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ARTIST |
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DURATION |
| Backline | 06/17/2018 | New band, Backline has hit the scene. Their new
album is out titled 1000 Wishes and the entire band calls
Steve to talk about the band and the album. A fun interview with the members
of this exciting new band. |
0:36:40 |  |
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| Bailey, Richard | 02/09/2013 | Banjo player with the Steel Drivers,
Richard Bailey, calls in from the road while traveling to their next gig in
Johnson City to talk about their new album, Hammer Down.
Anytime the Steel Drivers does something it is newsworthy. This interview is
no exception. |
0:17:09 | |
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| Bailey, Richard | 10/12/2013 | After attending a Steel Driver concert
at the Southgate House, he talks to Richard about the exciting show, the way
they command the stage and always thrill the audience. Richard and the band
are on the bus heading for their next gig and talk about their current tour
schedule and the success of their music. |
0:14:59 |
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| Barie, Jason | 07/21/2019 | Jason Barie, fiddle player with Joe
Mullins and the Radio Ramblers, chats with Steve about his solo album,
Jason Barie as the Ramblin' Fiddler Starring in Pieces. |
0:27:30 |
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| Barnes, Danny | 12/26/2015 | Part 1 of a 2 part interview. Steve talks to banjo
player, Danny, after winning the Steve Martin Banjo Player Award and the
release of a new album, Danny Barnes, Got Myself Together 10 Years
Later, recorded without picks! They talk about his career, his very
successful previous year and the tracks on this unusual album. |
11:00:27 | |
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| Barnes, Danny | 01/02/2016 | Part 2 of a 2 part interview. Steve talks to banjo
player, Danny, after winning the Steve Martin Banjo Player Award and the
release of a new album, Danny Barnes, Got Myself Together 10 Years
Later. They continue discussing the tracks on the album, his
contact info, and touring plans for next year. |
0:21:52 | |
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| Barnes, Danny | 03/12/2017 | Danny talks to Steve about his new album,
Stove Up, wearing picks and loaded with traditional bluegrass music
played in Reno style. Danny explains the various styles of banjo playing. |
0:31:00 | |
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| Baucom, Terry | 03/30/2013 | Terry Baucom, The Duke of Drive, known for his
driving style of banjo playing, talks to Steve about his new single,
What Will I Do, and the star lineup of guest artists that are
playing on the track. He brings Steve up to date on his past playing
experiences and groups that he performed with including Doyle Lawson |
0:25:35 | |
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| Baucom, Terry | 04/14/2019 | Banjo legend, Terry Baucom, chats with Steve about
his band, The Dukes of Drive and their album, Catch Another Dream,
released the previous year. The Duke of Drive himself.....great
interview |
0:35:32 | |
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| Baucom, Terry | 01/24/2021 | Terry Baucom and his Dukes of Drive have just
released the album Fine Time to Get the Blues. Steve chats
with Terry about his career which just hit it's Golden anniversary of 50
years, his current band members and the people who contributed to the new
album. |
0:39:18 | |
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| Beachley, Darren | 01/09/2022 | Darren Beachley talks to Steve about his new
single release, New Ballad Branch and the album to soon
follow, the tracks coming and its release date. |
0:37:23 | |
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| Benson, Kristin Scott | 11/30/2013 | Kristen Scott Benson, banjo player with the
Grascals and 4th time winner of the IBMA Banjo Player award, talks to Steve
about playing the banjo and the success of the Grascals band. |
0:30:54 | |
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| Benson, Kristin Scott and Sonny Osborne | 11/30/2013 | Steve engages Kristin Scott Benson of the Grascals
and Sonny Osborne of the Osborne Brothers in a very special conversation
about their relationship while Sonny shares his thoughts, memories and
opinions. |
0:39:53 | |
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| Benson, Kristin Scott | 07/17/2016 | Kristen Scott Benson has released a new solo album
