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My guest this week is George Jackson. George Jackson is a Nashville-based fiddle player and the 2022 IBMA Instrumentalist Of The Year Momentum Award Winner, who performs as a band leader and fiddler for hire with artists such as The Jacob Jolliff Band, Jake Blount, Tall Poppy String Band, The Local Trio, Front Country, Peter Rowan, Missy Raines, Charm City Junction and others. Born in New Zealand, George grew up in a musical family and first heard bluegrass music around the age of 14, immediately falling in love with the style he started trying to work out how to play it from recordings and from mentors in New Zealand. Moving to Australia as a 16-year-old, he won the Australian National Bluegrass Championship on fiddle three times and toured the country with his bluegrass band, "The Company", playing all the major folk festivals on the Australian circuit. As a resident of Nashville and the USA from 2016, George has released three albums of fiddle tunes, "Time and Place" in 2019 and "Hair & Hide" in 2021 and most recently “George Jackson’s Local Trio” with Eli Broxham and Frank Evans in 2023. He was awarded first place in the Mike Auldridge tune composition award by the DC bluegrass union in both 2019 and 2021 for his tunes "Chapel Hill Deer Stalk" and "Neighbor Mike" respectively. He also sparked a viral fiddle tune frenzy with his composition "Dorrigo", when hundreds of musicians learned the tune and posted videos of themselves playing it online, becoming known as the "#dorrigochallenge". In his free time, George loves to watch Star Trek and cook food at home, with recent obsessions in Italian and Cajun fare. He loves Swedish fiddle music and —fun fact— he was a competitive Highland dancer until the age of 21. 

George’s Links:

Website

Instagram

Bandcamp

Patreon

Songs featured in this episode:

Beef Demon by George Jackson (Center of the Universe)
 

Dorrigo by George Jackson (Time and Place)
  

The Oddest Chicken by George Jackson (Center of the Universe)

Horse Cage #2 by George Jackson (Center of the Universe)

Booth Shot Lincoln By George and Tristan Scroggins (The Old Time Vol.3)

Pierce Road Waterline by Frank Evans (Fit for a Dog)

Humphry’s Jig by George Jackson (Center of the Universe)

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My guest this week is Robb Cappelletto. Robb is an incredible musician and instructor who teaches on through the Sonora Music School You may be familiar with one of his students…..Billy Strings! We really dive into some incredible practice techniques on this one! I had blast chatting with Robb and I think you’ll have a blast listening in!

Robb Cappelletto Links:

Website

Youtube
 

Instagram

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This week I welcome back Brian Oberlin to the podcast! He’s got a brand new album out, he’s got a new single with his band Full Cord out today featuring Billy Strings and he’s preparing to do a run of shows with Don Julin, Carlos Aonzo, and Don Stiernberg! So what does a guy like that do to push the boundaries of his playing? Stay tuned to find out!

Brian Oberlin Website Facebook Instagram

Full Cord Website Facebook Instagram
 

Songs featured in this episode:

All songs from this episode are available on Brian’s new album “Troubadour Anew” except:

“Hubris Comes to Town” Full Cord Featuring Billy Strings

“Downtown” by Full Cord

“String Quartet No. 10 in A flat Major II by Shostakovich 

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My guest this week is Nathan Beaumont. Nathan Beaumont is a 6th generation Floridian and 2nd generation Bluegrass musician from Central Florida. He got his start in music around the age of three years old, and picked up the banjo at the age of twelve. His early developement as a musician was heavily influeced by his father, having surrounded him with the music at a young age. He now plays mandolin professionally in the Bluegrass/Americana band Remedy Tree. He has regularly performed on stage with the Beaumont Family Band for most of his life, while also collaborating with veterans of the trade, as well as up and coming stars. While mandolin is currently his main instrument, he is proficient in guitar, banjo, bass, dobro, and fiddle.  

Links to Nathan’s Projects:

Nathan Beaumont: Website Instagram Facebook
 

Remedy Tree: Website Instagram Facebook

Songs featured in this episode:

“These People Getting Crazy” by Remedy Tree (Beyond What I Can See)

“I’ll Remember You Love, In My Prayers” AKUS (So long, so wrong)

“Every Second We’re Apart” by Remedy Tree (Beyond What I Can See)

“Beyond What I Can See” by Remedy Tree (Beyond What I Can See)

“Sledd Ridin’” by Nathan Beaumont (Fort Lonesome)

“West Dakota Rose” by Red and Christopher Henry (The Great Beyond)

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​Well, this week is a special one! My guests are Mike Guggino, Sheri Mignano Crawford, and Nino Vicari. 

They have recently collaborated on a new collection of Giovanni Vicari’s compositions titled “Dances for Mandolin” available HERE!

SONOMA, CALIF. — Giovanni Vicari: Dances for Mandolin is a new publication celebrating the artistry and legacy of Italian mandolin virtuoso Giovanni Vicari, now available to the global mandolin community. This thoughtfully curated collection features 53 of Vicari's original compositions, meticulously transcribed and edited by mandolinist Mike Guggino of the Grammy Award winning Steep Canyon Rangers and renowned author and educator Sheri Mignano Crawford.

Drawing from Vicari's own handwritten scores generously provided by his son, Nino, this project represents a significant effort to preserve and share this music with contemporary audiences. Known for his expressive phrasing, technical brilliance, and lyrical sensibility, Giovanni Vicari's work occupies a unique and important place in the evolution of the mandolin.

Mignano Crawford and Guggino approached the material with a deep respect for authenticity, striving to remain faithful to Vicari's original manuscripts while making the pieces accessible to today's players. The result is a collection that balances historical integrity with practical usability, offering clear, accurate transcriptions that invite both study and performance. From elegant, song-like melodies to virtuosic showpieces, these polkas, waltzes, mazurkas, tarantellas, and tangos highlight the depth and diversity of Vicari's compositional output.

Guggino states: "We were already lucky enough to have so many of Giovanni Vicari's compositions recorded for posterity. Now with this published collection of the original scores, his music can be more easily studied and shared by mandolin players all around the world. This music speaks for itself. Our goal was to present Vicari's intentions as clearly as possible, allowing mandolinists to connect directly with his artistry."

The Giovanni Vicari collection is now available and is expected to become an essential addition to mandolin libraries worldwide.

Here are links to more info about my guests:

Mike Guggino

Sheri Mignano Crawford

Link to Godfather of Strings Vol.1 available at Acoustic Disc

Songs featured in this episode:

“La Bohmeme” by Giovanni Vicari Godfather of the Strings Vol. 1

“Tarantella Napoletana” by Mike Guggino and Barrett Smith (Mia Dolce Farfalla)

“Mio Dulce Sogno” by Butch Baldassari (To Rome with Love OMPS)

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