The Folk Mafia Podcast

Bobbie Childress Shane and Joshua Reynolds talk about life around and in the Kingston Trio.

Executive producer Ed Yost talks with Tom Guard about his life with his father Dave Guard and the impact The Kingston Trio had on his life

Al discusses his relationship with the Trio reading a letter that Nick Reynolds wrote him and an intro Bob Shane read for Dr. Tom Dooley

In this episode of The Folk Mafia Podcast, we interview Tom Guard and Kaz Sakamoto who are two of three entertainers making up East of Kingston.  They had a very successful tour in Japan in 2023 and they are looking to repeat and expand on that in 2024 so keep your eyes posted for east of Kingston in and around Tokyo Japan.

EP #123 - Mike Marvin - The Kingston Trio by Josh Reynolds

BONUS EP #119 - Coffee Talk with Bobbie and Josh - The Kingston Trio by Josh Reynolds

Part 2 of Ed Yost's interview with Dave Batti

Part 2 of Bobbie Childress Shane's interview with Don McClean. Don McClean continues his interview with Bobbie Childress Shane, and talks more about his love of The Kingston Trio and their influences on American music.

Bobbie Childress Shane sits down to talk with Al Jardine of The Beach Boys to discuss how The Kingston Trio influenced his musical career as well as the intricacies of harmony singing.

Ed and I discuss my father, Nick Reynolds early years and his personality

Dave Batti - longtime friend of John Stewart and bandmate talks about life on the road with John how he got into music and how many years he has taught music to children. It’s an amazing podcast. He talks about The Kingston Trio fantasy camp and he talks about a lot of things that I think that John Stewart fans will be interested in as well as what Dave Batti fans will be interested in.

EP #116 - John Wroble - The Kingston Trio by Josh Reynolds

EP #115 - Dave Woodruff - The Kingston Trio by Josh Reynolds

EP #113 - Don McLean PT1 - The Kingston Trio by Josh Reynolds

John Gilmore, the son of Voyle Gilmore, the famous producer, who did all The Kingston Trio‘s best albums, as well as Sinatra the Beatles and many more great Capitol Records recordings, tells more stories of The Trio. This is much more of a Kingston Trio centric episode and there’s some great stories in here from John.

In this part two episode of two, Bobbie, Childress Shane tell some of the great stories of The Kingston Trio this is one you should not miss straight from the person who knows the real stories

John Gilmore, son of pioneering Producer at Capitol Records Voyle Gilmore discusses his youth, his dad and how he pioneered the recording of The Kingston Trio, Frank Sinatra and many more great Capitol Artists.

EP #108 Bobbie Childress PT1 - The Kingston Trio by Josh Reynolds

Current Kingston Trio, member Buddy Woodward talks with Paul Robinson of The Hot Licks (the music of Dan Hicks) shares his musical journey from childhood to present day. This is part one of a part three series please enjoy.

Chip Marvin, brother of Mike Marvin, current leader of the Kingston Trio group tells the story of how he was part of the early years and learned from the Kingston Trio by being 14 years old and watching them live at the Hungry I in San Francisco

PaulRobinson - Dan Hicks band leader and current Hot Licks leader discusses how the Kingston Trio had a big impact on his early musical life

EP #106 - John August Lee - The Kingston Trio by Josh Reynolds

Josh Reynolds discusses his earliest memories of life as the son of Kingston Trio co-founder Nick Reynolds

EP #102 - The Three Wives - The Kingston Trio by Josh Reynolds

Josh Reynolds and Tom Guard sons of Kingston Trio founders Dave Guard, and Nick Reynolds talk about their lives being the sons of the Kingston Trio cofounders