titled Stringworks and Steve chats with her about the album
and her multiple awards as Banjo Player of the Year. |
0:35:08 | |
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| Benson, Kristin Scott | 09/17/2017 | Steve talks to Kristen about the Grascals latest
album, Before Breakfast, and what she has been doing since
the release of her solo album Stringworks. |
0:33:35 | |
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| Benson, Kristin Scott | 09/29/2019 | Steve talks with 4 time IBMA Banjo Player of the
Year and 5 time SPBGMA Banjo Player of the Year, Kristen Scott Benson about
the Grascals latest album, Straighten the Curves and
changes in the band. |
0:27:56 | |
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| Benson, Wayne & Kristin Scott | 05/21/2023 | Kristin Scott Benson (five-time IBMA Banjo Player of the Year, recipient of the Steve Martin Award for Excellence in Bluegrass and Banjo and member of the GRAMMY-nominated Mountain Home artist The Grascals) and her husband, award-winning mandolinist Wayne Benson(25-year veteran of the seven-time IBMA Vocal Group of the Year, Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out) have signed with Mountain Home for joint creative endeavors.They both join Steve to chat about their latest joint venture album, Pick Your Poison
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0:38:24 | |
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| Benson, Ray | 06/20/2021 | Ray Benson and his band, Asleep at the
Wheel, are celebrating 50 years performing by releasing a 3 track
EP. Ray and his fiddle player, Katie Shore provide the vocal on two tracks
and a third track is arranged in the spirit of Willie Nelson. Listen as
Steve and Ray talk about the music and the current members of his band. |
0:16:54 | |
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| Berline, Byron | 11/15/2014 | Part 1 of a 2 part interview: Steve chats with the
legendary fiddle player, Byron Berline about his career. Byron is always a
great story-teller with so many stories to tell. |
0:35:21 | |
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| Berline, Byron | 11/15/2014 | Part 2: A continuation of the interview between
Byron and Steve where many more stories are shared. A great glimpse into the
life of Byron Berline. |
0:21:35 | |
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| Berline, Byron Star Trek 1987 | 11/15/2014 | Byron shares the story of how he was involved in
the special Star Trek episode in 1987 when the humanoid Data wanted to learn
to play the fiddle. |
0:03:19 | |
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| Bibelhauser, Aaron | 06/16/2019 | Singer, songwriter, musician Aaron Bibelhauser
talks to Steve about his new album, Lovin' and Leavin': A Bluegrass
Tribute to Mickey Clark and the new single released ahead of the
album, Wyoming Child. |
0:31:25 | |
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| Bibelhauser, Aaron / Mike Finders | 03/07/2021 | Steve creates a long distance hookup with Mike
Finders in Colorado and Aaron Bibelhauser in Louisville, KY to talk about
their long distance songwriting collaborations, their new single release
titled Time In and Out and the differences in West Coast,
Colorado, Est Coast and 'fly-over' bluegrass music styles. Plus, Mike gets
an important lesson in the proper pronunciation of 'Louisville'. A fun
interview that you'll want to listen to. |
0:32:27 |
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| Bibelhauser, Aaron | 02/27/2022 | Steve chats with Aaron about his new band formed
during the pandemic called Wolfpen Branch and their new hit
single 'Mary' plus Burning the Midnight Oil. |
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| Bibelhauser, Aaron | 09/04/2022 | Steve chats with Aaron about recording with his
brother, Adam, as the Bibelhauser Brothers and an update on his band Wolfpen
Branch and their new single releases. |
0:15:51 |
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| Bibelhauser, Aaron | 02/12/2023 | Steve chats with Aaron about the band, Wolfpen
Branch, it's members and their latest album, A Long Hill to Climb
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0:27:55 |
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| Boner, Daniel | 11/04/2018 | A member of the Becky Buller band, songwriter,
IBMA board member and professor at Eastern Tennessee State University, Dan
Boner calls Steve to talk about his new single West of West Virginia.
