In this podcast Flatpicking Guitar Magazine editor Dan Miller talks with Italian flatpicking Maestro Beppe Gambetta. Originally from Genoa, Italy, Beppe now owns a second home in New Jersey and spends at least half of the year in the United States. In celebration of his new American home, Beppe has just released a new CD titled "The American Album." In this podcast, Dan talks with Beppe about his new CD and then play you a cut from the album.

In this podcast we are going to try something a little different. As you may know, in all of our previous podcasts, we've interviewed flatpicking guitar players and then provided one tune from our interview subject. We're not going to be interviewing anyone this time, we are just going to play you a bunch of music that has come into our office recently so that you sit back and enjoy some fine flatpicking music. All of the artists who I'll be featuring in this podcasts have been highlighted in flatpicking guitar magazine over the years. If you hear someone that you like in particular, please check out the issue in which they were featured at www.flatpickingmerantile.com

In this podcast Dan Miller talks with the 1995 National Flatpicking Guitar Champion, Mark Cosgrove. They talk about Mark's current job with the David Bromberg quartet and how he approaches his improvised solos on stage with that band. They also talk about Mark's latest FGM Records CD "Unencumbered," and his work on the road with the Depue Brothers. Plus, you'll get to hear a cut off of Mark's "Unencumbered" CD - the great old fiddle tune "Rickett's Hornpipe."