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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #279 Classical mandolinist Dor Amran Aug 29, 2025

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This week my guest is classical mandolinist Dor Amran. Dor is a Classical Mandolin player who has won many competitions in Israel in various genres like contemporary music, and chamber music in the plucked instruments category. In May 2024, he won the 2nd prize at the International Mandolin Competition in Modena, Italy. He regularly performs as a soloist with symphonic orchestras and gives solo recitals all over the world. In 2024, Dor recorded Paganini’s 24 Violin Caprices on the mandolin for the Italian label “Dynamic” and went ahead to perform them all at “Genova Paganini Festival 2024”.

To learn more about Dor, head over to his website HERE and to pick up a copy of his remarkable recording, head over HERE!

To download a copy of the score of Paganini’s 24 Carprices, head over HERE!

Songs featured in this episode:

The song’s featured in this episode are from Dor Arman’s recording available HERE. The songs in order of appearance during the episode or No. 1, No. 5, No. 2 and No. 6

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #278 Harry Clark Returns (New East Nash Grass) Aug 22, 2025

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This week I welcome back to the podcast Harry Clark. Harry’s band East Nash Grass have just released another incredible album called “All God’s Children”. Harry also wrote or co-wrote 4 of the tunes on the album. It’s great stuff! We talk about the album, writing, singing tips from Dan Tyminski and more.

To buy the album and to keep up with East Nash Grass, head over to their website HERE!

Songs featured in this episode: “To Find a Friend” Daniel Patrick and Harry Clark (Around the Clock)

All of the rest of the songs sampled are from “All God’s Children” available HERE!

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #277 Ethan Setiawan and his Encyclopedia Mandolinnica Aug 15, 2025

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This week I welcome back to the podcast, Ethan Setiawan. Ethan has put together an epic release called Encyclopedia Mandolinnica. It’s essentially a who’s who of mandolin. Even more impressive than the fact that Ethan was able to assemble all these players to record, he composed all of the tunes….Incredible! It’s an exceptional album that I’m sure you are going to enjoy!

You can head over to his website HERE to buy a copy of the album and to check out Ethan’s upcoming tour dates.

All of the album notes are available to check out at this link HERE!

Songs featured in this episode: All songs featured on this episode are available on the album Encyclopedia Mandolinnica available to purchase HERE!

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #276 Fred Kosak (The Stillhouse Junkies) Aug 01, 2025

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My guest this week is Fred Kosak from the band The Stillhouse Junkies.

Acoustic adventurers Stillhouse Junkies explore the worlds between roots, bluegrass, Texas swing, blues, and rock. Their free-flowing musical interplay and improvisation make every show unique as the trio weave through high-energy, intricately composed original songs, never taking the same path twice. Formed in 2017, the band consists of Fred Kosak (guitar, mandolin), Alissa Wolf (fiddle), and Jeanette Adams (bass).

They have a brand new album, available now, called “The Ballad of Charlie Avalon” and it is fantastic! Great playing and great songs and Sam Bush narrating…..The perfect combination. You can head to their website HERE to find out more about the band, find their tour dates, links to social media and most importantly, to purchase their new album!

Songs featured in this episode: All songs featured during the episode are from the new album ‘The Ballad of Charlie Avalon” available HERE!

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #275 Caleb Christopher Edwards Returns Jul 25, 2025

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This week I welcome back to the podcast Caleb Christopher Edwards. Caleb has a stellar new album out with Zach White, titled, Cheers to All the Lonely People. Which is available everywhere now, including Bandcamp. This new album by songwriters Zach White & Caleb Christopher Edwards is a warm hug and hearty laugh we all need in our lives. A collection of original songs that evoke a sense of Bluegrass-Nouveau. Familiar forms and instrumental sounds are subtly articulated with unique techniques that evoke both a creative take on the bluegrass playbook and an easy-to-repeat relaxing experience. Recorded entirely live in the room you can feel the comradery filling the space. Whether it’s Zach’s creative stories of rich characters like Buddha From Muscoutah or Billy’s Horse, or Caleb’s wistful mind paintings in All I Do is Hum or Waltz for Sarah’s Wedding you just want to sit for a spell, light a pipe and drift away. Zach White and Caleb Christopher Edwards have been long friends and frequent collaborators. Between the two of them, you might have seen them onstage at the Grand Ole Opry, Carnegie Hall, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, or the Ryman (just to name a few). Buckle up for a rip roaring night of bluegrass, story telling, and two friends being goofballs.

