Rounder Records has announced a September 30 release for Three Chords And The Truth, a country music tribute project from James King. Fear not, traditional bluegrass fans; the Bluegrass Storyteller isn't going country. But he has picked a dozen favorites from
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Wait Is Over coming soon from Jett’s Creek
Mountain Fever Records has announced October 15 as the release date for the long-awaited third album from Ohio's Jett's Creek. This project has been more than two years in production, under the steady hand of Clay Hess, and carries the unsurprising
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It’s Christmas Time for Jeff Parker
Earlier this Summer we told you about Jeff Parker's next CD, a Christmas album due in October from Lonesome Day. The record will be titled It's Christmas Time, with a debut single, Step Into My Christmas from Elton John, due October
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Streets Of Baltimore coming from Del
A new album from The Del McCoury Band is due next week, called Streets Of Baltimore. We'll have a review soon. Download purchases are enabled now, as are pre-orders for autographed copies of the CD. Follow this link, and scroll to
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Rebel Records announces new Gospel Compilation
Rebel Records has announced the October 22nd release of a new Gospel compilation album, Memories of That Old Country Church (REB-CD-8008). Gospel and sacred music has been an integral part of bluegrass music’s repertoire for as long as the music has been
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Joe Mullins and Junior Sisk reunite for Hall Of Fame Bluegrass
As the bluegrass genre grows to include more and more offshoots in the mind of the average consumer, traditionalists can be found grousing about the dilution of the art form, or the importance of maintaing definitions and categories. But while
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Free streams from Finnders & Youngberg EP
Colorado's Finnders & Youngberg have a new EP with an intriguing title. I Don't Want Love You Won't Give Until I Cry offers a half dozen new songs written within the band, recorded in banjo picker Aaron Youngberg's studio. Talk
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1863 from Mark Johnson & Emory Lester
The talented duo of Mark Johnson & Emory Lester have released a new project called 1863. It is their contribution to the commemoration of the music of Civil War era America during this, the sesquicentennial of the fierce fighting that occurred
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Tim Shelton to Lonesome Day
Lonesome Day Records has announced the signing of Tim Shelton to a multi-project deal. Shelton had until this year been the lead singer and guitarist for NewFound Road, a contemporary bluegrass group that was mixing pop and blues influences in their
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Two new projects from Nothin’ Fancy
Perennial festival favorites Nothin' Fancy have both a live performance DVD and a greatest hits CD to offer their fans this Summer, as they approach their 20th anniversary in 2014. Most Requested, Volume 1 contains 18 tracks from the band's first