Bluegrass recording news

Jeff Parker, the very talented and wildly entertaining mandolinist with Dailey & Vincent, is expecting to release a solo project this May on Lonesome Day Records. If you've caught the Dailey & Vincent show live, you know that Parker has a

Lou Reid & Carolina have a new CD, Callin' Me Back Home, ready to go, with a debut single just released via Airplay Direct. The song is Carolina Moonshine Man, written by Reid, Ray Edwards and Terry Foust. Lou tells us that the

With the spirited discussion about the boundaries of bluegrass music going on in the comments of our recent post, IBMA at the Crossroads, it's timely to catch up with banjo wizard Ryan Cavanaugh. Ryan is a singularly accomplished picker, equally at

We caught up last week with Ken Scoggins, who reports that he is currently working on a follow-up to his successful 2010 album with Miller's Creek, Once In A Lifetime Thing. That last was a traditional bluegrass record, but Ken says

We continue to be fascinated by the many ways young musicians find to create new music using the instruments most commonly associated with the bluegrass ensemble. As a musical child of the 1960s, I grew up with the neighborhood garage rock

The Dennis Cove Band has just released their second recording, carrying the utilitarian title Dennis Cove Band Volume II. In case you're wondering, Dennis Cove is an especially scenic portion of East Tennessee, and not the leader of the band. In fact,

Patuxent Music has released an album from noted mandolinist, Akira Otsuka, entitled First Tear. Joining the former Bluegrass 45 mando man are Tony Rice, Kenny Smith, Phil Rosenthal, Chris Stifel, Al Petteway and David Grier on guitar; Rickie Simpkins, Phil Bloch

Rounder has announced April 10 as the release date for Nobody Knows You, the next CD from Steep Canyon Rangers. This will be their first band release since Deep In The Shade in 2010, though they collaborated with Steve Martin

The Carter Brothers never rest... or so it would seem. Fresh off the release of their The Road To Roosky album on Compass, the boys have already tracked another project, again with an Irish/American vibe. Tim Carter, the banjo-playing half of the team

Side projects are becoming more and more common in the bluegrass world. Sometimes it's a solo project from a member of an established band; other times it's an all-star effort involving a bevy of popular artists. But sometimes it's an