Jan 30, 2023
This week we feature multi-instrumentalist Rickie Simpkins. Rickie has played with many great bands over the years, including the Virginia Squires, The Tony Rice Unit, Continental Divide, the Lonesome River Band, the Seldom Scene, Carolina Star, Emmy Lou Harris, and more. He has also been recorded on over one hundred...
Jan 24, 2023
This week we feature bass player Mark Hembree. As many bluegrass fans know, Mark played bass with Bill Monroe back in the 1980s and has since written a book titled “On The Bus with Bill Monroe” about his experiences with the father of bluegrass. We talk to Mark about his time with Monroe and his work on the...
Jan 18, 2023
This week we feature guitar player, singer, songwriter, and band leader Chris Jones. We’ll talk with Chris about his early years in bluegrass music all the way up through the present day as the leader of Chris Jones and the Nightdrivers. Additionally, we’ll talk with Chris about his radio show and his work with...
Jan 10, 2023
This week we feature Larry Stephenson. Larry has had a long career in bluegrass, including spending time playing with our January 2023 cover story artist David Parmley in the Bluegrass Cardinals. We’ll talk with Larry about his early days in bluegrass and about the many years he has been fronting the Larry...
Jan 3, 2023
This we feature fiddler Jason Carter of the Del McCoury Band and the Traveling McCourys about his new solo album Lowdown Hoedown. We talk with Jason about how he got his start in bluegrass, and his joining the Del McCoury Band thirty years ago. From there we talk about each track of his new album and you will hear...