy winner with Ricky Skaggs, 15 years with Lyle Lovett, and has performed with every A-list bluegrass star. He discusses growing up in the family band, joining Ricky Skaggs in Nashville, his singing and guitar playing career, and much more. A great interview.

Send us Fan Mail Rhonda Vincent has won more awards than just about anyone in bluegrass, from IBMA and  SPBGMA  to the Grammys. She is called The Queen of Bluegrass for good reason! She leads her hard driving bluegrass band The Rage, and duets with many of country music's biggest stars. 

Send us Fan Mail Bassist Todd Phillips was a founding member of The David Grisman Quintet, The Tony Rice Unit, and The Bluegrass Album Band. Our conversation provides a unique and wide ranging inside look at the history, music and personalities of that unforgettable era. 

Send us Fan Mail Bluegrass star Justin Moses expounds on his early years, his time with Ricky Skaggs and Dan Tyminski, touring the world with Bela Fleck's "My Bluegrass Heart", and of course his marriage and performing career with Sierra Hull. A brilliant multi-instrumentalist, he's 5-time IBMA dobro player of the year!

Send us Fan Mail This is a long and fascinating interview.  Doyle reminisces about performing and recording with Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin,  J.D. Crowe, The Country Gentlemen, The Bluegrass Album Band  and of course Quicksilver.  His memories of Jimmy Martin and Tony Rice may surprise you. He recorded over 47 albums, and won 17 IBMA awards.  Truly a bluegrass legend!

Send us Fan Mail Phil Rosenthal was the lead singer and guitarist for The Seldom Scene from 1977-1986. He talks freely about his hiring by the Seldom Scene in 1977, and his abrupt and bitter firing by the band in 1986. His friend Tony Rice was one of the few who called to sympathize, having left the David Grisman Quintet under less than ideal circumstances himself a few years earlier.  Phil is als...

Send us Fan Mail Missy Raines is a highly regarded and influential bassist, bandleader, singer and songwriter. She has been voted best bluegrass bassist by the International Bluegrass Music Association ten times, and was nominated for a Grammy in 2020.  Missy talks at length about  being a woman in bluegrass, her ideal duet partner (Jimmy Martin), how Jim Hurst really encouraged her singing, and h...

Send us Fan Mail 2-time IBMA bluegrass fiddler of the year Bronwyn Keith-Hynes chats about her upbringing in Virginia, her exciting years at in Boston at Berklee College of Music with other young bluegrass musicians like Sierra Hull, how she co-founded bluegrass band Mile Twelve, and her move to Nashville in 2020. After 2 years in Nashville, she decided to leave Mile Twelve to play with Molly Tutt...