The Mandolins and Beer Podcast

Episode Notes Support the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! This week I welcome back Jarrod Walker to the show! Things have definitely changed since we last spoke! All for the good! Keep up with Jarrod at his Instagram and keep up with all things Billy Strings here! New Shirts on the website!!! As Always…..thank you to my sponsors! Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Pava Mandolins  E...

Episode Notes Support the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! This week on the podcast  my guest is Elisa Meyer Ferreira from the group Choro Das 3. Elisa and her sisters are incredible musicians and they will be heading to the United States for quite a long tour this year! To keep up with the band be sure to go to their website HERE . To follow Elisa on Instagram head to this link HERE...

Episode Notes Support the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! This week on the podcast I welcome back Grant Gordy. Grant has a brand new album available today (March 3rd) called Peripheral Visions. The best place to purchase it is BANDCAMP and the best place to keep up with Grant is his WEBSITE! All song clips from this episode are from Grant’s new album! New Shirts on the website!!! As...

Episode Notes Support the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! My guest this week on the podcast is the incredible Radim Zenkl. I’ve been a fan of Radim pretty much since I picked up a mandolin, so this was an exciting moment for me to be able to speak with him.  LInks of interest! www.zenklkozak.com facebook.com/zenklkozak instagram.com/zenklkozak https://open.spotify.com/artist/3JxLiix...

Episode Notes Full episode should be ready to go on Monday! Sorry for delay!

Episode Notes Support the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! My guest this week is Petri Hakala. Petri is an extremely accomplished Finnish mandolin player as well as a scholar and luthier. He doesn’t have a website at the moment but you can buy his music on Bandcamp! Petri has also supplied me with a great list of links with videos, albums he’s done and some of his European mandolin i...

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Episode Notes Support the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! This week on the podcast I welcome back Ashby Frank. Ashby has a brand new album out today! You can grab a copy and keep up with Ashby (and all of the projects that he is part of) HERE!! Welcome to my brand new sponsor Tone Slabs!   Go to their website and check out all the different shapes and options they offer! Great stuff...

Episode Notes Support the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! This week on the podcast I welcome back Nick Dumas. Nick has a brand new album out called “Details” and it is fantastic! You can buy the album HERE and you can also head over to Nick’s website HERE and sign yourself up for some lessons!  Here is a link to the Isaac Eicher / Jason Anick Zoom event! New Shirts on the website!!!...

Episode Notes Support the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! My guest this week is Korey Brodsky. He is a Berklee grad who has joined up with Mile Twelve. They have a brand new album coming out Feb 3rd and you can go Pre-order and Pre-save it here at their website! You can also keep up with Korey at his website here as well, where you can sign up for lessons! Songs clips from this epis...

Episode Notes Support the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! My guest this week is Wayne Fugate. Along with being an incredible in demand player, Wayne has become an in demand clinician. His study of the art of practicing is really amazing. We spend so much time thinking about all the ways and things to practice, we sometimes get overwhelmed and don’t practice at all…or practice poorly...

Episode Notes Support the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! My guest this week is Lawrence Smart. Lawrence is a great luthier that lives in Idaho. If you own any recordings by Nickel Creek, Chris Thile, Joe K. Walsh, John Reischman, or Mike Marshall…just to name a few, than you have heard some of his incredible instruments. Head on over to Lawrence’s Website HERE! Also, be sure to go...

Episode Notes Support the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! My guest this week is Joe K Walsh. He’s back to talk about his incredible new If Not Now, Who? The album is available today wherever you get your music! You can keep up with Joe at his website HERE! Also, be sure to go support the great Jake Howard’s newest project with Westbound Situation Here!   New Shirts on the website!!!...

Episode Notes Support the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! This week my guest, and final guest for the year, is the legendary Peter Rowan. A true Bluegrass Boy that has played with everyone from Bill Monroe up to Wyatt Ellis. We had a great conversation and there will be more to come! Keep up with Peter at his website HERE !   New Shirts on the website!!! As Always…..thank you to my...

Episode Notes Support the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! This week’s episode marks the return of the great Andy Statman! Andy has had quite a busy year! We talk about Itzhak Perlman, his project with Jake Eddy (Avail here) , his debut at the Opry and more! Keep up with Andy at his website!   New Shirts on the website!!! As Always…..thank you to my sponsors! Peghead Nation Northfiel...

Episode Notes Support the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! New Shirts on the website!!! This week my guest on the podcast is one of the busiest guys in the biz…Stephen Mougin. Head over to Stephen’s website to keep up with everything that Stephen has going on!!    Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Pava Mandolins  Ellis Mandolins Siminoff Books Straight Up Strings Elderly Instrument...

Episode Notes Support the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! New Shirts on the website!!! This week I welcome back to the podcast Andy Leftwich. Andy is such a great player and an even nicer guy. His new album is called The American Fiddler and it is incredible! You can get it from his website here, where you can also keep up with where Andy will be playing!   Here are some links for l...

Episode Notes S upport the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! My guest this week is Mark Schimick. Mark is the mandolin player and vocalist for the Songs from the Road Band. Before that, he spent many years playing with Larry Keel. Songs from the Road Band have a new album coming out soon, so be sure to head to their website as well as Mark’s Facebook and Instagram to keep up with Mark...

Episode Notes S upport the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! My guest this week is David Benedict. David was guest number one on the podcast! David and his wife Tabitha have a band together called the Foreign Landers and today marks the release of their incredible new album called Travelers Rest. You can purchase the new album and keep up with the band here! Atomic Habits Link Ali Abd...

Episode Notes S upport the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! My guest this week is the one and only Sam Bush. Sam has a new album out today! It’s called Radio John and it is his tribute the the legendary John Hartford. Head over to Sam’s WEBSITE and get yourself a copy of the album and check out Sam’s tour dates so you can catch him in a city near you   Welcome to my newest sponsor Gr...

Episode Notes My guest on the podcast this week is AJ Lee. Her and her band Blue Summit have been tearing up the festival scene this past year. She’s a great mandolin player, a great singer, and a great songwriter! You can keep up with AJ at her website HERE or on Instagram HERE !   Welcome to my newest sponsor Grace Design!! As always, a HUGE THANK YOU to my sponsors! Mandolin Cafe Acoustic Disc...

Episode Notes S upport the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! My guest this week is Matt Flinner. Matt is getting ready to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his remarkable recording The View From Here. In honor of that anniversary, he’s putting out a transcription book for the album. The book also includes exercises for each tune to help you out with the trickier parts! You can order t...

Episode Notes S upport the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! My guest this week is Steve Smith. Steve Smith is not only known as one of this country’s top mandolin players but also as an outstanding educator. Along with his work with the Roots/Bluegrass group The Hard Road Trio Steve has been on faculty at the California Coast Music Camp, Puget Sound Guitar Workshop, Steve Kaufman's A...

Episode Notes S upport the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! My guest this week is Michael Prewitt. Michael is the current incredible mandolin player / vocalist that is playing with Special Consensus. You can catch them on the road and you can keep up with Michael at his Instagram here and his website here ! Also, here are some links to the fiddle players Michael talks about during th...

Episode Notes S upport the Mandolins and Beer Podcast at my Patreon page! This week my guest Thomas Cassell is my guest. This is Thomas’ second visit to the podcast. He’s got a brand new solo album out called “What you Need to Prove” and his band Circus No. 9 just put an album out it July called “Circus No.” Both are excellent records! Thomas is out there burning the road up too….so to keep up wit...