Bluegrass Briefing - October 2025

Welcome to this month’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. Pod NewsSara Watkins interview News and announcements - church street news List of IBMA Award winners Releases (The Grass is New) Alison Brown & Steve Martin album pre-orderPre-order Wes Corbett - DriftVinyl reissuesAlison Krauss - LiveTony Rice - BackwatersThe Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlist Scroll on BuddyBilly Strings IBMA Keynote (from 47:31 in) Other bits The Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlistFull list of interviewsCollings Guitars Happy picking. Matt Support the show === Thanks to Bryan Sutton for his wonderful theme tune to Bluegrass Jam Along (and to Justin Moses for playing the fiddle!) Bluegrass Jam Along is proud to be sponsored by Collings Guitars and Mandolins - Sign up to get updates on new episodes - Free fiddle tune chord sheets - Here"s a list of all the Bluegrass Jam Along interviews - Follow Bluegrass Jam Along for regular updates: Instagram Facebook - Review us on Apple Podcasts