| Lake,
Marteka |
11/08/2014 |
Young Marteka Lake talks to Steve
about their 'true grass revival' album, 'The Sounds of a Tradition',
featuring her on banjo and her brother, William, on guitar and
mandolin, how she relies on William for their vocal blend and his rhythms,
how she started playing banjo and the special models of Stelling banjos that
Geoff Stelling has created in her honor call the 'Marteka Lake Challenge'
and the 'Marteka Lake Deluxe'. A delightful, fun interview.
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| Lang, Rick |
06/12/2022 |
For some time now, guests on Unreal
Bluegrass have referred to Rick Lang for songwriting wisdom. Rick
Lang emphatically demonstrates why with the release of his CD on
Dark Shadow Recording label, "From the Pen of Rick Lang, A Tale to
Tell". Songs from Rick with loving respect-filled contributions
from friends, this CD is Bluegrass of the highest order and should be
considered for album of the year by any standard, any genre. Steve welcomes
Rick for the first time to Unreal Bluegrass with an interview that includes
insight into the various tracks on the album and mention of the various
artists that contributed to it. Rick's music centers around historical
stories and events set to beautiful music.
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| Langlais,
Jesse |
08/30/2014 |
Jesse Langlais, banjo player with the
Town Mountain Band, talks to Steve after a long road trip about their crowd
pleasing appearance at Grey Fox, their current IBMA nominations, their new
'live' album, and the members of the band.
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| Larry & Joe
- Nuevo South Train |
01/29/2023 |
Steve chats with Larry & Joe (with Joe
translating Spanish to English) in a fun, entertaining interview about their
debut album. They talk about their diverse yet similar musical backgrounds
and how they bring the sounds of Venezualan Folk music together with
American Bluegrass to create their unique fusion style of music.
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| Lauderdale, Jim |
07/26/2014 |
Jim Lauderdale, singer/songwriter
talks with Steve on a golf cart backstage at the Grey Fox Festival about his
career, the influences of jazz on bluegrass, the American Roots music
movement, some of his current projects and releases and his approach to
writing songs for albums. They finish with light hearted conversation about
being a movie star along with Dolly and Gwyneth Paltrow.
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| Lauderdale, Jim |
05/01/2022 |
Jim Lauderdale, two-time GRAMMY
award-winner/singer/guitar player and songwriter, talks with Steve about his
34th album, Hope. After a year of locked-down isolation due
to Covid, the album was created with a desire to help us all get through the
trying times ov Covid. Jim talks about helping your fellow man and the
hard-won optimism of the project. A very interesting interview.
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| Laudermilk,
Edgar |
01/23/2016 |
Listen as Steve and Edgar talk about
his roots and various artists that have influenced his albums and hit
records, his new hit single and the new Loudermilk Band featuring Jeff Autry
and their future touring schedule.....plus a few fish stories!
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| Lavengood,
Mark |
10/07/2018 |
Listen as Steve catches up with Mark
"Huggy Bear" Lavengood at Grey Fox 2018 to talk about his music, his band
and the fun of playing at Grey Fox.
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| Lawless, John |
04/27/2013 |
John talks about George Jones and his impact on the music industry, about his 'Bluegrass Today.com news website and email letter, Acutab L, learning to play the banjo and playing in bands.
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| Lawrence, Nolan |
07/04/2015 |
Nolan Lawrence of the HillBenders discusses their
latest project, TOMMY, which is a complete version
of the famous rock opera now a bluegrass opry. Steve and Nolan talk in depth
about how the project came about and this year's performance at Grey Fox
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| Leach, Alex |
04/04/2021 |
Broadcaster, guitar and banjo player and leader of the
Alex Leach band joins Steve to chat about career, his band and their first
album, I'm the Happiest When I'm Moving on Mountain Home
Music. This band is superb, traditional, straight ahead bluegrass. An
enjoyable chat with a fine young musician.
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| Leadbetter, Phil |
03/2/2013 |
Phil discusses his battle with cancer, remission, now cancer-free status and inspiration for latest musical efforts to form a band of cancer-free musicians and produce an album.
