My guests this week are Carolyn Kendrick and Tristan Scroggins and we're talking about a fascinating project that looks at the role of women in bluegrass through the lens of a historic newsletter created by Murphy Henry in the 1990s.

The newsletters have been digitised and made available in an archive that captures candid conversations, accomplishments, and challenges of women
in bluegrass.

Tristan and Carolyn have also produced a wonderful 8-part documentary podcast called 'Don’t Call Me Darlin’.' The podcast revisits the bluegrass matriarchs who were interviewed in Murphy Henry’s original newsletter from 1994 - 2003,
as well as talking to contemporaries from the community like Sierra Hull, Bronwyn, Brittany Haas, and more.

It was a fascinating (and fun) conversation that covered gender roles in bluegrass but also much more, including what bluegrass really is, who it's for and what it means to feel like an insider vs an outsider in the scene.

You can check out the podcast on Spotify and Apple (or wherever you get your podcasts) and find out more at womeninbluegrass.org

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Here's your Bluegrass Briefing for November, our monthly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass.

Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode.

Pod news

• Chris Thile interview

News and announcements - Church Street News

• Peghead Nation Norman Blake course
• Craft Recordings Tony Rice reissues (Including Acoustics)
• IBMA Award winners

Releases - The Grass is New

• Bela Fleck Live Heart

Other bits

• Full list of interviews
• Collings Guitars

Happy picking.

Matt

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This week's episode features a segment of a conversation I had a while back with Marcel Ardans of the Lessons With Marcel YouTube channel.

Marcel has spent hundreds of hours transcribing guitar breaks from some of our favourite pickers, so I thought it would be fun to find out what he learned in the process.

This particular segment is about Billy Strings. We chat about Billy's lead and rhythm style, including the obvious Doc Watson influence, but also what else Billy brings and how he blends bluegrass, country, jam band and rock influences into a style that is very much his own.

The full episode also included Marcel discussing Tony Rice, Molly Tuttle and (one of Marcels' personal favourites) Trey Hensley. You'll find the full episode here.

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