Latest Americana music Podcast Episodes

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Inaugural Induction with Jeannie Brand

Hallways - April 22, 2024 16:00 - 18 minutes
Interview begins at 1:16.   To stay up to date and learn more about the Hall of Fame, visit www.farhof.org. 

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Ellis Paul & Sports Music

Hallways - April 08, 2024 16:00 - 20 minutes
Interview with Ellis Paul begins at 1:43. Visit - https://www.ellispaul.com   To learn more about the Hall of Fame and upcoming events, go to www.farhof.org. 

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Celebrating MA women in music at Folk Alliance

Hallways - March 25, 2024 16:00 - 36 minutes
Interview with Thea Hopkins begins at 00:55 https://www.theahopkins.com Interview with Kim Moeberg begins at 11:36 https://www.kimmobergmusic.com Interview with Janet Feld begins at 21:15 https://www.janetsplanetmusic.com   To learn more about our initiative, visit www.farhof.org

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Woody Guthrie a Sea Shanty Writer?

Hallways - March 11, 2024 16:00 - 47 minutes
First Interview begins at 00:42. Dropkick Murphys intro at 13:42. Second Interview at 15:16. Final Interview at 17:18.  To learn more about our first guest, Joel Rafael, visit his website at https://joelrafael.com To learn more about the Woody Guthrie Archives and Family, visit https://woodygu...

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FARHOF at FAI

Hallways - February 26, 2024 20:00 - 31 minutes
1:27 - Interview with Jennifer Roe, Exec Director of Folk Alliance 7:02 - Interview with MA Native, musician, and FARHOF Board Member, Tim McFadden 18:16 - Interview with Richard Burgess, President & CEO of A2IM   To learn more about FARHOF, visit www.farhof.org

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Music & Collecting w/ David Bieber

Hallways - February 12, 2024 13:00 - 22 minutes
Episode begins with interview.  Follow us on social channels at @folkhallboston!  This episode is available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and several other podcast platforms.  To learn more and support the Hall of Fame visit -  www.farhof.org.  To learn more about our guest visit - https://davi...

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Angie & Cas of The Blushin' Roulettes

Gramps Just Makes S#!T Up - February 07, 2024 19:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Regarding Americana music singer-songwriters, do you enjoy discovering and being moved by stories that include love, eclectic music, tragic loss of friends, banjos and amputations? Who doesn't? Well, Angie Heimann and Cas Sochacki, share such stories in this interview as The Blushin' Roulettes. ...

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Boston Jazz w Richard Vacca

Hallways - January 29, 2024 11:00 - 27 minutes
Today's interview begins at 2:53 To learn more about today's guest and purchase his book visit - www.richardvacca.com To learn more about FARHOF visit - www.farhof.org

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Hiss Golden Messenger | The Art of Interpretation

Americana Podcast - January 16, 2024 17:30 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
Hello and welcome to a new episode and a new year Americana Podcast listeners. We’re so happy to be back and we have a very exciting episode for you today to celebrate the new year. I’m particularly excited for this show because it really brings us to a full circle moment in the history of this ...

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A Chat with Tom Paxton

Hallways - January 15, 2024 17:00 - 17 minutes
Interview begins at 6:18.    To support FARHOF and learn more visit - www.farhof.org

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A New Beginning

Hallways - January 01, 2024 17:30 - 8 minutes
Hallways returns with a new host and format. Scott Towers, Director of Special Projects and Theatre Historian, at the Boch Center reintroduces the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame in Boston, MA, and its mission. The podcast is returning in 2024 with stories, history, and a few interviews with th...

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Gretchen Peters | The Write Place and Time

Americana Podcast - October 27, 2023 19:31 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
Like what you hear? Feel free to support the Show! https://tiptopjar.com/americanapodcast We have a very special guest in this episode. Today, we're diving into the rich tapestry of the extraordinary songwriter, Gretchen Peters. Growing up next to the legendary Greenwich Village folk scene, be...

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Tommy Womack: Cockroach After the Bomb

Gramps Just Makes S#!T Up - June 21, 2023 04:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Meet Tommy Womack! I love this guy! He's an extremely talented musical and literary creative that let's you into his head and heart without filters. His head and heart, by the way, are very interesting places...you should visit the souvenir store on the way out. Founder and front man for the ...

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Americana Podcast LIVE | State of Americana Panel

Americana Podcast - May 01, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
It's time to break out the party hats and pop the champagne because the Americana Podcast is celebrating its 4th anniversary! For the past four years, this podcast has been a leading voice in the Americana music scene, sharing interviews, stories, and music from some of the genre's most talented...

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Music and Philosophy with Dave Nachmanoff

Gramps Just Makes S#!T Up - March 21, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
When you hear about the music of a guitar virtuoso with a doctorate in philosophy, who cut his musical teeth performing and collaborating with singer-songwriter Al Stewart (“Year of the Cat”), you know you will be getting something wonderfully unique. In a career that has spanned a dozen albums ...

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John R. Miller and Chloe Edmonstone | Shakedown from Shenandoah

Americana Podcast - March 01, 2023 16:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
It seems we’re back in that strange space in time where there are days that can 70 degrees and sunny and beautiful. The birds are singing and the blossoms on trees are beginning to light up the branches like a holy and natural Christmas lights… and then the next day we’re right back into the hol...

