What's The Reason For This Podcast
1) What's The Reason For This Podcast Season 2 Episode 3 - Brenna MacMillan - Singer-Songwriter
This week, Kodi and Shay welcome banjo powerhouse and IBMA Songwriter of the Year nominee, Brenna MacMillan. From her Kentucky roots to her Nashville grind, Brenna’s journey blends tradition, resilien...Show More
2) What's The Reason For This Season 2 Episode 2 - Jeremy Garrett - The Infamous Stringdusters
This week, Kodi & Shay sit down with Jeremy Garrett of The Infamous Stringdusters for a deep dive into 🎶 bluegrass roots, jamgrass evolution, and the art of pushing boundaries.👴 The guys kick things...Show More
3) What's The Reason For This Podcast Season 2 Episode 1 - Owen Murphy - One Drop Design Studio
🎙️ Season 2 Kicks Off with a Bang! 💥🚀🎨✍️No more excuses, b*tches — Season 2 of What’s the Reason for This? is officially here! 🎉 After cranking out 60+ episodes last year, we’re back, rearranged,...Show More
4) Episode 60 - Bela Fleck - Always Becoming: Béla Fleck’s Journey of Curiosity
In this banjo-fueled episode of What’s the Reason for This?, Kodi chats with the one-and-only Béla Fleck 🪕✨ — a living legend who has reinvented bluegrass, jazz, classical, and everything in between....Show More
5) Episode 59 - Steve Szymanski - From Telluride to Lyons: How Planet Bluegrass Built a Legacy
In this special RockyGrass episode, we sit down with Steve Szymanski, co-founder of Planet Bluegrass, the visionary behind Telluride Bluegrass, Folks Fest, and RockyGrass. Steve shares how a chance e...Show More
6) Episode 58 - Eric Abramson - The Secret Life of Stagehands
Live from RockyGrass in Lyons, Colorado 🌲🎶, we’re taking you behind the curtain of the festival magic! Instead of spotlighting just the bands, this episode dives deep into the unsung heroes—the stag...Show More
7) Episode 57 - Seth Mulder & Midnight Run - North Dakota Nights to Nashville Lights
This week on What’s the Reason for This? we’re riverside at RockyGrass in Lyons, CO with mandolin ripper Seth Mulder of Midnight Run! 🌲🎶From growing up in North Dakota (not exactly a bluegrass hotbe...Show More
8) Episode 56 - Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road - No Rehearsals, No Problem How Cane Mill Road Blew Our Minds
Live from Lyons, CO, we planted ourselves in the heart of RockyGrass to chat with the absolute barn-burners of Cane Mill Road—and folks, these boys didn’t just blow the roof off… they power-washed it,...Show More
9) Episode 55 - Slay & Stinson - Pickin' with Purpose: How They Found Their Sound
In this episode of What’s the Reason for This?, we’re backstage at RockyGrass with Slay & Stinson—one of the three finalists in this year’s definitely-not-amateur Amateur Band Contest! 🎻🔥 These Colo...Show More
10) Episode 54 - Off The Rails - From Gospel to Grateful Dead: Bluegrass with a Twist
Strap in, folks—we’re going Off the Rails in the best way possible 🚂💥! Recorded backstage at the legendary RockyGrass Festival in Lyons, CO 🎶⛰️, this episode is a wild ride with the 2024 Amateur Ba...Show More