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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #289 Caterina Lichtenberg New Release Nov 14, 2025

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This week I talk with Caterina about here newest release “Telemann 12 Fantasias” available here. The recording is remarkable and her story about what these pieces meant to here make it even more beautiful to listen to!

Of course you can always head over to their website here, to get more information such as tour dates and information about their incredible camps they put on! (The next one is in Croatia!)

Download the Telemann 12 Fantasia’s HERE!

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All songs featured in this episode are available to purchase HERE!

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #288 Mike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg Nov 07, 2025

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What an absolute honor to have Caterina Lichtenberg and Mike Marshall back on the podcast! Together they have a brand new duo album out called “Caterina Lichtenberg Mike Marshall and Friends” (available here) and separately they each have new albums as well! Caternia’s is called “Telemann 12 Fantasias” available here and Mike has “Mike Marshall and Alessandro Penezzi Mandolin and Guitar” available here.

Of course you can always head over to their website here, to get more information such as tour dates and information about their incredible camps they put on! (The next one is in Croatia!)

Songs featured in this episode:

All songs sampled during this episode are available to purchase HERE!!

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #287 Nick Piccininni (Yonder Mountain String Band) Oct 31, 2025

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This week my guest is Nick Piccininni from Yonder Mountain String Band. Nick got his start performing bluegrass music on the five-string banjo, playing in multiple bands in New York State. Through the years he has made is mark as a highly proficient multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and entertainer.

You can follow Nick on Facebook and Instagram. You can also contact Nick about taking lessons via his email at lessonswithNP@gmail.com

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Songs featured in this episode:

Out of the Pan by YMSB (Get Yourself Outside) Long Way to Virginia by Floodwood (This is Life) In the Gravel Yard by Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (Never Walk Away) Into the Fire by YMSB (Get Yourself Outside) Here I Go by YMSB (Nowhere Next) Ride the Wild Turkey by Darol Anger (Fiddlisticks)

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast # 286 Ian Coury (New Album episode) Oct 24, 2025

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This week I welcome back to the podcast, Ian Coury. Ian has a brand new album out with the equally incredible Isaac Eicher called Vivendo e Aprendendo.

The album features 3 original compositions from each player as well as 3 cover tunes and it is an absolutely beautiful listen. To find out more about this dynamic duo head over HERE! And more importantly to purchase a copy of the album, head over HERE!

Songs featured in this episode:

All songs featured on the podcast are from the the album Viveno e Aprendendo available HERE!

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast # 285 Jesse Cobb Part 2 Oct 17, 2025

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Here is part 2 of my conversation with Jesse Cobb! Today is the release date of The Unfaithful Servants brand new album “Fallen Angel”. You can grab a copy and find out more about the band HERE!

Songs featured in this episode:

Never Leave You Again by The Unfaithful Servants (Fallen Angel) Hurry Up and Wait by Jesse Cobb (Solitude) Truth by Jesse Cobb (Solitude) King of California by Jesse Cobb (Another Road) Hard Hard by Dylan Stone (Dont Let Time Pass You By) The Grass is Always Bluer by The Unfaithful Servants (Fallen Angel) Negativity by The Unfaithful Servants (Fallen Angel)

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #284 CJ Lewandowski (Bobby Osborne Tribute) Oct 10, 2025

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This week I welcome back to the podcast, CJ Lewandowski. This episode is all about the incredible tribute the CJ put together with….and then for Bobby Osborne. The album “Keep on Keepin’ On” is more than just a tribute, it’s a beautiful send off to a legend by some of the biggest and best names in bluegrass music, all arranged by CJ.

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All songs available on “Keep on Keepin’ On” by CJ Lewandowski released on Turnberry Records.

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #283 Jesse Cobb part 1 (Infamous Stringdusters, Unfaithful Servants) Oct 03, 2025

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This week I’m excited to welcome to the podcast for the first time, Jesse Cobb. Jesse, a Grammy-nominated founding member of The Infamous String Dusters, has played with legends like Béla Fleck and Lee Ann Womack and now has a brand new album with his new band The Unfaithful Servants coming out on October 17th.

Head over to their website to find out more about the band and to purchase the album HERE!

Songs featured in this episode:

“Old Grimes” by Jesse Cobb (Solitude) “Fallen Angel” by The Unfaithful Servants

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #282 Rico Wallenda (DownRiver Collective New Album) Sep 26, 2025

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This week I welcome back to the podcast Rico Wallenda! Rico’s band the DownRiver Collective has just released an incredible new album called “Give it All Away” and it has taken over my ears for the past few weeks! They’ve won the IBMA Momentum Band of the Year and this year their incredible singer took home Momentum Vocalist of the Year…..and once you listen to the album, you’ll understand why!

Head over to their website to find out more about the band and to purchase the album HERE!

Songs featured in this episode:

All songs featured on this episode are available on the new album “Give it All Away”

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #281 Austin Clark Sep 20, 2025

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My guest this week is luthier Austin Clark. Austin Clark is a full time builder and repairperson of guitars and mandolin family instruments in Boise, Idaho. With an international clientele and a client list including many professional musicians, he has built a reputation for excellent and careful work.

You can check out photos as well as products and pricing at his website HERE

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #280 Darol Anger is back with a new album! Sep 05, 2025

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I’m always excited to welcome back to the podcast, Darol Anger. Darol has just released an incredible recording project called Diary of a Fiddler 2: The Empty Nest (available HERE)

Intended as a summation not only of his career as a performing and recording artist but also as a capstone to his enormously influential career as an educator, Diary of a Fiddler #2 appears as the acoustic world prepares for the 50th anniversary of the hugely influential David Grisman Quintet recordings which featured Anger. To herald the occasion, and to author a bookend to his own career, he has called upon dozens of his former mentees – three generations of fiddlers – who, taken together, make up a veritable who’s who of the violin-playing world.

Songs featured in this episode:

All tracks featured are available on Darol’s new double album Diary of a Fiddler 2, available HERE….except for Lee Highway Blues by Darol Anger and Stuart Duncan which is on volume 1.

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