22 Best Bluegrass Music Podcasts

1. Toy Heart with Tom Power (A Podcast About Bluegrass)

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CBC radio host Tom Power ('q') and BGS (The Bluegrass Situation) bring you the most in-depth podcast about the origins of bluegrass ever created.Power sits down with luminaries of the genre such as Del McCoury, Ricky Skaggs, Alice Gerrard, Jesse McReynolds, Jerry Douglas and more for an intimate conversation about their origins within the world of bluegrass music...MORE Host Tom Power
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 172 Avg Length 73 min Format Long form Since Jan 2020 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. Bluegrass Jam Along

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'Bluegrass Jam Along is a great, great podcast' - Chris Eldridge The IBMA Award winning podcast for anyone and everyone who loves bluegrass. Every week we feature interviews with musicians, writers, instrument makers and other key figures from the bluegrass and string band world, plus regular news and new releases. Guests include Alison Krauss, Sierra Hull, Tim O'Brien, Wyatt Rice, Jerry Douglas, Sarah Jarosz, Jarrod Walker and David Grisman. For more info visit https://bluegrassjamalong.comMORE Host Matt Hutchinson
Email ****@bluegrassjamalong.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 110Facebook 3KInstagram 3.3K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

3. Back Porch Bluegrass

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Paul Trenwith is an enthusiastic advocate for, player and promoter of bluegrass music. Back Porch Bluegrass features a wide range of the genre's best performers.
Host Paul Trenwith
Producer/Network Free FM
Email ****@freefm.org.nz
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 82Facebook 14.9KTwitter 663Instagram 2.2K Avg Length 59 min Format Long form Since Sep 2019 Get Email Contact

4. Bradley Laird's Grass Talk Radio - Bluegrass

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Bradley Laird's GrassTalkRadio is about learning to play bluegrass music. Show notes for each episode are found at: http://www.grasstalkradio.com Whether you have been playing 5 minutes or 5 years we all want to become better players. Bradley will help you stay on the path, avoid discouragement, make real progress and enjoy participation in this game we call bluegrass.MORE Host Bradley Laird
Email ****@bradleylaird.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guest Curtis Jones
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 71Facebook 355Twitter 302 Avg Length 53 min Format Long form Since Jan 2017 Get Email Contact

5. The Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown

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Welcome to the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown , hosted by Mike Kear in Australia and guest co-hosts from around the bluegrass world. It's the weekly podcast where we play the 20 hottest songs in the world of bluegrass music, as compiled by BluegrassToday.com. Each week, we compile a Top 20 Countdown program from the BT chart, and play each song in its entirety from Number 20 all the way to Number 1, just like Casey Kasem used to do it! To keep things spicy, we'll talk a little bit about the world's most interesting bluegrass news for the week...MORE Email ****@bluegrass.org.au
Apple Reviews 1Facebook 55.8KTwitter 16.8KInstagram 11.2K Avg Length 109 min Format Extended Get Email Contact

6. Walls of Time: Bluegrass Podcast

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Field recorded interviews with the best in bluegrass. Hosted by Daniel Mullins.
Host Daniel Mullins
Producer/Network Blue Poncho Media
Email ****@cedarville.edu
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 69Facebook 1KTwitter 52 Avg Length 71 min Format Long form Since Aug 2019 Get Email Contact

7. The Josh Cole Bluegrass Show

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Live Bluegrass shows featuring primarily vintage recordings of the Bluegrass greats!
Host Josh Cole
Producer/Network Ol' Woofie Productions
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 30Facebook 1.2KTwitter 63 Since Aug 2014 Get Email Contact

8. Bluegrass Unlimited's Podcast

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In this weekly podcast Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine editor, Dan Miller, interviews bluegrass musicians. Both the new up-and-coming artists and the bluegrass legends are featured.
Producer/Network Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine
Email ****@bluegrassmusic.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 38Facebook 11.3KTwitter 694 Avg Length 62 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

9. Hometown Bluegrass Show

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Tune in weekly for the latest bluegrass music news, guitar lessons and road stories from 20 time bluegrass guitar player of the year Josh Williams and interviews with folks in the bluegrass music industry.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guest Steve Chandler
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 20 Avg Length 56 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

10. Bluegrass U!

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Hosted by ETSU's Tim Stafford, Bluegrass U! Features music and conversations with students, faculty, alumni and friends of ETSU Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies, the world's largest academic program focused on this kind of music.MORE Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 18 Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. Bluegrass Stories with Katy Daley & Howard Parker

