Bluegrass recording news

Less than two weeks after announcing their new lineup and a record deal with Mountain Fever, Blue Moon Rising has a debut single from their next project to share. Founding member Keith Garrett is back with the band on mandolin, but

Rebel Records has released a debut single from their upcoming project from Big Country Bluegrass. Country Boy, Banjo and Flat Top Guitar will be included on the band's Mountains, Mamas, and Memories album, due to drop in late February. It is

On this day  .. On January 9, 1994, Ricky Skaggs’ Epic single Country Boy (Epic 34-04831) was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).  The recording was done in June 1994 and features such bluegrass music luminaries as Bobby

If you had been wondering what singer/songwriter Keith Garrett would do following the breakup of Highland Travelers, wonder no more. He has rededicated himself to Blue Moon Rising, the group with whom he first drew notice in bluegrass. And to celebrate,

Spartanburg, SC's Backline has been moving fast as a new entry on the bluegrass scene. This young group is only about two years old, but they have already placed songs on our chart, and have been steadily entertaining audiences wherever

MVD Entertainment Group has released a double live CD that will be of interest to fans of California bluegrass in the 1970s, and followers of Grateful Dead alumnus, the late Jerry Garcia. Good Old Boys Live - Drink Up & Go

Banjo maestro Butch Robins has recreated as a single, a song he wrote a couple of years back, and re-released it this year as a Christmas treat. It's one called Holiday Toast, which combines an old fashioned wish for the

Ever since I was a teenager in the early '70s, I have been convinced that Paperback Writer from The Beatles would make an excellent bluegrass number. It had been a #1 hit for the band in 1966, and its beat

Mountain Home Music Company has released another single this morning from their upcoming album for Unspoken Tradition, expected in 2019. The Asheville, NC band specializes in original contemporary bluegrass with a soulful, heartfelt edge. Bass player Lee Shuford takes the lead

This remembrance from the recording of Epilogue: a Tribute to John Duffey comes from Akira Otsuka. Together with Ronnie Freeland, he spent 15 years recording this loving tribute to a bluegrass legend, who was also a dear friend to Akira. It is