Episode 140: BluegrassToday Weekly Top 20 Countdown 12/Oct/2025
This week’s Countdown celebrates a mix of long-running chart favourites and powerful new arrivals — with fresh stories, gospel inspiration, and even a trip to the South Pole.🏆 HighlightsAlison Krauss & Union Station return after a 14-year break with “Richmond on the James.”Jason Carter & Michael ...
Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Andy Leftwich
This week we feature mandolin player and fiddler Andy Leftwich and talk with him about his early days playing fiddle contests, joining Valerie Smith at age 15 and then Ricky Skaggs' band at age 19. He spent about 12 years playing with Skaggs and has since moved on and recently recorded a couple o...
Andy Leftwich: Fiddle and Faith
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4-time Grammy winner Andy Leftwich began playing fiddle at age 6, entered his first contest at 7, and won the National Championship for Beginners at 12. At age 19 he joined Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, where he played for 15 years.He's also one of Nashville’s most sought afte...
What Ricky Skaggs Taught Me + How To Grow As A Musician w/ Andy Leftwich
Andy’s latest album, Aced, brings together a powerhouse group of musicians he calls ‘the Aces,’ blending bluegrass, Celtic, and modern influences into a collection of original tunes and thoughtfully chosen covers. Andy’s playing is both virtuosic and deeply musical, and his work reflects a lifelo...
The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #304 Andy Leftwich
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It’s always great when I get to chat with this week’s guest, Andy Leftwich. Andy is a master musician and very kind about sharing his tips on what makes him...
S5E10 Andy Leftwich: American Fiddler!
Mike gets to chat with the iconic American Fiddler, Andy Leftwich. They cover all kinds of topics, including Andy’s incredible musical experiences, how best to learn a musical genre, some projects of historic scale … and coping with the shellac shortage during World War 2! We hope you enjoy this ...
Andy Leftwich - Aced
My guest on the podcast this week is fiddle player Andy Leftwich and we're chatting about his new album Aced.
Andy talks about his love for instrumental music, including how hearing Mark O'Connor's The New Nashville Cats as a child inspired him. He also talks about contest fiddling and his 15 yea...
Andy Leftwich
Episode 360: Andy Leftwich was a Tennessee string picking prodigy who crushed it at fiddle competitions and was working by his late teens. Then, before he turned twenty, he was offered a job (on stage no less) by legend Ricky Skaggs. For 15 years with Kentucky Thunder, he built a reputation as on...
Episode 171: Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown – Episode 199
Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown – Episode 199This week on the Bluegrass Today Weekly Top 20 Countdown we have a brand new number one song, six debuts, six returning songs and a tie at number 11.Red Camel Collective returns to the top of the chart with Finding Your Way Home, while Jaelee R...
Episode #109 - Andy Leftwich
Hometown Bluegrass Show Podcast – Episode #109
This week on the Hometown Bluegrass Show Podcast, Tim and Josh are joined by one of the most respected musicians in bluegrass music, Andy Leftwich! Andy shares stories from his incredible career, discusses his musical journey, and gives listeners a b...
