# Ep. 156: LIVE from a Community Bluegrass Jam in the Historic Mikkelsen Barn near Waitsburg, WA

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cascade-of-history-14444/ep-156-live-from-a-community-bluegrass-jam-in-the-historic-mikkelsen-barn-near-waitsburg-wa
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cascade-of-history-14444/ep-156-live-from-a-community-bluegrass-jam-in-the-historic-mikkelsen-barn-near-waitsburg-wa.md
Podcast: [Cascade of History](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cascade-of-history-14444)
Published: 2026-07-18T17:13:57+00:00
Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/ep-156
Audio file: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2363499389-cascadeofhistory-ep-156.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cascade-of-history-14444/episodes/ep-156-live-from-a-community-bluegrass-jam-in-the-historic-mikkelsen-barn-near-waitsburg-wa
Duration seconds: 7243

## Resource

This special LIVE REMOTE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY originated from a community bluegrass jam inside the historic Mikkelsen Barn in Walla Walla County near Waitsburg, Washington. Along with a lot of live music, interview guests include HERITAGE BARN HERO Kristin Darrow, who restored the circa 1920 barn and an adjoining grain elevator with support from the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation’s Heritage Barn Grant Program, which is administered by the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation; and Touchet Valley Acoustic Music Project (TVAMP) founder Kate Hockersmith, a longtime Waitsburg resident (and musician) who began organizing community bluegrass performances many years ago. More than a dozen members of the regular bluegrass jam took part in the live performance, and most of are introduced during the program. Special thanks to Kristin Darrow and Kate Hockersmith for the warm welcome and for allowing us to share this magical community event with CASCADE OF HISTORY listeners; to CASCADE OF HISTORY Field Producer & Roving Correspondent Ken Zick for his invaluable assistance throughout the broadcast; and to Mitch Etter of SPACE 101.1 FM for running the board back at the station (a live remote broadcast from a rural Palouse wheat farm meant a few glitches along the way). The deadline to apply for the next round of Heritage Barn Grants is Autumn 2027. Link for more information: https://dahp.wa.gov/historic-registers/heritage-barn-register/heritage-barn-grants Links to more information as well as images related to most topics discussed on the show are often available at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page: www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistory This live remote broadcast was presented from 7:00 to 9:00pm Pacific Time on Friday, Ju…

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cascade-of-history-14444/episodes/ep-156-live-from-a-community-bluegrass-jam-in-the-historic-mikkelsen-barn-near-waitsburg-wa/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/cascade-of-history-14444/ep-156-live-from-a-community-bluegrass-jam-in-the-historic-mikkelsen-barn-near-waitsburg-wa.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.