Keep up with Caleb at his website HERE and with Zach at his website HERE.

Songs featured in this episode:

All songs featured this episode are from the album Cheers to all the Lonely People available HERE!

NORTHFIELD GIVEAWAY HERE

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #274 Skip Gorman Jul 11, 2025

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My guest this week on the podcast is Skip Gorman. Skip Gorman was introduced to traditional music early in his life at the age of eight, when he received his first guitar and a Jimmie Rodgers record. While growing up he was lucky to have the opportunity to see musicians like the legendary Texas fiddler, Eck Robertson, Bill Monroe and Maybelle Carter at the historic Newport Folk Festival. An encounter with Monroe at age fouteen was a pivotal moment in the young musician's life, and aside from being a masterful cowboy singer and fine fiddler, Gorman is one of the premier mandolinists in the style of Bill Monroe.

Skip has just uploaded 13 full albums on Bandcamp for the first time….and they really are great stuff! Head over to Bandcamp now to check out some tunes and pick yourself up a copy or 13!

Music that is not Skip’s discussed during the episode…

Greenbriar Boys with Frank Wakefield Lester Flatt on mandolin with Charlie Monroe Buzz Busby with Scotty Stoneman

Songs featured in this episode:

“Kansas City Railroad Blues” by Skip Gorman (The Old Style Mandolin Vol.2) “In the Pines” by Skip Gorman (Late Night Feast) “James Moray of Abernathy” by Skip Gorman (Mandolin in the Cow Camp) “Jaybird Died of the Whooping Cough” by Skip Gorman (The Old Style Mandolin Vol. 1)

NORTHFIELD GIVEAWAY HERE

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #273 Jacob Warren and Grant Flick Jul 06, 2025

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This week I welcome to the podcast Jacob Warren and Grant Flick! They have a brand new album out now called Cormorant. It’s available to purchase here (along with their other releases) in digital and physical formats and singles are streaming only. Warren & Flick is a duo project with multi-instrumentalist Grant Flick. Together, they have released two albums (Kestrel, 2019 and Waxwing, 2022) of original material that spans genres from classical to American and Swedish fiddle, jazz and more. Warren & Flick was a finalist in the prestigious 2024 CAG Competition. Be sure to head to their website HERE to keep up with all the news and tour dates!

Songs featured in this episode:

All tunes featured during the episode are available to purchase HERE on Bandcamp!

NORTHFIELD GIVEAWAY HERE

As Always a HUGE thank you to all of my sponsor’s that make this podcast possible each week!

Oops! New episode will be July 4th! Jun 27, 2025

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #272 Carter Shilts Returns (Chicken Wire Empire New Album" Jun 20, 2025

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This week I welcome back my buddy Carter Shilts to the podcast! He is currently the mandolin player in Chicken Wire Empire and they just released a fantastic new album called “Growing Pains”. They are headed overseas and then hitting it hard when they return to the States . To pick up a copy of the new album and to find out if and when they are playing near you, head HERE to their website!

Songs featured in this episode: “Ocean Tiger” by Chicken wire Empire (Growing Pains) “Say Goodbye” by Chicken Wire Empire (Growing Pains) “Fiddle and Song” by Chicken Wire Empire (Growing Pains) “Me and You” by Chicken Wire Empire (Growing Pains) “Anomie” by Chicken Wire Empire (Growing Pains) “Tis Sweet to be Remembered” by Frank Wakefield and Red Allen (Kitchen)

NORTHFIELD GIVEAWAY HERE

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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #271 CE Jones Returns with a New Album! Jun 13, 2025

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This week I welcome back to the podcast CE Jones. Chris was a guest on episode 91 where we discussed his JS Bach The Goldberg Variations release. This episode we talk about his newest release called “Nocturne”. Chris himself is responsible for every note on this album along with the mixing, engineering, and producing….and it’s a pretty incredible recording! Head to Bandcamp now and pre-order your copy today! Also, if you haven’t done so already, give him a follow on the Instagram as well!

Songs featured in this episode: “Little Help Here” by CE Jones (Nocturne) available here!

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