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My podcast guest this week is Sierra Hull and we’re chatting about her instrumental project The Movements.

We talk about how the piece came about, as the result of a Freshgrass Concerto commission, how she approached writing the piece, with and for her current band, and the challenges presented by releasing a project like this.

We also discuss how the piece has developed since it was first written and how she and the band incorporate it into their live shows, as well as what it was like going back into the studio to record live, filmed performances of the tracks.

It’s a wonderful piece of music and, as always, it was a treat getting to chat with Sierra.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sierra-hull-the-movements/id1556697198?i=1000768708156

My guest on the podcast this week is Bryan Sutton.

We're talking about Bryan's new project From Roots to Branches, the follow up to his 2006 album Not Too Far From the Tree, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.

The new album features a series of duets with musicians from the wold of bluegrass and beyond, plus a couple of unreleased tunes he recorded with Doc Watson and Tony Rice.

We chat about the original idea behind Not Too Far.... and how the new project differs; who Bryan chose to record with this time (including Billy Strings, Chris Eldridge, Sierra Hull, Trey Hensley, Joe Bonamassa and more); why he's choosing to release it as a series of tracks over several months, before putting the full album out, and how it feels to have gone from recording with his heroes to taking on the mentor role for the next generation of flatpickers.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bluegrass-jam-along/id1556697198?i=1000763049871