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Cranston Clements
Phil DeGruy
… a rambling conversation with two killer guitar players and subversive musical comedians from New Orleans, Phil DeGruy, and Cranston Clements. They often perform together as The Self-Righteous Brothers. In this episode we eventually meander through their musical origin stories. Light listening on heavy topics…or is it the other way around?
Have you checked out the cool series of interviews I have conducted for Banjostudio.com. A place for epically great guitars and banjos.
The interviews are with some very amazing musicians: players of banjo and guitar and incredible songwriters, grammy winners, people with ideas. They are now collected on this page.
So far the list of posted interviews includes Joe Henry, Mary Gauthier, Valerie June, Adam Levy, Steve Khan, Jens Kruger, Riley Baugus, Alison Brown, Rob McCoury, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ryan Cavanaugh, Danny Barnes, Adam Levy and Jens Kruger.
If you don’t know who they are and you are interested in a wide variety of music, you will be boosted in to some very fascinating new musical and cultural (are they the same?) areas.
It was a privilege to speak with with, Joe Henry. His work covers a lot of ground. The accomplishment is quite staggering. Through all that though, he has very lucid and articulate awareness of the work and the subjects and fields in which he is involved. He is also very philosophically engaging which makes for a great and special interview. He speaks a lot about music, producing, poetry, songwriting, literature, and other things too. Enjoy!
The Banjo Studio says:
Joe Henry is a prolific songwriter, guitarist, producer, and author. He has won multiple Grammy awards, has 15 studio albums under his own name, and has produced countless artist’s recordings. His production credits include Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint, Rhiannon Giddens, Aarron Neville, Soloman Burke, and many, many more.
This is a fascinating interview with one of the great creative forces in American music of our time. Listen to Joe Henry go into depth about his songwriting process, production process, and more. If you’re a fan of music of any kind you will enjoy and learn from this interview.
I recently had the opportunity to interview the great guitarist/songwriter, Adam Levy. Folks have described this one as inspiring. You may too. Adam’s record output is filled with greats and worth checking over at his band camp page.
Banjo Studio says:
Guitarist Adam Levy (Norah Jones, Tracey Chapman) is known for his tone and taste. Adam talks with host Jonathan Freilich about his concept on the guitar, how he looks at the guitar from a more compositional/pianistic approach as oppose to a cliche guitar licks approach, his studies with Ted Greene, his current online guitar lessons course, and more.
Adam is an in demand sideman, songwriter, bandleader, guitar journalist, and guitar educator. Take a listen, you'll be sure to learn something that will improve your own playing.
I’m really happy to see this conversation I had with Steve Khan just posted. Really worth checking out if you are interested in music for the last 40 or so years. Without hesitation, if you have ever sat around trying to get around a guitar. And look at that ES-335- a favorite machine for some folks around here too.
The Banjo Studio says:
In this episode, we talk with the legendary jazz guitarist Steve Khan. Steve has had an extensive recording career as a solo artist, one that encompasses some 30 albums as a leader - from 1977's "TIGHTROPE" to 2019's "PATCHWORK." Perhaps beginning with his groundbreaking group, Eyewitness , he has devoted himself to creating a place for the guitar as a principal melodic voice in Latin jazz. In a recent cover story, Steve was referred to as "The Voice of the Guitar In Latin Jazz."
The conversation was fascinating and enjoyable for me. You might also check out Steve’s website where he wrote about this any many other things too. Here is the link to STEVE KHAN’S SITE…
Steve Khan
Jeff Albert runs an intriguing podcast. He also recently ditched Facebook because he is better at being decisive about the losing direction than many. Jeff is a hell of a musician, educator, and music event conspirer. This series is worth listening to. But why not start with me as an induction.
It is different than the ones produced over here.
Podcast – “Here’s the thing…” a conversation with Jonathan Freilich
Recently I had a conversation with Riley Baugus for the Banjo Studio Podcast.
Banjo Studio says…
In this episode, we talk with master old time Appalachian musician and banjo builder Riley Baugus. Riley plays in the Round Peak style which comes from the area of Surry County, North Carolina. Host Jonathan Freilich talks with Riley about the Round Peak style, what is old time music, his musical path, and more. Riley has recorded with Robert Plant, Willie Nelson, Allison Kraus, and more. He also sang on the Academy Award Nominated soundtrack for the movie Cold Mountain.
Riley plays and sings a few tunes! Take a listen!
The link to the cast is here…
Banjo Studio says:
Host Jonathan Freilich talks with 5 string banjoist Rob McCoury of the Del McCoury Band and the Travelin' McCourys. Jonathan talks with Rob about what he is currently working on, how he is getting on during the Covid lockdown, what it was like growing up around the music of his father Del McCoury, and who his influences are.
Rob McCoury
She also has two Grammy’s and did a long stint with Alison Krauss and Union Station, as well as having a very large catalogue of her own.
Continuing with the series for The Banjo Studio where you can get my favorite guitars (Collings) and also great instruments from the banjo family (Deering)…
I spoke with master 5 string banjoist and Compass Records founder Allison Brown.
Banjo Studio says:
In this interview we talk with Allison about the development of the Deering Julia Belle banjo, how she made the jump from the business world to becoming a full time professional musician, how she balances being an artist and CFO of a successful record company, and much more.
I recently interviewed Ketch Secor of The Old Crow Medicine show. The podcast is up now and available at Banjo Studio.
Banjo Studio says:
In this episode, we talk with Ketch Secor, a founding member and frontman of the band Old Crow Medicine Show. Take a listen to stories of how the band came to be, what brought Ketch down this path. Host Jonathan Freilich talks with Ketch about a number of subjects including the effect the banjo had on Ketch's musical journey, how Old Crow Medicine Show got its start, the influence of African Americans in country and old-time music, and more.
I am now producing 2 podcasts:
1) Interviews with Notable New Orleans Musicians- is my original podcast of long form interviews and oral histories with many of the fascinating musicians and related artists of New Orleans. There was a layoff of some time but now it is back in earnest. A couple segments of interview with drummer, Carlo Nuccio just went up and, in the next day or so there will be a form interview with all round musician/writer/poet and Bazouki player, Beth Patterson. This podcast has been going for 10 years now
2) The Double MacGuffin Film Podcast-with Henry Griffin. These are conversations/ reviews about interesting movies. Again here, for life reasons there has been a two year layoff. We are back to it and there will be one coming up on the films Safe and Silent Running. This podcast has been running for 3 years and this site is taking over the hosting from Nolascape where it has been for a couple of years.
I host another:
… and record and edit a 3rd podcast for The Banjo Studio. So far we have interviewed Ryan Cavanaugh, Danny Barnes, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Mary Gauthier. We have two more immediately in the works and they are all very interesting.
The Banjo Studio is run by David Bandrowski, who also produces the podcasts so check those out.
All of this is some work and I have done it asking nothing— but you will now find across the website donation buttons like this functional one here…
I appreciate the support for any of this and my work in composition, film, music, recording to keep the operations going.
So, if you feel that you get anything from large amount of content on this site, donations would really help the cause.