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| Lee, Eric |
09/01/2019 |
Pennsylvania born singer, songwriter,
multi-instrumentalist, Eric Lee, shapes songs with stand-alone melodies and
rich musical backdrops, ranging from tales of honky-tonk heartach to anthems
of social consciousness that are told with a language of poetic and raw
honesty. Eric chats with Steve at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Music Festival
about his latest solo album, Heartache Town, a perfectly
produced collection of twelve compositions with huge crossover potential.
While Eric can play, pluck or strum a variety of different musical
instruments, his primary instrument is his vocal chords.
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| Lee, Michelle |
02/21/2020 |
Award winning broadcaster, Michelle Lee,
chats with Steve about how she got into broadcasting, her love for bluegrass
music, her 26 years behind the mic, receiving the IBMA Broadcaster of the
Year Award in 2019 (presented by Steve) and her show on WOBL radio,
Bluegrass Borderline
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| Lee, Nate |
06/14/2020 |
Nate Lee joins Steve to talk about his album,
Wings of a Jetliner, which showcases his vocal as well as
mandolin playing skills. The conversation includes each tracks origins and
the exciting list of artists that collaborated with him on the project.
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| Levy, Howard |
05/08/2022 |
Harmonica player, piano player Howard Levy joins
Steve to talk music history, playing the harp, piano and sometimes both at
the same time. He has been heard on multiple genre albums including Bela
Fleck and the Flecktones. An interesting and informative interview
with this very talented musician. Includes a lesson on harp playing and how
to get notes from the harp that aren't there.
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0:58:08 |
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| Lewis, Laurie |
09/13/2014 |
Laurie Lewis joins Steve to talk about her recent
3wk adventure hiking in the High Sierra Mountains from the Yosemite
trailhead and talk about her latest album 'Laurie and Kathy Sing
the Songs of Vern and Ray', about singing again with Kathie
Kallick and their great harmonies, and stories about Vern and Ray.
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| Linhardt, Tara |
12/12/2021 |
Award winning mandolin player and educator Tara
Linhardt, with degrees in International Relations and Education, has studied
and lived in Nepal and is fluent in their language and culture. She saw
early on the connection between Nepali music and the mountain music of
Appalachia. Included here are a couple of her compositions played by
musicians from both countries as they share the commonality in the music.
Tara organizes and conducts tours to Nepal for those who want to experience
firsthand, up close and personal, the beauty of Nepal and its musical
community. Her Mountain Music Project DVD and CD are discussed as well as
her Music Arts Adventures touring company.
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Logston, Corrina Rose
Stephens, Jeremy |
10/28/2018 |
Listen as Steve meets guitar player/vocalist
Jeremy Stephens and fiddler/vocalist Corrina Rose Logston at IBMA 2018 and
has fun learning about the new band High Fidelity and its
members who are destined to be the next big thing in bluegrass music and
their first album, Hills and Home.
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| Long, Lizzy |
07/19/2020 |
Lizzy Long, a veritable child prodigy who learned
piano, guitar, fiddle, banjo and mandolin at an early age became one of the
youngest musicians ever inducted into America's Old Time Country Hall of
Fame. After releasing her second album, Dreaming Again,
Steve chats with Lizzy about the album and the artists that helped create
the project which contains some unconventional covers.
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| Long, Rebekah |
11/06/2016 |
Rebekah Long, bass player, guitarist, vocalist,
recording engineer, video editor and graphic designer, sits down with Steve
at the IBMA Convention in Raleigh to talk about her first solo album.
Appropriately titled, 'Here I Am', this album is filled
with wonderful new original songs and some classics redone featuring
Rebekah's distinctive vocals and some of the best musicians in the genre.
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| Long, Rebekah |
12/31/2017 |
Listen as Steve catches up with Rebekah at the
2017 IBMA Convention in Raleigh to talk about her latest album, Run
Away, the important collaboration with Donna Ulisse who co-wrote
some of the songs, the guest artists and inspirations behind the various
tracks on this amazing album.
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| Long, Rebekah |
02/03/2019 |
Listen as Steve catches up with Rebekah at the
2018 IBMA Convention in Raleigh to talk about her year of performing and a
new album in the works. Always a delight to catch up with Rebekah and find
out what she has been up to.
