Hosts Mother Banjo and Anthony Ihrig talk with Minnesota banjo player Heath Loy about his 2018 release Drakesville 🎶 💿. Join us as we listen to his music together and hear the stories behind the songs and recording.
FEATURED SONGS
Drakesville
Arkansas
Somewhere in the Rockies
Top Ten List
Girl on the Billboard
SHOW NOTES
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Hosts Mother Banjo and Anthony Ihrig sat down in-person with rising bluegrass stars The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys to talk about their 2016 release Back to the Mountains in front of a live audience at the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music festival in Richmond, MN 🎶 💿.
Hosts Mother Banjo and Anthony Ihrig talk with Minnesota old time bluegrass band Steam Machine about their 2018 self-titled release 🎶 💿. Join us as we listen to their music together and hear the stories behind the songs and recordings.
Hosts Mother Banjo and Anthony Ihrig talk with Grammy Award-winning banjoist, songwriter, producer and music label owner Alison Brown about her 2000 release Fair Weather 🎶 💿. Join us as we listen to her music together and hear the stories behind the songs and recording.
Taku Kawamata – Japanese banjo player who worked out a twin banjo banjo of “Leaving Cottondale.” Video of Taku playing version: https://youtu.be/uVOYYWctt2g
Hosts Mother Banjo and Anthony Ihrig talk this Friday with modern bluegrass band and international Bluegrass Ambassadors Henhouse Prowlers about their 2013 release Breaking Ground 🎶 💿. Join us as we listen to their music together and hear the stories behind the songs and recording.
Hosts Mother Banjo and Anthony Ihrig sat down in-person with bluegrass great Valerie Smith to talk about her 1997 debut album Patchwork Heart in front of a live audience at the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music festival in Richmond, MN 🎶 💿. Join us as we listen to her music together and hear the stories behind the songs and recording during this memorable (first ever) in-person episode of the Back Catalog Listening Party!!
Thanks to the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association for the great venue
Thanks to Tom Tschantz for live engineering this episode for Armadillo Sound & Design
Hosts Mother Banjo and Anthony Ihrig talk with Grammy Award-winning musician, songwriter, fiddler, bandleader, producer and educator Laurie Lewis about her 1998 release Seeing Things 💿🎶. Join us as we listen to her music together and hear the stories behind the songs and recording.
Hosts Mother Banjo and Anthony Ihrig talk with Nashville-based songwriter, touring bass player (Special Consensus), studio musician, and educator Dan Eubanks about his 2019 solo album Look What the City’s Done 🎶 💿. Join us as we listen to his music together and hear the stories behind the songs and recording.
This very special episode pays tribute to the late great Emmy-winning composer, violinist and mandolin player Peter Ostroushko by revisiting his iconic 1995 album Heart of the Heartland. Hosts Mother Banjo and Anthony Ihrig will be joined by Peter’s longtime friends and collaborators pianist Richard Dworsky, guitarist Dean Magraw and former Red House Records president Eric Peltoniemi to share memories of Peter and the recording sessions.
FEATURED SONGS
Puppy Belly Dance (episode intro music)
Seattle
Prairie Sunrise
Heart of the Heartland
Dakota Themes
Puppy Belly Dance (episode outro music w/ commentary)
Hosts Mother Banjo and Anthony Ihrig talk with Greg Cahill, band leader of the award-winning Chicago bluegrass band The Special Consensus about their 2018 Grammy-nominated album Rivers and Roads 🎶 💿. Join us as we listen to their music together and hear the stories behind the songs and recording.