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Introducing the Alabama Astronaut Podcast with Abe Partridge and Ferrill Gibbs
Acclaimed Alabama songwriter Abe Partridge and podcaster Ferrill Gibbs return to the podcast world with their new series titled Alabama Astronaut Radio Transmission, continuing their earlier work in…
Violin’s Architect of Joyous Sound: Emanuel Wynter
When you think of the violin, or in country and roots music circles its kissing cousin the fiddle, what comes to mind? The Suzuki method, or Antonio Vivaldi perhaps? Maybe a song like “Ashokan…
Country That Contains Multitudes: Kelsey Waldon
Many times the way and artist finds their way onto this podcast is from their publicist or someone else on their team reaching out to me, or vice versa. Sometimes I might bump into an artist at a…
Are You Experienced? Taking Stock of Music Festival Culture and History From Ancient Greece to Albino Skunk
Did you know that almost three thousand years ago, before there were athletic competitions at the first Olympics, there were music competitions at Delphi in Greece, with contestants singing hymns to…
Rock and Roots Collide To Make a Joyful Noise: SUSTO Stringband and Holler Choir
It is interesting to compare and contrast the genres of rock and roll with old time and string band music. In some ways, string bands can be more raw and intense than rock bands. No bridges. Odd…
A Long Winter’s Night with The Ruen Brothers
Chalk this one up to making myself do something when I was not sure I had it in me. Have you accomplished something even though you were not feeling it that day? I bet you have. And I bet that you,…
New Stages for Time Sawyer and Their Hometown Festival
Back in 2018, when this podcast was in its first year, I traveled to Burlington, NC, to interview the Charlotte by way of Elkin, NC band Time Sawyer. Since then, my path has intersected with Sam…
Discovering a New Setting for the Third Place With Wolf Jett
Regular listeners of this series will know that there is a certain festival that is near and dear to my heart, the Albino Skunk Music Festival. It is an event that insiders love passionately, and…
When the Party Meets Poetry: Ryan Bingham
Ryan Bingham never knew until he was an adult that his path would take him into music full time, much less that he would become an international star, nor did he dream of eventually reaching millions…
Six Decades of Legacy and Love for an Ever Evolving Sound With Sam Bush
The fountain of youth could very well be located in a mandolin, or a fiddle. At least for Sam Bush, playing the mandolin, along with the occasional fiddle, seems to give him an energy level that many…
Pay Attention, Stop Listening To Yourself: The Wood Brothers
Easing up, letting things come to you, and practicing being present is a recurring theme in recent episodes of this series, and that mindset is on full display once again in this episode on The Wood…
The Greatest Thing Is To Wake Up and Have a New Song To Sing: Jeff Tweedy
Welcome to the latest episode of the series Southern Songs and Stories, which recently made it into the top 10 best Americana podcasts on this list. Yay! It reminds me to ask you to give the podcast…
Feeling Like the Same Person on Stage and Off: The Jeff Tweedy Bonus Episode
In mid May, 2025, I spoke with Jeff Tweedy ahead of his show with Wilco in Charlotte, NC, and have been waiting for his forthcoming solo album to publish his interview here on Southern Songs and…
Not Jazz, nor Funk, nor Brass Band: Exploring the Living Edges of New Orleans Music With Andrew Duhon
Is there such a thing as coincidence? Recently I read an essay by Henrik Karllson, in his Substack page Escaping Flatland, titled “Almost Anything You Give Sustained Attention to Will Begin To Loop…
Where Are We at With the Blues? Dirt and Funk at Albino Skunk With Eddie 9V
What do the following styles of music have in common: Ragtime, New Wave, Dubstep, and Doo-wop? This group may seem quite divergent, but they all share a common characteristic: they are mostly types…
Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key: The Return of Alison Krauss & Union Station With Jerry Douglas
Jerry Douglas is never not entertaining. On stage, on record, or in conversation, Flux, as Bela Fleck famously dubbed him, is full of wit, joy and inventiveness. His talents have garnered him 16…
Wrango Bites, Ken Writes: Ken Pomeroy on Vulnerability, Faith, and Folk
What do Paul McCartney, up-and-coming singer songwriter Ken Pomeroy, and a guy I passed on the street tugging along a French bulldog have in common? They all support my theory that pets inevitably…
The Muse Never Worries: Making It Mellow With Seth Walker
If you can make it as a professional musician in Austin, that is saying something. And if you can make it in Nashville, New Orleans, and also New York, that is saying something in all caps. Seth…
Old but Not Dead: Sally Anne Morgan and the Living Tradition of Old Time Music
In this episode, we welcome WNCW intern Elena Dickson to the podcast. Elena is a student at the University of Michigan, and here, she takes a turn at the helm for our episode on western North…
Notes From Country, Cajun and Bluegrass’ Far Western Bureau With Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms
Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms make their home in the San Juan Islands, in Washington State, and their latest spring tour saw them make a stop at the Albino Skunk Music Festival in May 2025. This was…
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