Flatpicking Guitar Magazine's Podcast

In this podcast Dan Miller talks with Wayne Taylor. Please visit this podcast at http://flatpick.libsyn.com

In this podcast Dan Miller talks with Bryan McDowell. Please visit this podcast at http://flatpick.libsyn.com

In this podcast Dan Miller talks flatpicking master Kenny Smith. Please visit this podcast at http://flatpick.libsyn.com

In this podcast Dan Miller talks with Mark Dalton of the Huss and Dalton Guitar Company about their excellent line of acoustic guitars. Please visit this podcast at http://flatpick.libsyn.com

In this Podcast Flatpicking Guitar Magazine editor Dan Miller interviews the 2006 National Flatpicking Champion Matt Arcara. Matt is currently living in Portland, Maine, and playing lead guitar with the band Joy Kills Sorrow. When he is not on the road with the band Matt is home building guitars and producing some incredibly fine instruments. Dan and Matt talk about the band's music, the importance of building a strong foundation in the study of the flatpicking masters, and Matt's custom guitar building business. Please visit this podcast at http://flatpick.libsyn.com

In this edition of the Flatpicking Guitar Magazine podcast Dan Miller is speaking with Joe McColley, a talented flatpicker from San Antonio, Texas. Joe recently released a very nice CD of flatpicking guitar tunes called Flatpicking Classics and recorded the majority of the tunes in duo with either Adam Wright or Mark Cosgrove, who are both former National Flatpicking Guitar Champions. Dan talks with Joe about his preparation for and recording of this project and then you'll hear a cut from the recording. Please visit this podcast at http://flatpick.libsyn.com

In this edition of the Flatpicking Guitar Magazine podcast we are coming to you from Bozeman, Montana, and talking with our good friend John Lowell. John is primarily known for his work with the bluegrass band Kane's River and from his many duo projects with mandolin player Ben Winship, under the name Growling Old Men. John was featured on the cover of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine a couple of years ago and it was a lot of fun getting to pick with John and catch up during the trip to Montana. John and Dan Miller talk about John's current activities, the importance of using a timing device and developing the right hand, and you'll hear John Lowell and Ben Winship perform "East Virginia Blues." Please visit this podcast at http://flatpick.libsyn.com

In this Podcast Flatpicking Guitar Magazine editor Dan Miller visits with flatpicking guitar legend Dan Crary at his home in Placerville, California. Among other things, they talk about Dan Crary's documentary film "Primal Twang," discuss some of his ideas about learning to play and practicing the guitar, and you'll also get to hear a cut from Dan's upcoming CD by his new band Dan Crary and Thunderation, which includes multi-instrumentalist Keith Little, and songwriter and bass player Steve Spurgin. Please visit this podcast at http://flatpick.libsyn.com

In this podcast Flatpicking Guitar Magazine editor Dan Miller talks with Steve Palazzo, a well-known acoustic guitar artist who is based in Santa Cruz, California. Steve has been a friend of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine since we first started publishing back in 1996 and he was featured in the magazine's third issue back in early 1997. Since that time he has contributed to the magazine on numerous occasions and we always welcome his contributions. Dan and Steve about his thriving teaching business, his ideas about teaching the guitar, including how to improve timing and speed. You'll also get to hear a cut from Steve's latest CD. The CD is a duet recording with Laura Smith, titled "Like Strangers." The tune you will hear on this podcast is a medley of "Black and White Rag" and "Dill Pickle Rag." Please visit this podcast at http://flatpick.libsyn.com

In this edition we are talking with Flatpicking Guitar Magazine columnist John Carlini about his brand new podcast that he calls "From the Vault." As John explains in our podcast interview, he has been interviewing musicians and making recordings all the way back to the 1970s when he was working with David Grisman. He has recently transfered many of those old cassettes to a digital format and he will be sharing these one of a kind recordings with his podcast audience. At the end of this podcast we also get to hear John Carlini (guitar), Don Stiernberg (mandolin), and Brian Glassman (bass) play one of John's original compositions titled "A Night in Ipanema." Please visit this podcast at http://flatpick.libsyn.com