Jan 6, 2021
January 6, 2021 would have been Earl Scruggs's 97th birthday. To pay tribute, many today's top players have recorded their personal memories, stories, and wisdom that they've gotten from Earl over the years. Enjoy!
Featuring (in order): Eric Gibson, Ron Block, Lloyd Douglas, Terry Baucom,...
Dec 23, 2020
A Freshly Picked episode with longtime friend of the podcast Greg Cahill! He joins host Keith Billik to discuss the recent Special Consensus album "Chicago Barn Dance," which just won IBMA's Song of the Year award for its title track.
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Dec 9, 2020
The 2nd half of the interview with Pat Cloud features tons of great insight and live demonstrations of Pat's musical approach to playing jazz on the 5-string banjo. Special guest Doub Pearce joins for a few questions and to play some bass. Great times were had!
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Dec 8, 2020
In this bonus episode, Keith is joined by Doub Pearce to preview part 2 of the Pat Cloud interview. Doub is a friend of Pat's, made the introduction, and arranged for the studio time for the interview. What hospitality!
Doub also appears in the episode as a guest host and bass player, so...
Nov 23, 2020
This Freshly Picked episode features "Rooster" by Max Allard, as well as a Civil War-themed project by Warren Leming titled "A Rich Man's War and a Poor Man's Fight."
Max is one of the most telented players and composers in the next generation of banjo players! You'll really enjoy...