New separate page with all collected Banjo Studio podcast episodes

Have you checked out the cool series of interviews I have conducted for Banjostudio.com. A place for epically great guitars and banjos.

The interviews are with some very amazing musicians: players of banjo and guitar and incredible songwriters, grammy winners, people with ideas. They are now collected on this page.

So far the list of posted interviews includes Joe Henry, Mary Gauthier, Valerie June, Adam Levy, Steve Khan, Jens Kruger, Riley Baugus, Alison Brown, Rob McCoury, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ryan Cavanaugh, Danny Barnes, Adam Levy and Jens Kruger.

If you don’t know who they are and you are interested in a wide variety of music, you will be boosted in to some very fascinating new musical and cultural (are they the same?) areas.

The Page is here…

Interview with banjo virtuoso, Jens Kruger for The Banjo Studio Podcast

There is a new episode up for this interview I conducted recently with Jens Kruger of the Kruger Brothers.

Banjo Studio says:

Jens Kruger of the Kruger Brothers is a modern master of the 5 string banjo who is taking the instrument to places it has never been. Born in Switzerland and now living in North Carolina, Jens' music bridges American folk music and European classical music styles. He has composed for a full symphony orchestra as well as a number of string quartets and more. 

In this interview, we dig deep into his compositional techniques, style, and more. Enjoy!

https://www.banjostudio.com/blogs/banjo-studio-podcast/jens-kruger-banjo-studio-podcast-episode-14

Double MacGuffin Ep. 4- Savage Messiah (Ken Russell,1972) / Nightwatching(Greenaway,2007)

Henry and I have posted the next episode of our film podcast. Listen on the double macguffin page here…

The theme of this episode is biopics about visual artists.

Henry Griffin chose Ken Russell’s, Savage Messiah (1972) about French sculptor, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. The film features the young Helen Mirren and Dorothy Tutin.

Jonathan Freilich picked Peter Greenaway’s, Nightwatching (2007) about Rembrandt’s painting of the Nightwatch and the murderous circumstances hidden in the painting. The film stars Martin Freeman as the Dutch master.

Two really interesting movies by iconic and singular British filmmakers.

Critters Buggin Releases Count Cancellation. Guitar feature on 'Rooster Time'.

Critters, the legendary band from Seattle, asked me to sit in on their House of Blues show in 2001 when they were on tour with a couple of the Moroccan Master Musicians of Jajouka. They called the result ‘Rooster Time’. You can hear on their bandcamp page here…

…Honor to be asked and I hadn’t remembered what the sound was but I did remember the great feeling of playing.

I think you’ll find it right in line with what else you need that you forgot.