Bluegrass Unlimited's Podcast

This week we feature fiddler Craig Duncan.  We talk with Craig about his many instructional books and his recordings covering a variety of genres of fiddle music.  We will also talk about the performance work that he does in Nashville, his approach to teaching fiddle and some of the now famous fiddle students that he has taught over the years.

This week we feature clawgrass banjo player Mark Johnson who was one of this year's inductees to the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame. Mark talks to us about his clawgrass style of banjo, his relationship with Tony Rice and the Rice Brothers, winning the Steve Martin Banjo Prize and his work with Emory Lester.

This week we are featuring Heather Berry Mabe and Tony Mabe.  We'll talk with them about how they got started in bluegrass, the various bands they have worked with, their work with Junior Sisk and their recent recording and performing with Red Camel Collective.  You will also get to hear a few cuts from their upcoming album.

This week we feature guitar and mandolin player Mickey Abraham.  Mickey has recently released a wonderful new album with Kathryn Belle Long titled Voices: A Folk Opera.  We talk with Mickey about his career in music and the making and release of this new album, plus his work as a guitar and mandolin instructor.

This week we feature banjo player Frank Evans.  We talk with Frank about his new album titled Fit For A Dog.   Frank toured for years with the Slocan Ramblers and is now out on the road as a member of Bronwyn Keith-Hynes' band.