The String
Episodes
Rev. Sekou plus John McEuen
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rev. Sekou is an activist, writer, theologian and community organizer with a dense resume stretching back to before the 2000s. He says he found his ca...
Jeff Hanna and Matraca Berg plus Ashley Campbell
22 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, two conversations with country music families at their heart. First, up a feature interview with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band co-founder Jeff Han...
Guthrie Trapp plus Tommy Womack
07 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Nashville, the greatest guitar town in the world, Guthrie Trapp is at the top of the mountain. He can range across every style, improvise with endl...
Kim Richey plus Tim Easton
01 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Richey launched her career later than most, after her old friend and college band mate Bill Lloyd (of Foster & Lloyd) urged her to move to Music C...
Tyler Mahan Coe of Cocaine & Rhinestones, plus Gibson's Woes
24 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If nothing else was left behind about America in the 20th century but the lyrics to all the country songs written by the famous and the obscure, you'd...
The Secret Sisters plus Becky Buller
12 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Two years ago, Lydia and Laura Rogers, the Alabama siblings who harmonize together so enchantingly as The Secret Sisters, looked like they had it all ...
The Wood Brothers plus Ear Trumpet Microphones
27 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
With the aggressive acoustic bass, second-line intricate drumming and soaring brotherly harmony, the Wood Brothers have become a mainstay of roots and...
David Ball on Uncle Walt's Band
20 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Ball is one of our best traditional country singers, a regular on the Grand Ole Opry and that rare classic indie who had big radio hits in two d...
Lillie Mae plus Julian Lage
12 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lillie Mae has lived a classic Nashville journey. She came of age on Lower Broadway, playing six nights a week with her family band as a teenager. She...
Delbert McClinton plus Rounder Records
06 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Delbert McClinton has two gifts that have served him well. He's got a one in a million voice. It's thunder and whiskey and leather and silk. It's inst...
Folk Alliance 2018 w Richard Thompson and more
25 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The 30th annual Folk Alliance International conference recently wrapped in Kansas City. It's a confab like no other, with countless showcase performan...
Sierra Hull's Journey, plus Kurt Bardella
13 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songwriter, singer and mandolin virtuoso Sierra Hull was born in Byrdstown, TN in 1991. Halfway between Nashville and the Smoky Mountains, it was an a...
Mary Gauthier w/ Protest Playlist
30 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Most songwriters start writing in their teens and THEN accumulate the life experience that give their work insight and heft. Mary Gauthier flipped the...
Dan Tyminski's Southern Gothic
24 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
He's been a key part of Alison Krauss & Union Station for 25 years. He's the voice of the most popular and successful bluegrass track of the 21st cent...
John Jorgenson and John D. Loudermilk Tribute
12 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This hour, a tale of two Johns. My guest is John Jorgenson, one of the most well-rounded and admired guitar players of the last 40 years. His life and...
Amber Rubarth, plus Nashville R&B
20 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
American Folk, a feature film that's already won numerous jury prizes at film festivals, starts its theatrical run in late January of 2018. First time...
David Rawlings w/ Gillian Welch, plus Thomm Jutz
16 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The plan was to spend an hour with David Rawlings, an artist who's releasing brilliant folk albums, touring to huge acclaim and driving a new string b...
Radney Foster and WNCW's Joe Kendrick
05 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Blessed are the storytellers, and this week we'll visit with two of them from the world of roots music. Thirty years into his recording career, Radney...