Musical Miles Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Will Logsdon – From Nashville to Los Angeles: Music, Art, Family & Following Your Own Path Growing up in Nashville, Tennessee, singer-songwriter Will Logsdon was surrounded by the sounds and traditions of Music City. But his musical journey would eventually take him far beyond Tennessee, leading him west to California, where he continues to pursue his passion for songwriting,...

Send us Fan Mail Alex Dunn & Mimi Genheimer – Acoustic Music, Fiddle & Stories from the Road There’s something special about the combination of an acoustic guitar, a fiddle, and the stories that bring music to life. Alex Dunn and Mimi Genheimer bring those elements together through live performances that celebrate the connection between musicians and their audience. Singer-songwriter and g...

Send us Fan Mail Hailing from Fort Worth, Texas, singer-songwriter Wesley Hanna brings an authentic Texas country sound, heartfelt storytelling, and a passion for live performance to the stage. Rooted in the traditions of country, Americana, and Red Dirt music, Wesley represents the independent spirit of Texas musicians who believe great songs begin with real-life experiences. Alongside his wife a...

Send us Fan Mail George DeVore is an Austin, Texas singer-songwriter and guitarist whose distinctive voice, honest songwriting and energetic performances have made him a longtime fixture in the Austin music scene. Originally from the Midwest, DeVore spent five years touring the club circuit as lead singer and guitarist for Fat Bertha before making the move to Austin in 1994.  It didn't take l...

Send us Fan Mail Josh Crutchmer is an author and award-winning journalist who has become one of the leading chroniclers of Red Dirt, Americana and independent roots music. A native Oklahoman and graduate of Oklahoma State University, Crutchmer has been closely connected to the Red Dirt scene since the early 2000s, documenting not only the artists onstage but the songwriters, crews, venues and peop...

Send us Fan Mail Joe “Bass” Miller is a veteran musician and longtime member of the celebrated Americana and Red Dirt band Reckless Kelly. Holding down the low end on bass, Miller has been an important part of the band’s powerful live sound and its reputation as one of the hardest-working acts in roots music. Joe’s musical background goes well beyond the electric bass. An accomplished multi-instru...

Send us Fan Mail Ben Garcia is an Americana and country singer-songwriter whose music sounds like it was built on the backroads of the American West—and in many ways, it was. Born along Utah's Wasatch Front and raised near Boulder, Colorado, Garcia began performing in the alternative-rock scene while still young. His musical path eventually took a major detour when he became deeply involved i...

Send us Fan Mail Alyssa Joy Claffey is an Idaho-grown violinist and fiddler who describes her musical style as “grassical”—classical training with plenty of twang. She picked up the violin at just five years old, studied classically, and earned a spot with the Boise Philharmonic at age 19. After spending more than a decade as a music educator in Sun Valley, Idaho, Alyssa made the leap into perform...

Send us Fan Mail David Starr is a singer-songwriter, musician, guitar shop owner, producer, and festival organizer who has turned his lifelong love of music into something much bigger than a career—it has become a way of strengthening the music community around him. An Arkansas native now based in Cedaredge, Colorado, Starr has spent decades writing, recording and performing his distinctive blend...

Send us Fan Mail Eric Ramsey is an award-winning singer-songwriter, guitarist, and storyteller whose music moves comfortably between blues, folk, Americana, and roots music. Based in the Phoenix area, Ramsey has built a reputation for expressive songwriting, soaring vocals, intricate fingerpicking, and powerful bottleneck slide guitar. His songs often explore the human condition with a mix of hone...

Send us Fan Mail For more than three decades, Jeff Fasano has built a remarkable career photographing the artists, songwriters and musicians who create the music we love. His portraits go beyond simply documenting a face—they seek to capture the personality, emotion and story of the person standing in front of his camera. We caught up with Jeff at the Grand Mesa Songwriter Festival in Cedaredge, C...

Send us Fan Mail Marcedes Carroll and Doc Elliot bring together two well-traveled musical lives rooted in Americana, country, folk and the storytelling tradition. Raised in Montana, Marcedes Carroll began playing guitar as a teenager and was writing songs and performing by age 19 in both Moscow, Idaho, and her hometown of Belgrade, Montana. After performing with the classic-rock band Drink Me Pret...

