The Fretboard Journal Guitar Podcast

We first spoke to electric guitarmaker Jon "Sully" Sullivan on the podcast back in 2018 (episode 204). This week marks Sully's long-awaited return back onto the podcast. We talk about his '71 Trella m...

27 Jul 20231h 12min

This week's double-header of an episode is all about the 2023 Fretboard Summit taking place August 24-26, 2023 at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music. As you hopefully know, the Summit is a three-...

18 Jul 20231h 31min

Meet Jonathan Stout, a Southern California-based jazz guitarist best known as a bandleader in the swing dance world. Jonathan's story is unlike any we've ever heard: Here's someone who cites Kirk Ham...

12 Jul 20231h 32min

Saltwater Hank is a Ts'msyen musician based in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. On Canada Day, 2023, he released his new and boldest album to date, 'G​̱​al'u​̈​u​̈​nx Wil Lu Holtga Liimi.' It's an ent...

3 Jul 202357min

You've never heard a tale like that of guitarist Rick Deitrick. A product of the '60s, Rick went from playing the accordion as a kid in Ohio to joining a rock band and performing at love-ins throughou...

29 Jun 20231h 4min

Banjo great Alison Brown joins us on this week's podcast to talk about her new album, On Banjo, and so much more. We chat about how she discovered bluegrass music while growing up in Southern Californ...

21 Jun 202353min

Musician/producer Blake Mills and Chris Weisman sit down with us to talk about Jelly Road, the forthcoming album they've co-written (out July 14 via New Deal / Verve Records). They talk about how they...

14 Jun 20231h 21min

Every month, we recap the latest guitar industry news with offset guitar hero Mike Adams (@puisheen). The month of May was fairly slow on the guitar news front, but Mike and FJ Publisher Jason Verlind...

9 Jun 202358min