A great interview with a very busy guy, he talks about the influences behind
this song, his family and the video released with the song. |
0:25:07 | |
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| Bonsall, Joe | 04/05/2014 | Joe Bonsall of the Oak Ridge Boys chats with Steve
about playing his banjo, writing music and the new live album to be released
April 15th, Boys Night Out, their first live album. Joe
expresses interesting thoughts about personal ideas and following through on
them and secrets to learning the banjo. |
0:25:54 | |
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| Bourgeois, Dana | 04/26/2014 |
Guitar maker, Dana Bourgeois, chats with Steve while on vacation on an
island off the coast of Maine about how he got into guitar making and his
love for the instrument. Excellent interview with a great luthier
whose guitars are now played by legendary artists. |
0:35:03 | |
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| Bradley, Dale Ann | 08/20/2017 | 5 time winner of the IBMA Female Vocalist of the
Year Dale Ann Bradley talks with Steve about her new, just released
self-titled album, Dale Ann Bradley. A lively discussion
about the influences in Dale Ann's vocals and songwriting with lots of
stories as only Dale Ann can tell them. |
0:35:29 |
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| Branscomb, Louisa | 11/05/2017 | Legendary songwriter, winner of the IBMA
Distinguished Achievement Award. Louisa Branscomb stops by the booth at IBMA
FanFest to chat with Steve about her career, damage from a recent tornado on
her property and a brand new single plus the guest artists that helped her
with the project. |
0:10:32 |
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| Branscomb, Louisa | 04/28/2019 | 40 years ago Louisa Branscomb wrote the song Steel
Rails which has been recorded by incredible artists that were inspired by
the song over the years. Louisa talks about the song and the project to redo
and relaunch it and the star-studded list of artists that participated. |
0:27:25 |
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| Brewer, Gary | 11/22/2020 | Gary Brewer celebrates his 40th anniversary in the
music industry and has relased a collaboration CD featuring 14 original
tracks performed by Gary and his Kentucky Ramblers along with a number of
special guests. Listen as he chats with Steve about the band and the
star-studded lineup of guests who helped him make this a very special album. |
0:51:00 |
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| Brewster, Paul | 10/15/2023 | Guitarist and vocalist, Paul Brewster, joins Steve
to talk about his special album, "Forever Young", working
with the guest artists on the album including the legendary Dolly Parton,
and the various tracks on this special album. |
0:38:44 |
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| Bright, Billy / Alan Munde | 10/14/2018 | Legendary banjo player Alan Munde and mandolin
player Billy Bright stop by the booth at IBMA to talk to Steve about their
new collaborative album, Es Mi Suerte |
0:34:20 |
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| Bright, Billy | 09/27/2020 | Steve chats with Billy about Wood & Wire's latest
album, No Matter Where It Goes From Here and how well they
'do their thing' combining virtuosic playing with engaging melodies and
lyrics. A delightful album and an insightful interview |
0:42:53 |
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| Brinkman, Mark 'Brink' | 11/16/13 | Prolific songwriter Mark 'Brink' Brinkman who
writes a wide variety of songs that have been recorded by a broad spectrum
of artists and plays multiple instruments calls in to chat with Steve about
writing music for the past 16 years and how he creates songs. Fascinating. |
0:36:44 |
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| Britt, Gena | 11/20/22 | Gena Britt, known for her driving banjo and tender
vocals tours and records with Sister Sadie. In advance of a new full album
they have released a single, Diane, which is being
described as the answer to Dolly Parton's "Jolene". Listen as Steve chats
with Gena about the song, the future new album and the band, Sister Sadie. A
very informative interview with an artist destined to become a legend. |
0:29:01 |
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| Brock, Paul | 09/28/2013 | Paul Brock of the Brock McGuire Band, voted the
best Irish instrumental band of the last decade calls to talk to Steve.
Their album, Green Grass Bluegrass has been released and
Steve chats with Paul about his partner, Irish fiddler Manus McGuire and
their music. |
0:28:35 |
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| Brooke, Summer | 09/10/2017 | Summer Brooke, fiddle player with the Mountain
Faith Band chats with Steve about their new album, Small Town Life,
the band members including her Brother on banjo and her Dad on bass, and
their 2016 IBMA Emerging Artist of the Year Award. |
0:30:43 |
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| Brown, Alison | 06/01/2013 | Banjo player, Alison Brown chats with Steve about
playing Willie's in Lexington, KY. Discussions include the Alison Brown
Quartet band, the current configuration, touring schedules and influences on
her music including jazz and her record company, Compass Records. |
0:27:15 |
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| Brown, Alison | 05/20/2018 | Grammy award winning Alison Brown talks to Steve
about her album, The Song of the Banjo, her remarkable
Compass Records recording company and her efforts to produce music from
multiple genres. |
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| Brown, Alison | 08/02/2020 | Acclaimed as one of today's finest progressive
banjo players and co-founder of Compass Records, Alison Brown
chats with Steve about her album, Fair Weather, which
earned a Grammy award. They discuss the albums lasting success, the tracks
on the album and the limited edition vinyl version that is now available. |
0:37:56 |
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| Brown, Alison | 06/18/2023 | Alison Brown
chats with Steve about her latest album, On Banjo, and
those that collaborated with her in completing this project. She talks about
the banjos that she uses on the album and their tunings and much, much more. |
0:56:26 |
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| Brown, Claire | 08/13/2017 | Young fiddle player Claire Brown stops by Steve's
tent at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival to talk about playing the fiddle and
playing on stage with her idol, Molly Tuttle. |
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| Brown, Colyn | 02/06/2022 | Colyn Brown, web designer and banjo player, has
developed a neat concept......Banjo All-star Bluegrass Trading Cards. Listen
as he tells Steve about the idea, the various graphic artists incorporated
to create the artistic impressions of each famous banjo player and what is
on the back of the trading card. |
0:28:28 |
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| Budge, Nadine | 09/14/2013 | Nadine Budge, guitar player with the Stetson
Family, calls from Australia to talk about their new album, O
Winding River, which is receiving international recognition.