Send us Fan Mail Michael Lillie is a singer, songwriter, musician, and longtime veteran of the guitar industry whose life has revolved around instruments, songs, and the people who make them. Beyond his work as a performing songwriter, Michael spent part of his professional career working with Taylor Guitars, giving him a behind-the-scenes perspective on one of the most influential acoustic-guitar...

Send us Fan Mail Steven McClintock — Singer, Songwriter, Producer & Publisher Steven McClintock is a veteran Texas-born singer, songwriter, producer and music publisher whose career spans more than five decades. Raised in Beaumont, Texas, McClintock developed his love for music at an early age—he was already imitating Elvis Presley and singing “Jailhouse Rock” at just four years old. That chil...

Send us Fan Mail Bill Edwards is an award-winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose music lives comfortably at the intersection of Americana, country, folk, acoustic rock and bluegrass. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Edwards has built a career around thoughtful songwriting, strong musicianship and songs that can be heartfelt, humorous or somewhere in between. His musical journey str...

Send us Fan Mail Natalie Del Carmen is a Los Angeles-raised singer-songwriter carving out a distinctive place in modern Americana, country and folk music. Her songs pair deeply personal, conversational storytelling with an acoustic, roots-driven sound that often feels far removed from the pavement and pop-radio landscape of Southern California where she grew up. Natalie's musical journey took...

Send us Fan Mail J Plank, is an internationally touring singer-songwriter, guitarist, and master of the lap steel whose music lives at the crossroads of Americana, blues, roots, folk, and soul. Known for his soulful voice, expressive songwriting, and unmistakable slide-guitar work, Plank has built a career around musicianship that serves the song rather than overshadows it. Before establishing him...

Send us Fan Mail Erik Stucky is a Colorado-born singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist whose music blends Americana, roots, country, folk, soul, jazz, and bluegrass influences into a sound distinctly his own. Raised among the rugged mountains of Western Colorado, Stucky's connection to music began early when he picked up his first mandolin at just eight years old. That mandoli...

Send us Fan Mail Andy Sydow is a Colorado singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and podcaster whose music blends Americana, folk, roots rock, and the classic singer-songwriter tradition. Originally from the Denver area, Andy spent an important chapter of his career living and working in Nashville before recently returning home to Colorado. Now based once again in the Denver area, he...

Send us Fan Mail Byron Duffin is the creator and host of the Musical Miles Podcast, but becoming a podcaster was never part of his retirement plan. After a longtime career as a manufacturing executive, Byron unexpectedly found himself retired and facing a question familiar to a lot of people entering a new chapter of life: “What do I do now?” The answer came from his daughter, Kallie, who suggeste...

Send us Fan Mail Deb Scheer is a Colorado singer-songwriter whose music reflects a lifetime of influences ranging from folk and Americana to country, jazz, and musical theater. Born and raised on Long Island, New York, Deb has called Colorado home since 1984, bringing both her East Coast beginnings and Western experiences into her songwriting. Music has been part of Deb's life since her teena...

Send us Fan Mail Martin Gilmore is an award-winning Colorado singer-songwriter, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and educator whose music lives at the intersection of folk, bluegrass, Americana, and the musical traditions of the American West. Raised on the prairies of the Nebraska Panhandle and now based in the Denver area, Gilmore has built a career around preserving traditional roots music whi...

Send us Fan Mail Havilah Rand is an award-winning singer-songwriter, performer, and educator whose career has taken her from the jazz halls of New York City and the post-grunge music scene of Seattle to Austin's legendary songwriter community and stages throughout the United States and Europe. Her music moves comfortably between Americana, folk, blues, jazz, and country, driven by thoughtful...

Send us Fan Mail Braxton Hamblen is a Northern Colorado singer-songwriter whose music is firmly rooted in the Western way of life, blending influences from Red Dirt country, cowboy music, and indie folk. Raised around agriculture, horses, and small-town life, Braxton doesn't simply write about the cowboy lifestyle—he lives it, spending time team roping and helping his family train horses when...

Send us Fan Mail Jimmy Cantwell is a Colorado-based singer-songwriter and second-generation horseman whose music is rooted in the real-life experiences of the American West. A soldier, horse trainer, working cowboy and storyteller, Cantwell has spent years gathering the kind of experiences that can’t be manufactured—and he has turned those miles, horses, hard work and lessons learned into authenti...