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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #208 Andrew Collins (New Release) Jan 05, 2024

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My guest this week is Andrew Collins. Andrew is back to talk about the newest Andrew Collins trio release “The Rule Of Three” As usual, the album is an incredible showcase of playing and songwriting and Andrew shares some stories and insight to go along with the release! Follow along with Andrew HERE where you can find his store, tour dates and social links!

Songs featured on this episode are available at the link above!

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #207 Chris Acquavella Dec 22, 2023

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My Guest this week on the podcast is Chris Acquavella. Chris Acquavella is a classical mandolinist & educator from San Diego, California, who currently lives in Mainz, Germany. He graduated First Class Honors from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance in London, England. Chris studied under the instruction of Alison Stephens, as well as composition with Andrew Poppy. He’s got a new recording out called “Recording of the Dawn : The Kensington Etudes Vol. 1) You can buy it, as well as the rest of his recordings at his bandcamp page.

You can also purchase the complete “The Kensington Etudes” at his publishers page here!

You can keep up with Chris at his website, Youtube, Facebook and Instagram

Follow this link to download the exercises Chris talks about during the episode.

Songs Featured on this episode: The Millstone At Old Mill Pond by Chris Acquvella (Recording of the Dawn) Recording of the Dawn by Chris Acquavella (Recording of the Dawn) 9lb Hammer by the Kentucky Colonels (Long Journey Home) Beckett’s Reel by Clarsah Praeludium by Chris Acquavella (Praeludium) Images in Broken Glass by Chris Acquavella (Recording of the Dawn) Yutuma by Duo LaRe (In Other Words) Gazing into the Aurora by Chris Acuavella (Recording of the Dawn)

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #206 Nate Sipe (Pert Near Sandstone) Dec 08, 2023

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My guest this week is Nate Sipe from the band Pert Near Sandstone. They have a brand new album out called “Waiting Days”. It’s a rollicking good time, and after talking with Nate about the tunes he wrote and all the adventures he’s been on I like it even more…and I think you will too! You can find everything for Pert Near Sandstone including tour dates, the album and pertinent links HERE.

Also, by sure to follow Nate on Facebook, Instagram and his solo music available on Bandcamp.

All songs by Pert Near Sandstone are from their new album Waiting Days which you can purchase HERE!

I’ve Still Got 99 by The New Lost City Ramblers (American Moonshine and Prohibition) Proud Boys of Manassas / Bull Run Picnic by Peter Ostroushko Billy Wilson by Clare and Walt

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #205 Joe K Walsh (New Mr. Sun Release) Dec 01, 2023

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Joe K Walsh is back to talk about the brand new Mr. Sun release, Mr. Sun Plays Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite! It is an amazing undertaking and it is not only an inspiring album, hearing Joe talk about it was also very inspiring! It’s available everywhere as of today but as always I recommend supporting the artist directly by purchasing a copy of the album, which you can do HERE!!!

You can also buy the Mr. Sun Nutcrackers HERE!

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #204 Billy Bright and Alan Munde Nov 17, 2023

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This week’s episode is a special one as it features two great guests! Billy Bright and Alan Munde! Alan has a new album out called Excelsior (available here) that Billy produced and played on! The album is filled with great music and some incredible mandolin players! We talk about that and more in this episode!

Be sure to check out Billy’s Website Here! Check out Alan’s website here!

The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #203 Welcome back Brian Oberlin (Full Cord) Nov 10, 2023

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This week I welcome back to the podcast Brian Oberlin! Brian is the mandolin player for Dark Shadow Recording artist Full Cord. They have a brand new album called “Cambium” available now! You can stream it here… However...... I highly recommend heading over to the website for Dark Shadow and purchasing the album! Be sure to go to Full Cord’s website to catch up with them on the road!

The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #202 Welcome back Ethan Setiawan Nov 03, 2023

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This week I welcome back to the podcast Ethan Setiawan! Ethan has a brand new duo album available today with the project Hildaland!

Hildaland will release their debut album Sule Skerry on November 3rd via Adhyâropa Records and today shares their first single “Silver Dollar”. Scottish fiddler Louise Bichan and American mandolinist Ethan Setiawan have been making music together for years as part of the four-piece outfit Corner House. Now the two instrumentalists have taken the opportunity to see what a stripped-down duo sound can manifest, in the form of Hildaland. On their debut album, the pair focuses on remaking traditional music, with a focus on Bichan’s Scottish musical roots.

You can purchase the album and check out more info about the project here!

Also, Jacob Jolliff has an incredible mandolin course coming up in Nov….here is the link to sign up!

The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #201 David "Dawg" Grisman part 2 Oct 27, 2023

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Here is part 2 with David Grisman. Dawg needs no introduction but if you want to read more about this legend head over to his Acoustic Disc website here and be prepared to spend hours looking around and the incredible resources available for you there!

Also, Jacob Jollif has an incredible mandolin course coming up in Nov….here is the link to sign up!

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #200 welcome back David Grisman! part 1 Oct 20, 2023

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This week is another milestone episode….number 200!! Thank you so much for getting me here! To celebrate, I brought back one of my favorite players and the newly inducted IBMA Hall of Famer David “Dawg” Grisman. Dawg needs no introduction but if you want to read more about this legend head over to his Acoustic Disc website here and be prepared to spend hours looking around and the incredible resources available for you there!

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #199 Welcome back Isaac Eicher! Oct 13, 2023

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This week I welcome back to the podcast Isaac Eicher. Isaac has a pretty exciting few months ahead of him. First of all, he just launched a Kickstarter Campaign for an exciting new jazz album. He is also about to take a group of mandolin students on a retreat to a beautiful location in Mexico for mandolin, meals and trips to beautiful areas near the lodge. You can get more information on both of these things by heading over to Isaac’s website here!

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