Moonshine Moonlight

Jeremy Darrow of The Steel Wheels

Jeremy Darrow, a renowned bassist and musician, joins Mason and Charlie to talk about everything from bourbon, to musical influances, to egg salad sandwiches. We touch on the pros and cons of music school, our shared love of Bill Evans and Whos Hat is This, old east nashville, Bob Weir and much more.

Thomas Cassell and Griffin MacMahon

Griffin Mcmahon is a virtuosic keys player from up in New England, he is even an alumnus of the prestigious Juliard school. Griffin talks about his move to Nashville, how he fell in love with Honky Tonk music as well as 80s rock. He opens up about his new project he just released that was recorded by our very own Charlie Chamberlain. He also gives us the scoop on what its like to have a weekly residency at the world famous Roberts Western World and to tour and perform with the wild Wheeler Walker Jr. Our surprise guest is mandolinist extrordinaire Thomas Cassell who is known in the bluegrass community from his work with Circus No. 9, a band that has since went on indefinite hiatus. Thomas now is the mandolin player in Woodbox Heroes, a top notch bluegrass band filled with all stars. Thomas also plays with his own project as well as gigging with Mason Via and The Cleverlys from time to time. We were also lucky enough to hear these two render us a lovely duet performance on piano and mandolin.

Lily Grace and Avery Merritt

Lily Grace is an up and coming country and pop superstar from Australia who is making waves as the hottest new name in Nashville, TN. Worlds collide when our surprise guest Avery Merritt hops in the booth to chat about his experience touring as an A-List fiddler with the amazing Sierra Hull. We chat about writing, touring, picking, and the artistic process. As always your cohosts Mason Via and Charlie Chamberlain are here to stir the pot and spill the tea with you our fine listeners. We even got a lovely solo rendition of Sally Goodin from the finest fiddler himself! Huge thanks to 4115 studio for always supporting our wild podcast.

Irakli Gabriel and Chris Capazzoli

This episode, Mason & Charlie sit down with Folk Rock singer/songwriter, Irakli Gabriel. We talk about his new project with Charlie, "The Blue Light Specials," his work on his partner Anana Kaye's new record, and his last album collaboration with the late great David Olney. We also get off on tangents talking about Georgian Folk music and the current state of the world. Our surprise guest was none other than Chris Cappozzoli, the most undiscovered gem in Nashville. Chris chats with the boys about his recent ACM and GRAMMY nominations as well as his longtime residency playing at 12 South Taproom every Monday. Chris also renders us an armadillo song from his new record that is intentionally no where to be found on streaming services. Bubblys were had by all.

John Gray & Rico Wallenda from Down River Collective

Howdy friends, we are back with episode 2 of the Moonshine Moonlight Podcast. Our special guests are John Gray Zahurancik and Rico Wallenda of the band Down River Collective. They talk about their new single "Come On Back" featuring Dan Tyminski and elaborate on writing and recording their band's upcoming music. John Gray is also touring with country acts Liam St John and Dylan Gossett as a utility musician. Rico Wallenda comes from a travelling circus background and his family "The Flying Wallendas" was famous for walking the high wire tight rope. Mason talks about how he knows Gray from their time together touring with OCMS. Charlie talks about pedal board rigs and drinking on shine.