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Lonestar Lineup | The Voices of Red Dirt and Texas Country

Americana Podcast - January 31, 2023 17:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
It’s a new year Americana Podcast listeners! And with a new year, means new discussions on what makes Americana… well Americana. When we look at this genre, we talk a lot its history and its future. And over time we’ve been able to piece together this ongoing timeline and certain elements that a...

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Vince Herman | Salmon and Solos

Americana Podcast - November 22, 2022 19:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
Many would know Vince Herman as the guitarist and primary lead vocalist and songwriter of the renowned jam band, Leftover Salmon. Herman has been playing professionally since the late 80’s and, Leftover Salmon aside, also formed and played in ever-evolving project group Great American Taxi. Betw...

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Paul Thorn | Pimps, Preachers, and Blues Singers

Americana Podcast - October 19, 2022 13:45 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin but raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, Paul Thorn has had quite the roundabout career. Son of a Pentecostal preacher, Thorn wasn't allowed to indulge in music outside of the church, but honed his skills early on within its walls. Thorn worked as everything from a professio...

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Angry Smoke: Fire Fights with Chief Joe Tolbert

Gramps Just Makes S#!T Up - September 30, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Angry Smoke Stories from the fireground as told by Atlanta Deputy Fire Chief (retired) Joseph M. Tolbert. Joe regales us with first person accounts of four remarkable incidents during his career, incidents that he should NOT have been at. Chief Joe Tolbert was born and raised in the City of At...

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Billy Bob Thornton, JD Andrews (The Boxmasters) | Resource and Influence

Americana Podcast - August 04, 2022 18:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
There are four types of discourse in language- descriptive, narrative, expository and argumentative. And it seems that all four of those are readily present in any niche interest group on the internet these days. Anything from the way a machine works (descriptive), the exact timeline of Tolkien'...

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It's More Than OK To Listen To Abby K!

Gramps Just Makes S#!T Up - July 14, 2022 00:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this audio expedition, Abby K invited me to  join her as she shares her musical journey and stories how her family and co-writers have shaped her music. The pandemic DID NOT slow her down. In fact, it seems it only served to feed her songwriting and singing talents. Abby K draws upon many in...

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Jim Lauderdale | Zen There, Done That

Americana Podcast - April 11, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
If it’s one thing that we love here at americana podcast, it is the concept of the artistic process. We’re not alone in this, it seems that when anyone speaks about artists, musical, visual, conceptual- you name it- one of the first things people will go into or ask about, is how a piece of art ...

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Music & Conversation with Joe Peters

Gramps Just Makes S#!T Up - February 10, 2022 19:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
A wide ranging conversation with singer-songwriter Joe Peters, PhD. Joe has released over a dozen CDs of original songs. He grew up in the American Midwest during the 1960s and 70s, and his songs hearken back to a time when the youth of the planet sought the experience of peace, love and advent...

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Rob Bleetstein | The Man with a Thousand Tickets

Americana Podcast - January 25, 2022 14:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
Over the course of nearly three years, we at Americana podcast have spoken with a wonderful collective of artists and industry professionals alike about the workings in and of this ever expanding umbrella of music we lovingly refer to as Americana music. Parts of that discussion have at times to...

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#596-ALL WIB-Elly Wininger, Katie Henry, Val Starr, Diane Durrett Mandy Marylane

Music On The Couch - January 25, 2022 02:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
ELLY WININGER – COUCH KID NEWS Elly has released the single “January 6th”, a searing look at that day in our history.  We’ll talk about why she needed to write this song. KATIE HENRY – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Katie returns with her new album, On My Way. After the success of her debut on Ruf Reco...

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#595- Brandon Santini, Johnny Ray Jones, Pierce Dipner, Reddog, Big Llou Johnson

Music On The Couch - January 18, 2022 02:00 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
SHOW#595 BRANDON SANTINI – COUCH KID NEWS Brandon has released the single “Don’t Shake The Devil’s Hand” and he stops by to talk about it and his world right now. JOHNNY RAY JONES Johnny released Way Down South in the summer of 2021 and he will take a seat on The Couch for the first time t...

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#594- 2022 IBC Preview Show #1

Music On The Couch - January 04, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Preview Show #1 - Features conversations with past winners Kevin Burt & Hector Anchondo and a Round Table discussion of the dos and don'ts from long-time venue coordinators Sandy McCann, David Hughes & Tony Prederickson. We will also take your questions via phone.

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#593-WIB Showcase Preview, Murray & Nagy, Sunny Bleau, Theessink & Wilson

Music On The Couch - December 21, 2021 02:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
NATIONAL WOMEN IN BLUES IBC SHOWCASE PREVIEW I am going to be joined by Michele Seidman, President/CWB to discuss the event and she is bringing along Meg Williams, Redd Velvet & Lady A to talk about the showcase BOBBY MURRAY & GREG NAGY – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Bobby has released the new album Lo...

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#592-Hanna PK, Jon Spear Band, Willie Jackson, Mick Schafer

Music On The Couch - December 14, 2021 02:00 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
HANNA PK Hanna is a talented pianist who has released her third album, Blues All Over My Shoes. Produced and featuring Kenny Neal, the album is jam packed with tasty originals featuring her playing and distinctive voice. JON SPEAR BAND – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC They have released B-Side Of My Li...