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Bluegrass Unlimited's Podcast

Jun 29, 2021

This week we are talking with Steve Swan about the bass because June is our annual instrument issue month and although just about every bluegrass band has a bass, the bass is an instrument that doesn’t get as much attention as the other instruments in the band.  We felt like that instrument deserves a little more...


Jun 22, 2021

This week's podcast features Tom Nechville of Nechville Musical Products.   Nechville is known for their innovative banjo designs and today we talk with Tom about some of his ideas about banjo construction and design, the products Nechville offers, the different models of banjos that are in their catalog, and their new...


Jun 15, 2021

This week we talk with multi-instrumentalist David McLaughlin.  David is best known as the mandolin player for the Johnson Mountain Boys and as such was inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in the fall of 2020. Today we talk with David about his role in Christopher Henry’s Monroe Style Improvisation Course,...


Jun 8, 2021

This week's podcast features Christopher Henry, son of the talented musicians and instructors Red and Murphy Henry and brother to bluegrass banjo player and teacher Casey Henry.  Christopher has performed with his family, has fronted his own band and has been a member of Peter Rowan’s bluegrass band for the past six...


Jun 1, 2021

Our podcast interview this week features Doctor Howard Marshall, Professor Emeritus from the University of Missouri.  Doctor Marshall is an expert on Missouri style fiddling having written two very in-depth books about the subject.  Fiddler Mike Hartgrove, who was featured in our May issue, learned from some of...