Hailing from Melbourne, the band is known for their Americana, alt. Country,
and high lonesome bluegrass sounds. |
0:36:25 |
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| Buller, Becky | 11/01/2014 | Always a high energy interview when Becky Buller
is on the phone, Steve chats with Becky on the phone about her new album,
Between Earth and Sky. They cover the inspiration behind
the songs and the members of her band. |
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| Buller, Becky and Ned Luberecki | 05/14/2016 | Steve connects with both Becky and Ned soon after
award winning banjo player Ned Luberecki joins the Becky Buller Band. They
are both traveling to the band's next gig and this interview is fun. |
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| Buller, Becky | 08/14/2016 | Steve catches Becky on the phone a couple of days
after he caught up with Becky and Ned Luberecki at the local donut shop to
chat about her 3 new IBMA award nominations for 2016. Another fun interview
revealing more about Becky and the Becky Buller Band. |
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| Buller, Becky | 06/11/2017 | Steve and Becky, both IBMA board members, chat
about what it is like to be a board member, raising her little daughter, the
Becky Buller Band and it's newest member, their current touring schedule and
a couple new singles that have been released. |
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| Buller, Becky | 02/11/2018 | Steve and Becky discuss her latest album,
Crepe Paper Heart, the various guests artists on the album and the
individual tracks. Another high energy, fascinating interview with award
winning Becky Buller |
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| Buller, Becky | 04/12/2020 | Becky Buller, two time Grammy award-winning
songwriter and 8-time IBMA award winner calls Steve to talk about her newest
album to be released in July titled Distance and Time, and
the advance released special single titled The Barber's Fiddle.
The single tells the story of bluegrass music being passed on throughout
generations and the tradition of fiddle playing in barbershops. She shares
information about the artists that contributed to this effort and other cuts
on the yet to be released album. A delightful interview that will leave you
feeling warm and fuzzy all over. |
0:23:26 |
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| Buller, Becky | 11/01/2020 | Becky Calls in to chat with Steve about the latest
album now released, titled Distance and Time, which is
charting very well. They discuss the tracks on the album and the special
guest artists joining her band making this album destined to be another
award-winning project. |
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| Buller, Becky | 12/18/2022 | Becky joins Steve to spread the joy of the
Christmas Season and talk about her new Christmas album, The Perfect
Gift. Becky is her usual, high energy self bubbling with enthusiasm
for the Holidays and discusses the tracks on the album. A delightful
interview. |
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| Burdette, Mary | 06/30/2024 | The new Executive Director of Grey Fox Bluegrass
Festival talks with Steve as she takes the reigns for the 2024 festival. The
conversation covers her decades of tenure as the Assistant Director and her
determination to continue the Grey Fox 'cultural approach' that makes this
one of the most successful festivals in the nation. |
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| Burns, Danny | 02/10/2019 | Irish folk singer, Danny Burns talks with Steve
about his latest album, Norht Country which combines his
Irish/Celtic roots and American Bluegrass influences. Great insight into
this album and the very talented Danny Burns |
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| Bush, Sam | 05/31/2014 | Steve connects with the father of the Newgrass movement,
Sam Bush a couple of days before his scheduled visit to the Cincinnati area
to talk about his music and career. Great insight into the world of
legendary Sam Bush |
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| Bush, Sam NGR/Hall of Fame |
09/20/2020 | The announcement that New Grass Revival, 30 years
after it's creation, would be inducted into the IBMA Hall of Fame triggers a
chat with one of the founding members, Sam Bush. He talks about the early
days and the criticism for making music that the purists had a hard time
accepting. Sam reminds the audience that Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs
experimented with various sounds and styles which many tend to forget. And,
or course, Sam adds interesting side stories to the discussion. A
fascinating interview with a fascinating personality. |
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| Byer, Susan Dancin' Dave's Festival Camping |
07/23/2023 | The delightful Susan Byer, current owner of
Dancin' Dave's Festival Camping, joins Steve at Grey Fox to talk about the
company and it's services provided to those who want to attend a festival
but don't have camping equipment. She talks about the late Dave Versch,
founder of the company, his love for festivals and dancing, some personal
tragedy that has affected her and how the company weathered the Covid
shutdowns. A Delightful interview with Susan, husband John and son, Ever |
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