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.
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Signup to Generate a PitchMusician 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.
Banjo Chat is hosted by Hilary Hawke. The show has published 24 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "303 Hannah Mayree" (15 October 2025, 67 minutes), "302 Wes Corbett" (8 October 2025, 55 minutes), and "Dueling Banjos Podcasts! Live from Ashokan feat. Hilary Hawke, Keith Billik, BB Bowness, Scott Hopkins, Maggie Shar" (9 September 2025, 48 minutes).
Banjo Chat publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 47 minutes across 24 episodes.
Booking probability for Banjo Chat is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Banjo Chat requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Banjo Chat's contact route on record: verified email.
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Hilary Hawke hosts Banjo Chat, a music podcast with 24 episodes published.
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Episode #303
In 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 project, born from a deep need and desire to...
Episode #302
In 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 recording process. We listen to a couple of...
I’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 Hilary Hawke and Keith Billik at the Ashokan...
Episode #211
This 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, re-issuing records and the vision for...
Episode #210
This 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 the rent! Apprentices, banjo making...
Episode #209
This 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 everyone and we return next week with our next...
Episode #208
This 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 close to her roots. We talk about her...
Episode #207
This 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 are also talking about banjo necks, banjo...
Episode #206
This 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, as well as a sense of belonging. She...
Episode #205
This 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 and special guest barks from Fisher the...
Episode #204
This 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 to meet people to play with, and crazy...
Episode #203
This 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. Thinking about the bigger picture, building...
Episode #202
This 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 Strathmore. Her project from China to...
Episode #201
Season 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 audience, and how to have fun onstage. How she...
It'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 teaching a great community of banjoists. This...
Episode #9
This 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 she was touring for 20 years before ever...
Episode #8
This 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 United States. How she approaches...
Episode #7
This 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 moving closer to the source of blues, and...
Episode #6
In 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 Fred Cockerham and recording the album...
Episode #5
Hubby 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, other types of musicians). Naming our banjos...
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