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Laurie Lewis – Toy Heart: A Podcast About Bluegrass
Toy Heart
Laurie Lewis – Toy Heart: A Podcast About BluegrassIn the latest episode of Toy Heart, we explore the roots and evolution of bluegrass in the modern era by examining the story of legendary bluegrasser, singer-songwriter, and recording artist, Laurie Lewis. From her tales of growing up in Berkeley during what Lewis jokingly calls the “folk scare” of the…
Laurie Lewis – Toy Heart: A Podcast About Bluegrass
Toy HeartFeb 27, 2024

Bluegrass fans know Mike Compton from his long and eclectic resumé, including decades of touring and recording traditional Monroe-style mandolin with greats like John Hartford, Doc Watson, Peter Rowan, Ralph Stanley, Alison Krauss, and David Grisman, as well as venturing into more mainstream music with with Sting, Gregg Allman, Elvis Costello, and many others. He…

Laurie Lewis – Toy Heart: A Podcast About Bluegrass
Toy HeartFeb 13, 2024

The legendary Larry Sparks, a prominent player in bluegrass for over six decades and a Bluegrass Hall of Fame inductee, joins host Tom Power for this episode of Toy Heart. Sparks shares insightful anecdotes from his early years, touring and performing with the Stanley Brothers and from his tenure with Ralph Stanley & the Clinch…

Laurie Lewis – Toy Heart: A Podcast About Bluegrass
Toy HeartJan 30, 2024

Newgrass luminary Sam Bush joins host Tom Power for the highly anticipated debut episode of Toy Heart Season 2. Bush – the celebrated mandolinist, Bluegrass Hall of Famer, and co-founder of New Grass Revival and the Telluride House Band – opens up about his illustrious career, from his early days of fiddle contests in Weiser,…

Laurie Lewis – Toy Heart: A Podcast About Bluegrass
Toy HeartJul 7, 2023

On a special edition of Toy Heart, we remember Bluegrass Music Hall of Famer, Grand Ole Opry member, seven-time Grammy Award nominee, CMA Award winner, and roots music legend Bobby Osborne. “This is what I started with when I was 15 years old,” Osborne says as the episode begins. “Ain’t never quit, ain’t going to…

Laurie Lewis – Toy Heart: A Podcast About Bluegrass
Toy HeartFeb 5, 2021

In the final chapter of Toy Heart's three-part tribute to Tony Rice, host Tom Power speaks to several musicians who have been inspired by Tony Rice throughout their career, pickers and artists through whom Tony's music will certainly live on. LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS • SPOTIFY • MP3 On episode 3 of Toy Heart: Remembering Tony…

Laurie Lewis – Toy Heart: A Podcast About Bluegrass
Laurie Lewis – Toy Heart: A Podcast About Bluegrass