Bluegrass Jam Along
The IBMA Award winning podcast for anyone and everyone who loves bluegrass.
Free fiddle tune backing tracks and interviews with amazing people from the world of bluegrass.
For every tune we give you four brand new tracks:
- Backup 4 times through (you play the tune or improvise breaks)
- Tune 4 times through (you play backup)
- ‘Jam Along’ (4 complete run throughs, alternating backup and tune)
- Full performance
For more info and chord charts, visit https://bluegrassjamalong.com. Hope you find these tracks useful (and thanks for listening!) - Matt
Episodes
434 episodes
Olli Chanoff - FreshGrass Foundation
My guests this week is Olli Chanoff, Director of Programming at the FreshGrass Foundation.So much music I love has its roots in FreshGrass Commissions, from albums like Becky Buller's Jubilee, Sarah Jarosz's Blue Heron...
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Episode 431
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46:41
Bluegrass Briefing - November 18th 2024
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass.Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode.News and Announcements (Church S...
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Episode 430
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10:38
Sarah Jarosz - Blue Heron Suite Reissue Special
My guest this week is Sarah Jarosz.Sarah joins me to talk about one of my favourite albums, 'Blue Heron Suite', which is getting a physical reissue on November 22nd. We chat about how the record developed out of a FreshGrass com...
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Episode 429
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44:34
Bluegrass Briefing - November 11th 2024 (Grammy Nominations Special)
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass.This week we have a special episode looking at the artists from the bluegrass and string band world who've ...
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Episode 428
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10:46
Sierra Hull Returns
My guest this week is Sierra Hull.Since I spoke to Sierra for the podcast back in January 2023 she's been ridiculously busy touring a...
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Episode 427
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44:48
Bluegrass Briefing - November 4th 2024
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass.Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode.Podcast news
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Episode 426
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9:18
Bryan Sutton - Hurricane Helene Fundraiser
This week I'm joined by bluegrass legend Bryan Sutton for a very special episode to benefit the IBMA Trust Fund and help people suffering the devastation of Hurricane Helene.In the run up to recording the episode we asked for questions ...
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Episode 425
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1:15:38
Bluegrass Briefing - October 28th 2024
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass.Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode.News and Announcements (Church S...
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Episode 424
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12:09
Daniel Patrick - Mandolins and Beer Podcast
My guest this week is Daniel Patrick, host of the excellent Mandolins and Beer podcast.Daniel has interviewed dozens of great mandolin players for his podcast, but today we're going to talk about his new record Around the C...
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Episode 423
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55:37
Bluegrass Briefing - October 21st 2024
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass.Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episodeNews and An...
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Episode 422
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10:55
Announcing the Bryan Sutton & IBMA Hurricane Helene Fundraiser
This week's episode is about a very special fundraiser I'm putting together.I’m working with Bryan Sutton to raise funds to help people suffering the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene. Bryan is from Asheville, NC, one of the citie...
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Episode 421
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6:57
Bluegrass Briefing - October 14th 2024
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass.Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode.News and Announcements (Church Street News)...
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Episode 420
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11:47
Roots Revival - A Black Stringband Symposium, with Lillian Werbin & Kristina Gaddy
My guests on the podcast this week are Lillian Werbin and Kristina Gaddy. I caught up with them at IBMA to chat about Roots Revival : A Black Stringband Symposium, a collaboration between IBMA and The Banjo Gathering.Hosted at ...
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Episode 419
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41:05
Bluegrass Briefing - October 7th 2024
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass.Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episodeNews and Announcements (Church St...
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Episode 418
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13:02
IBMA 2024 Special - featuring ArtistWorks, Brenna MacMillan, Collings Guitars and more
This week's episode is a selection of interviews I carried out at IBMA World of Bluegrass in Raleigh, North Carolina last week.It was the last IBMA in Raleigh before the event moves to Chattanooga in 2025, and was an amazing week, full ...
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Episode 417
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55:53
Inspiration for Musicians - featuring Bryan Sutton, Sierra Hull, Stephen Mougin and more
This week’s episode is all about learning to play music.I’ve been listening back to the interviews I’ve done over the past 3 years and so many of them touch on some really core stuff when it comes to being a musician. All of it has helpe...
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Episode 416
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58:17
Bluegrass Briefing - September 23rd 2024
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass.Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode.News and Announcements (Church S...
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Episode 415
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8:51
Bluegrass Briefing - September 16th 2024
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass.Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode.Podcast news<...
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Episode 414
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14:43
Jerry Douglas on his new record 'The Set'
My guest this week is the legendary Jerry Douglas.Jerry joins me again to chat about recording his first new album in six years. It's called 'The Set' and features the band Jerry's been playing with for a decade now. He talks ab...
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Episode 413
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1:00:31
Jason Verlinde (Fretboard Journal) interview
My guest this week is Fretboard Journal's Jason Verlinde.Jason shares the story of how Fretboard Journal started, back in 2005, and how it's grown from a print magazine to include a series of great podcasts and The Fretboard Summit even...
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Episode 412
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49:21
Bluegrass Briefing - August 19th 2024
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass.This week, news of a brand new record by Daniel Patrick of the Mandolins and Beer podcast and a new flatpi...
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Episode 411
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13:00
Rebecca Frazier Interview
My guest this week is Rebecca Frazier. Rebecca was the first woman ever to appear on the cover of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine and her band Hit & Run are the only band to win all three Rockygrass, Telluride, and SPBGMA Festival Band...
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Episode 410
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54:51
Becky Buller Interview
My guest this week is Becky Buller.Becky is the winner of 10 IBMA awards, including the 2016 awards for Fiddler and Female Vocalist. She's the first woman in the history of IBMA to receive the Fiddle Player of the Year award and the f...
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Episode 409
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47:30
Bluegrass Briefing - August 5th 2024
Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass.Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode.Podcast news<...
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Episode 408
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10:40
Food For Thought - Dolly Parton and Being Yourself on Purpose
This week's episode is a Food For Thought episode. If you're not familiar with them, they're a series of short episodes on a single idea, designed to get you thinking and (hopefully) deepening your understanding of a particular music related ar...
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Episode 407
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6:53