Relax Your Grid

By: Matt Brown
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  • Musician, teacher & producer Matt Brown chats with his clients, colleagues, mentors, and heroes in the music industry about their projects, their philosophy, how they "relax their grid," and what that even means. Brown has toured the nation, performed on the Grand Ole Opry twice, produced 10 albums, and was for 7 years a teaching artist at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. For the past 20 years, Matt has taught fiddle, banjo, and guitar to beginners & intermediate students of all ages, as well as professional musicians (including a GRAMMY nominee). In addition to teaching weekly, online lessons to students around the world, Matt also runs the free instructional website twofingerbanjo.com, makes YouTube and Patreon content, and works as a freelance musician and producer.
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Episodes
  • Jason Carter: “It’s Time For Me To Do This”

    Jason Carter: “It’s Time For Me To Do This”
    Jan 11 2023
    In this episode, Matt interviews GRAMMY-award winning fiddler Jason Carter (The Del McCoury Band, The Travelin' McCourys) about his recent solo album Lowdown Hoedown. Jason sings lead on the record, plays brilliant fiddle parts, and is joined by an all-star cast that includes Tim O'Brien, Sarah Jarosz, Billy Strings, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Dierks Bentley, Aoife O’Donovan, Marty Stuart, and many more.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Olov Johansson: "And Then It Immediately Was Fun"

    Olov Johansson: "And Then It Immediately Was Fun"
    May 2 2022
    Many regard Olov Johannson as Sweden's greatest craftsman on the nyckelharpa. With his brilliant solo playing and as a member of the group Väsen, he has been largely responsible for the explosion of nyckelharpa playing that has been witnessed recently in Sweden. Olov grew up in Tärnsjö in northern Uppland and began to play the nyckelharpa at age 14. About a year later he began to study with Curt Tallroth, a well-known bearer of the tradition from Harbo. Through Curt, Olov has learned tunes that have been played in northern Uppland for centuries, passed on from musician to musician. Olov has also played with Eric Sahlström, the most prominent nyckelharpa player of the 20th century. Since 1989, Olov has worked exclusively as a musician, principally with Väsen. But he also plays with Anders Bromander, Nyckelharpsorkestern, Björn Ståbi, Mats Berglund, Kalle Almlöf and as a solo artist. The popularity of the folk-rock group Nordman has brought the sound of Olov's harpa to the ears of more than one million record buyers. In 1997 he was honored to be the first Swedish folk musician to work with the world renowned American ensemble, the Kronos Quartet. Olov has toured in the U.S.A., Canada, India, Libya, Slovenia, France, Ireland, Scotland, Luxembourg, Italy, Japan and elsewhere. Olov works actively to pass on his musical inheritance, and has become a role model for many young nyckelharpa players. He gives instruction both at The Eric Sahlström-Institute and through the Royal Music College in Stockholm. Olov has received many awards and scholarships for his achievements as a musician. In 1984 he was selected as a National Musician, in 1989 he was awarded the Viksta-Lasse Scholarship, and in 1990 he was chosen as World's Master of both the modern and older type of nyckelharpa. In 1992 he received the Ceylon Wallin Scholarship and in 1995 the Vuxenskolan's Artist Stipendium. 2013 he received the Zorn Medal in gold, possibly the finest reward a traditional musician can get in Sweden.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Joey Ryan: "This Is How Long The Applause Did Not Last"

    Joey Ryan: "This Is How Long The Applause Did Not Last"
    Apr 1 2022
    Joey Ryan is best known as the taller member of The Milk Carton Kids. The group has been nominated for three GRAMMY Awards: Best Folk Album in 2013 (The Ash & Clay); Best American Roots Performance in 2015 (“The City of Our Lady”); and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, in 2018 (All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do). In this episode, Matt talks to Joey about what touring feels like after 2 years of Covid-19, the band's Sad Songs Summer Camp, and what to do about the obligatory encore. They also reminisce about the time Matt gave Joey banjo lessons so he could accompany Robert Plant on tour.
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    1 hr and 10 mins

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