The Mandolins and Beer Podcast

Episode Notes Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!   New Merch HERE!!! My guest this week is Grammy Award winning songwriter Melody Walker.  Melody Walker is a GRAMMY-winning songwriter, producer, performer, and fervent believer that songs can change the world. Best known for her writing with Molly Tuttle , Sierra...

Episode Notes * Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!! *  **** New Merch HERE!!! My guest this week is the 2026 National Mandolin Champion Anthony Howell. Anthony was born, and raised, near Kosciusko, MS. He originally found an interest in the guitar by growing up watching his dad play. At age 11, Howell began...

Episode Notes Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!   New Merch HERE!!! My guest this week on the podcast is Sam Parks from The Fretliners. The Fretliners are a band carrying the sound of a changing American landscape. Rooted in bluegrass and reaching into Americana, folk, and rock, their music feels weathered by t...

Episode Notes Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!   New Merch HERE!!! My guest this week is Ethan Bush from the band Arakansauce. Arkansauce has a brand new album out called Horizon Never Dies, available everywhere now! Be sure to catch their high energy live shows and head HERE to the website to pick up a copy o...

Episode Notes Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!   New Merch HERE!!! My guest this week on the podcast is Scott Marquart. Scott is the founder of String Joy Strings. His story absolutely blows my mind. To start a string company essentially from scratch seems like it would be impossible. Then, he not only accompl...

Episode Notes Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!   New Merch HERE!!! This week features the return of one of my favorite people and mandolin players. Joe K. Walsh. Joe’s band Mr Sun featuring Darol Anger, Grant Gordy and Aidan O’Donnell are one of the most exciting string bands around. Each song is beautifully w...

Episode Notes ** ** Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!  ** * New Merch HERE!!! * My guest this week is Drury Anderson from the band Mountain Grass unit. It’s been almost 2 years since I had Drury on and he’s back to talk about their brand new album called Appalachian Smoke (available Aug.28th) **, recording with...

Episode Notes ** Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!   New Merch HERE!!! **My guest this week is Thomas Cassell. Originally from the sacred bluegrass mountains of southwestern Virginia, Thomas Cassell is in the highest rank of modern bluegrass musicians.  Cassell currently plays mandolin with the Wood Box Heroes,...

Episode Notes Thomas Cassell's new album "Guitar Collection"comes out Aug 21st. Get your copy by going to Thomas's Website HERE!

Episode Notes ** ** Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!  ** **** New Merch HERE!!! **My guest this week on the 7th anniversary of the podcast is Bronwyn. For her third album, Rattlin' Bones, Bronwyn, a Grammy-winning artist and two-time IBMA "Fiddle Player of the Year," decided to purposely leave her co...

Episode Notes ** Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!   New Merch HERE!!! My guest this week is Brian McCarty. Brian is the current mandolin player in Special Consensus but he’s got a pretty deep musical background as you will hear this episode. Brain can be heard playing on Special C’s most current recording “Bee...

Episode Notes ** Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!! ** ** **** New Merch HERE!!! My guest this week is Jason Keiser. Jason is the bandleader, lead guitarist, arranger and composer for the New Acoustic Collective. They have a brand new release out today called Double Course on Adhyaropa Rercords.  Jason’s Links:...

Episode Notes ** Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!   New Merch HERE!!! My guest this week is Eric Wiggs. Eric is a great singer and guitarist for the band Jake Leg and he is also an incredible audio engineer and producer. His name has come up multiple times on the podcast and it was a pleasure to get to talk wi...

Episode Notes Ireland Tour Dates July 18, The Beehive Pub, Ardara July 23, Blakes, Letterkenny July 24, McGrory's

Episode Notes ** Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!! ** ** **** New Merch HERE!!! My guest this week is the award winning mandolinist Alan Bibey. Alan has teamed up with two other award winning mandolin pickers (Ronnie McCoury and Sierra Hull) to record a tune he wrote for one of his heroes Herschel Sizemore. The...

Episode Notes ** ** Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!  ** **** New Merch HERE!!! My guest this week is Hugh Hansen. Hugh runs a busy and successful shop in Nashville repairing and restoring vintage guitars and mandolins for clients, as well as being tasked with restoration and maintenance of historic instrument...

Episode Notes ** Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!   This week I welcome back 2019 Rockygrass Dylan McCarthy. Dylan’s band Jake Leg has a brand new album called “No One Lives Here Anymore” (available HERE) that not only features Dylan’s mandolin work but showcases his great songwriting as well!  Dylan’s Links:...

Episode Notes ** Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!   My guest this week is George Jackson. George Jackson is a Nashville-based fiddle player and the 2022 IBMA Instrumentalist Of The Year Momentum Award Winner, who performs as a band leader and fiddler for hire with artists such as The Jacob Jolliff Band, Jake B...

Episode Notes ** Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!   My guest this week is Robb Cappelletto. Robb is an incredible musician and instructor who teaches on through the Sonora Music School You may be familiar with one of his students…..Billy Strings! We really dive into some incredible practice techniques on this...

Episode Notes ** Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!   This week I welcome back Brian Oberlin to the podcast! He’s got a brand new album out, he’s got a new single with his band Full Cord out today featuring Billy Strings and he’s preparing to do a run of shows with Don Julin, Carlos Aonzo, and Don Stiernberg! So...

Episode Notes Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!   My guest this week is Nathan Beaumont. Nathan Beaumont is a 6th generation Floridian and 2nd generation Bluegrass musician from Central Florida. He got his start in music around the age of three years old, and picked up the banjo at the age of twelve. His early...

Episode Notes ** Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!   ​Well, this week is a special one! My guests are Mike Guggino , Sheri Mignano Crawford , and Nino Vicari.  They have recently collaborated on a new collection of Giovanni Vicari’s compositions titled “Dances for Mandolin” available HERE! SONOMA, CALIF. — Giov...

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Episode Notes ** Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!   ​ My guest this week is Darren Nicholson. Darren and I last chatted way back in 2021 when he was still playing with Balsam Range. Darren has now been performing with his own band, the Darren Nicholson Band, and has a brand new album coming out on May 1st.  He...

Episode Notes ** Did you know you can support my podcast for as little as $1 a month? You can do that by heading over to my Patreon HERE!!   My guest this week is Eddie Barbash. Hailed by Jon Batiste as "one of the world’s most important saxophonists," Eddie Barbash was a founding member of the house band for the Late Show With Stephen Colbert and currently tours the world with Cory Wong...