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This week we feature singer, guitar player and bass player Terry Eldredge.  Terry has had a long career in bluegrass and has spent time in bands with a number of our first generation bluegrass heroes.  He was also a founding member of The Sidemen and The Grascals.  He is currently performing with The Farm Hands.  We talk with Terry about the many aspects of his very interesting career in bluegrass music.

This week we feature singer, songwriter, producer and guitar player Jon Randall.  Jon will be best known to bluegrass fans as a member of Emmylou Harris' band and then as a member of the Sam Bush Band.  He is also a very successful songwriter and producer in Nashville and back in 2010 he produced a bluegrass album for our June 2024 cover story artist Dierks Bentley.  

This week we feature mandolin player Jesse Brock.  Jesse is currently a member of Authentic Unlimited and the band has two new albums out.  We talk with Jesse about his career leading up to performing with Authentic Unlimited and you'll have a chance to hear a few tracks from the band's new recordings.  

This week we feature bass player Todd Phillips.  Todd has had a long career in acoustic music performing with many legendary musicians such as David Grisman, Tony Rice and Joan Baez.  He was also a member of the Bluegrass Album Band and currently performs with the Appalachian Road Show.  We talk with Todd about many aspects of his career in bluegrass in this week's podcast.

The week we feature guitar player and songwriter Peter McLaughlin.  Peter started his bluegrass career in the Washington, D.C. area and has now lived in Tucson, Arizona for many years.  He has been active in the bluegrass music scene in the southwest for decades.  We'll talk with Peter about his work with Laurie Lewis, The Perfect Strangers, Chris Brashear, the Sonoran Dogs and more.

This week we are talking with banjo player and record label owner Alison Brown.  We talk with Alison about her career in music, starting with how she became interested in the banjo and her early days in southern California up to her recent recordings with Steve Martin.  We will also discuss her thirty years as a record label owner and talk about what is new in bluegrass from Compass Records.