I’m super excited to present a special collaboration with Keith Billik from the Picky Fingers Podcast! Enjoy a special live episode of the “Dueling Banjos Podcasts” hosted by Hilary Hawke and Keith Billik at the Ashokan Center in Ashokan, NY!

Get the inside scoop on what’s happening in the lives of banjoists Maggie Shar, Scott Hopkins, BB Bowness, Hilary Hawke and Keith Billick. Stick around for the earth shattering banjo duel at the end of the episode.

Featuring the live audience of students at the Banjo Weekend 2024! Sound and recording by Connor Wenke.

BB’s New Album

https://bbbowness.bandcamp.com/album/goodtime-revival

Maggie Shar

https://www.maggieshar.com/

Scott Hopkins

https://scotthopkinsbanjo.com

Keith Billik

https://www.banjopodcast.com/meet-the-host/

Hilary Hawke's new album

https://hilaryhawke.bandcamp.com/album/lift-up-this-old-world-2

This is the Season Finale! And my mind is blown hearing Alison Brown talk about her banjos and what she’s playing on the road. We chat about her music, making records, producing, re-issuing records and the vision for her band. We nerd out about how we like the piano and banjo combo.

What she likes to convey with her music, and how she goes beyond how the banjo is usually portrayed. We listen to her track Sweet Sixteenths with Sierra Hull on mandolin, and the Alison Brown Quartet.

We talk about Compass records and why it started and she gives advice for getting over your nerves.

“The banjo is a conduit for connecting with other people”

https://www.alisonbrown.com

https://alisonbrown.bandcamp.com/album/on-banjo

patreon.com/banjochat

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Pickenchickenbooks for Kustom Koozies

This week on the chat we have Lukas Pool!

A fun one where we talk about the ins and outs of the Ozark Banjo Shop, how it all started and when he was was making banjos just to pay the rent!

Apprentices, banjo making, balancing having kids with performing music, horses, and his dad working over at Mountain View Music.

He tells us why he decided to make a living playing music and we get specific about repairs, wood selection, and what he looks for in a banjo.

Also how he approaches arranging a fiddle tune for banjo, and advice for people learning and making banjos.

https://ozarkbanjo.com/

https://www.patreon.com/BanjoChat