About this podcast
Musician and professional banjoist Hilary Hawke interviews cutting edge and inspiring banjo players about their lives in and out of the music industry; reflecting on stories and ideas that inspire their performing, writing and their everyday lives.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 24 episodes
- 303 Hannah Mayree · 1 h 6 min · Episode 303In this episode of banjo chat I sit down with Hannah Mayree — musician, cultural worker, and founder of the Black Banjo Reclamation Project. Hannah shares the origins of the…
- 302 Wes Corbett · 55 min · Season 3 Episode 302In this episode, we dive into the making of Wes Corbett’s new album Drift. The inspirations behind the music, the collaborators who brought it to life, and insights into the…
- Dueling Banjos Podcasts! Live from Ashokan feat. Hilary Hawke, Keith Billik, BB Bowness, Scott Hopkins, Maggie Shar · 48 min · Season 3 Episode 212I’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…
- 211 Season Finale with Alison Brown! · 35 min · Episode 211This 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…
- 210 Lukas Poole · 50 min · Episode 210This 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…
- 209 Listener Emails Part Two · 14 min · Episode 209This week on banjo chat! As we prepare for the final two episodes in this season we take a moment to get into some more Listener emails! And these ones are doozies. Thanks…
- 208 Melissa Carper · 42 min · Episode 208This week on the banjo chat! We have Melissa Carper! We are chatting about being on the road with her band, her debut at the Grand Ole Opry and how she writes songs and stays…
- 207 Kyle Tuttle · 58 min · Episode 207This week we have Kyle Tuttle on the banjo chat! Of course we talk about winning the grammy award with Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway for their City of Gold album! Yessir! We…
- 206 Moira Smiley · 49 min · Episode 206This week we have Moira Smiley on the banjo chat! We talk about how music gives you a sense of transformation and how what she writes on banjo can have an uplift, a melancholy…
- 205 Kristin Scott Benson · 53 min · Episode 205This week’s episode is with Kristin Scott Benson! It was a great chat with Kristin, all things banjo and beyond. Listening to her solos and talking about who inspired her to play…
- 204 Listener Emails! · 18 min · Episode 204This week on banjo chat podcast, it's me taking listener emails! Great questions from our listeners. We chat about how to seem more confident on stage, what is stage banter?, how…
- 203 Aaron Jonah Lewis · 1 h 5 min · Episode 203This week’s episode is with Aaron Jonah Lewis and how music and the world as we know it, are changing! We talk about making music in Detroit, and being a traveling musician…
- 202 Cathy Fink · 47 min · Episode 202This week’s episode is with Cathy Fink! We talk about her grammy nominations, collaborations, and how she has been mentoring different artists-in-residence at the Music Center at…
- 201 Lisa Leblanc · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 201Season 2 kicks off with a bang! We have Lisa Leblanc! Coming straight from her recent Symphony tours of her original music in Canada. Her big picture on connection with the…
- 10 Tony Trischka, Joe Newberry, Cedric Watson, Scott Hopkins Season Finale!!! · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 10It's the Season Finale of Season 1! A special live episode taped onstage at the Ashokan Center in Olivebridge, NY. At the inaugural Banjo Weekend Nov 15-17th where we were…
- 9 Cynthia Sayer · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 9This week’s episode is with Cynthia Sayer! We talk about what it is like being a full-time professional banjoist in the jazz world. What made her want to learn swing banjo? How…
- 8 BB Bowness · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 8This week my guest is BB Bowness! We chat about what it’s like being a professional bluegrass banjoist. How she got into banjo in New Zealand and got her first banjo from the…
- 7 Cristina Vane · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 7This episode is with Cristina Vane! She talks about how she got into clawhammer banjo, the bluegrass and old-time scenes in Nashville, Los Angeles, and NYC and what it’s like…
- 6 Allison DeGroot · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 6In this episode we chat with Allison DeGroot! Allison talks about her immersion into banjo and how she got into playing in bands. Writing tunes. The playing of Hobart Smith and…
- 5 Hubby Jenkins · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 5Hubby talks about how he got into music, how he practices in small spaces, his influences in early folk, old-time, influences from other people besides banjoists (comedians…