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| Luberecki, Ned |
01/19/2013 |
Ned and Steve talk about baseball and the loss of Earl Weaver of the Orioles, Ned's YouTube instructional videos, doing John Hartford's 'Boogey' song backwards, using jam sessions to build stamina for stage performances, ways of producing varing banjo tones and styles, his extensive collection of various banjos, his current projects and his famous salsa recipe.
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| Luberecki, Ned |
08/24/2013 |
Ned talks about his latest album with Chris Jones and the Night Drivers, their effort to create a 'truckers bluegrass' genre with Wolf Creek Pass', and he demonstrates his usual zany humor.
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| Luberecki, Ned &
Becky Buller |
05/14/2016 |
While traveling in the car with Becky Buller, Ned
calls to talk to Steve about his decision to join the very talented
Becky Buller and her Band, their current tour, and the award nominations
that the band has recently received. Becky joins in on the conversation to
make this a double treat.
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| Luberecki, Ned |
03/19/2017 |
In part 1 of a 2 part interview Steve and Ned,
friends from way back, have fun talking about his new album released March
31st titled Take Five featuring traditional Bluegrass
interspersed with jazz standards, classic Buck Owens, and even the theme
from Star Trek demonstrating he is a master of his first love, the banjo!
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| Luberecki, Ned |
03/26/2017 |
In part 2 of a 2 part interview Steve and Ned
continue discussing his new album released March
31st titled Take Five featuring traditional Bluegrass
interspersed with jazz standards, classic Buck Owens, and even the theme
from Star Trek. Included is a small sample of Ned's banjo skills on the
title track Take Five.
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| Luberecki, Ned |
02/11/2024 |
Long time friend of Steve's, Ned Luberecki talks
with Steve about his music, his wife Becky Buller, teaching at banjo camps,
top-tension banjos and eating Skyline Chili (a Cincinnati favorite). Always
an entertaining chat when Steve connects with Ned
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| Ludiker, Kimber |
07/6/2013 |
Kimber Ludiker of The Della Mae Band talks about the band, it's members, and their new album, 'This World Oft Can Be', the band's history with the Grey Fox Festival, their performance and workshops this year, and their tour for the State Department where they discovered a young talented banjo player in Ubakistan named Janna Kim.
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| Luquette, Chris |
08/6/2017 |
Chris Luquette, accomplished guitar player with
Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen chats with Steve at the recent Grey Fox
Festival in NY just before he conducted a workshop presentation 'Chris
Luquette and Friends' on the Creekside stage. Recorded campside in the
rain, Chris shares details of his career and some of his solo projects.
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| Lynch, Claire |
07/5/2014 |
Claire calls from her car to talk to Steve about
her vocal warmup techniques, the importance of protecting your voice, her
latest album, the song selection process, her song writing, and her current
band. The conversation broadens to the wonders of Grey Fox, the people and
performers. She announces her one-day-old marriage and the great happy place
she is currently in. Wraps it up with talk of a 'holiday music' album soon
to be released. A delightful interview.
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| Lynch, Claire |
12/06/2014 |
Claire calls Steve from the road to talk about the
Claire Lynch Band's new holiday album, 'Holiday',
featuring a mixture of traditional Christmas and Winter Holiday music with
their own twist of swing and special treatments including 'We Three
Kings' in 5/4 time, and the tribute to the band and album engineering
given by USA TODAY
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| Lynch, Claire |
9/11/2016 |
Claire calls Steve from the road to talk about her
latest album, 'North by South', the inspiration
behind the music, the special All-Canadian songwriter theme and the special
guest artists that performed on the it.
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| Lynch, Jane |
10/29/2023 |
Award winning American actress, comedian, and
singer, Jane Lynch chats with Steve about her Christmas album, A
Swingin' Little Christmas', a nostalgic album featuring Jane, Kate
Flannery, Tim Davis and the Tony Guerrero Quintet. They talk aobut
various tracks on the album and the exquisite vocals and harmonies inspired
by the Mills Brothers.
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