Episode 48 – Casey Driessen

Casey Driessen is an American fiddler on the move. After playing with Steve Earle and Bela Fleck in Nashville and teaching at the Berklee College of Music, he recently took a nine-month journey exploring musical traditions around the world with his instrument. In the podcast, he discusses his roots in bluegrass and jazz, how he came to embark on his Otherlands project and how he managed to fit his fiddle into a Japanese jam session.