Season 3 is coming soon! We are returning mid-October with a bunch of new inspiring guests in all styles of banjo playing! Thanks everyone for your patience! ...
This is the Season Finale! And my mind is blown hearing Alison Brown talk about her banjos and what she’s playing on the road. We chat about her music, making records, producing, re-issuing records and the vision for her band. We nerd out about how we like the piano and banjo combo.
What she likes to convey with her music, and how she goes beyond how the banjo is usually portrayed. We listen to her track Sweet Sixteenths with Sierra Hull on mandolin, and the Alison Brown Quartet.
We talk about Compass records and why it started and she gives advice for getting over your nerves.
“The banjo is a conduit for connecting with other people”
https://www.alisonbrown.com
https://alisonbrown.bandcamp.com/album/on-banjo
patreon.com/banjochat
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Pickenchickenbooks for Kustom Koozies
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210 Lukas Poole
This week on the chat we have Lukas Pool!
A fun one where we talk about the ins and outs of the Ozark Banjo Shop, how it all started and when he was was making banjos just to pay the rent!
Apprentices, banjo making, balancing having kids with performing music, horses, and his dad working over at Mountain View Music.
He tells us why he decided to make a living playing music and we get specific about repairs, wood selection, and what he looks for in a banjo.
Also how he approaches arranging a fiddle tune for banjo, and advice for people learning and making banjos.
https://ozarkbanjo.com/
https://www.patreon.com/BanjoChat
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209 Listener Emails Part Two
This week on banjo chat!
As we prepare for the final two episodes in this season we take a moment to get into some more Listener emails! And these ones are doozies.
Thanks everyone and we return next week with our next guest!
https://www.patreon.com/BanjoChat
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208 Melissa Carper
This week on the banjo chat!
We have Melissa Carper!
We are chatting about being on the road with her band, her debut at the Grand Ole Opry and how she writes songs and stays close to her roots.
We talk about her transformation from being a side person, to how her creativity came alive, and what was stifling her creativity.
Healthy alternatives to drinking and how to get sleep on the road! Also, what has kept her on her path when dealing with frustration, playing in bars over the years. How she kept on believing in what she could do!
https://melissacarper.bandcamp.com
https://www.melissacarper.com
https://patreon.com/banjochat
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207 Kyle Tuttle
This week we have Kyle Tuttle on the banjo chat!
Of course we talk about winning the grammy award with Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway for their City of Gold album! Yessir!
We are also talking about banjo necks, banjo makers and what life is like in Nashville as a banjo player.
How he loves the music festival scene, playing music and being true to yourself, and different recording techniques on his new album.
We talk about how he approaches improvisation and how you can put yourself into new situations (jamming and playing music) without letting your ego get in the way.
“The truer you are to yourself, is always going to be more beneficial to what your goals are”
http://kyletuttle.com
https://www.patreon.com/BanjoChat
Season 3 is coming soon! We are returning mid-October with a bunch of new inspiring guests in all styles of banjo playing! Thanks everyone for your patience! Banjo Chat is a music podcast where Musician/Professional banjoist, Hilary Hawke interviews cutting edge and inspiring banjo players every week. They talk about their lives in and out of the music industry; reflecting on stories and ideas that inspire their performing, writing and their albums.
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