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Stories about the business of Bluegrass Music and more.
Producer/Network Bluegrass Stories
Email ****@resoguit.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 15Facebook 997Twitter 1.5K Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Since Mar 2019 Get Email Contact

12. County Sales Radio Hour

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County Sales Radio Hour features the best in bluegrass and old time music and introduces listeners to new releases as well as classic recordings from the archives. County Sales has been delivering the best old time and bluegrass to listeners via vinyl and CD for well over 50 years! This program will showcase new releases on various labels that feature the finest bluegrass and old time music by today's artists. We will also include timeless bluegrass and old time classics reissued by County and Rebel Records...MORE Producer/Network County Sales
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 14Facebook 2.8KTwitter 32 Avg Length 61 min Format Long form Since Sep 2018 Get Email Contact

13. Bluegrass BKLYN

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Check out the vibrant bluegrass music scene here in Brooklyn, NYC - and beyond. Join your hosts Mike Willner and Liz Wolfe to meet the musicians and teachers, explore the venues and events, and share the stories and community in the Bluegrass Borough .... and beyond. We'll talk classic bluegrass, bluegrass-adjacent music, vendors, instruments, jam camps, current events, gear ... you know, all the good stuff! So give a listen, we'll have a fine old time.MORE Producer/Network Mike Willner
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Alice Gerrard, Jim Pankey
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 12 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. Don't Call Me Darlin'

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Don't Call Me Darlin' is a podcast documentary series exploring the Women in Bluegrass newsletter (1994-2003), which created a private space for women musicians to discuss their experiences in the genre. Co-produced by Tristan Scroggins and Carolyn Kendrick, the series features interviews with newsletter contributors and today's leading women in bluegrass, alongside a digital archive of this vital piece of music history.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 12 Get Email Contact

15. Got 'Grass?

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More than picks and strings, we explore the musical stories, the hopes and dreams, and some of the hard times, of life as a bluegrass star. You'll find them Insightful, often funny, sometimes discouraged, in other words, human! Hosted by Chris Wuerth from GuitartownCT concerts in Hamden, CT.MORE Producer/Network Bluegrass stars
Recent Guests Becky Buller, Ben Garnett +2 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 66 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

16. The Yolo County Breakdown

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Bluegrass, newgrass, and beyond. From Bill Monroe to Billy Strings, the Yolo County Breakdown is a journey through acoustic string music ranging from the traditional to the cutting edge.
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 58 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

17. Hillbilly Recordings

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Field Recording Of Bluegrass Music and Stories Of Life
Producer/Network Glen Lasley
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 11 Avg Length 5 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

18. T Shaw's Progressive Bluegrass

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I document and share all things bluegrass. From individual bands, festivals, concerts, interviews, trends, albums, videos, tourist activities, and miscellaneous adventures all while pursuing my passion of bluegrass.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 6 Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

19. The Flashgrass Podcast

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Part podcast, part playlist. If you like hearing great bluegrass and tolerable commentary about said great bluegrass, then you're in the right place. I play bluegrass from every corner of the genre, and I give whatever context I can to the songs I play. I also occasionally give my take on current events in bluegrass, and you can usually expect some probably-too-in-depth song lyric analysis. Some sort of tomfoolery typically transpires.MORE Producer/Network Cameron Cobble
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Avg Length 74 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

20. Walkin' on Water

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If you like gospel and bluegrass music this show is for you. Walkin' on Water features the best in gospel bluegrass music, presented by a friendly, Christ-centered radio host, Tom Macomber. Each hour-long, commercial free program features great music interspersed with information about the musicians and a brief devotional thought. Walkin' on Water features a variety of musicians. If you are a bluegrass artist with gospel material, we'd love to preview your music with the goal of sharing it with our listeners...MORE Email ****@lifetalk.net
Avg Length 59 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

21. SBB Radio

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A podcast about the largest variety of Bluegrass, Bluegrass Gospel and Americana on the web streaming 24 hours a day and hosted by many hosts from throughout the world.
Email ****@sbbradio.net
Facebook 1.1KTwitter 573 Avg Length 91 min Format Extended Get Email Contact

22. Best of Bluegrass With Trevor Ruffell

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Trevor Ruffell plays a weekly feast of country bluegrass music. Tune in to listen to this podcast.
Email ****@radiokidnappers.org.nz
Facebook 1.3KTwitter 41 Avg Length 55 min Format Long form Since Jan 2020 Get Email Contact