Bluegrass Unlimited's Podcast

This week we feature banjo player Carolyne Van Lierop Boone.  Carolyne is the banjo player with Amanda Cook’s band.  Amanda is on the cover of our August 2025 issue and so we thought it would be a good to time talk with Carolyne about her background in bluegrass, working with Amanda Cook and banjo pickin'.

This week we feature mandolin and guitar player Caleb Klauder.  Caleb has a diverse musical background that includes bluegrass, old-time, Cajun and classic country music.  His band, the Foghorn String Band, was featured in Bluegrass Unlimited in March of 2023 and he and his wife Reeb Willms have put together a new blue

This week we feature fiddler Jeremy Garrett.  Jeremy is a member of the Infamous Stringdusters and now has a new solo album out.  We’ll talk to Jeremy about his bluegrass career, his twenty years with the Stringdusters, his songwriting and the new album.  You will also hear a few cuts from the album.

This week we feature multi-instrumentalist Bryan McDowell.  Bryan tore up the contest circuit on fiddle, guitar and mandolin about fifteen years ago and then went on to play with Claire Lynch and recorded a duo record with Mark Schatz.  He has also spent time performing with Sierra Hull, Molly Tuttle, Missy Raines and

This week we feature guitar player, singer and songwriter Danielle Yother.  Danielle is a very talented flatpicking guitar player who came to the attention of the flatpicking world about ten years ago at a very young age.  Now she is performing with the band The Wilder Flower and they have a new album out.  We talk wit

This week we are featuring guitar and mandolin player, and singer, James Kee.  Originally from the Chattanooga area of Tennessee, James now lives in Nashville and performs and records with East Nash Grass.  We talk with James about his early bands, his move to Nashville, his work with East Nash Grass and the band’s new