Caroline Owens may be the fastest rising new artist in bluegrass, delighting listeners and audiences with her ear-catching vocals and enchanting southern charm. Her label, Skyline Records, has released a new single today, He Loves Me Not, a lonely love song
Bluegrass recording news
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Rhapsody in Blue(grass) from Béla Fleck
We shared the news last month that five string banjo maestro Béla Fleck was set to release a new album that explored the music of 20th century American composer George Gershwin, most prominently his masterwork, Rhapsody in Blue. Béla tackles
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Cannonball – new single from Sister Sadie
Mountain Home Music has another single today from their upcoming album for Sister Sadie, No Fear, the last ahead of the project's release on January 26. This next record highlights the band's new personnel since their last album in 2018. Founding
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Seven Devils (Limbo) video from The Kitchen Dwellers
The Kitchen Dwellers are an interesting band to consider, from a bluegrass perspective. They exist within the typical four-piece bluegrass format - guitar, mandolin, banjo, bass - but use the instruments to record and perform music that would never be welcomed
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Happy Valley video from Wyatt Ellis
Another new music video is available this week, this time from Tennessee's mandolin prodigy Wyatt Ellis, with a tune from his upcoming album, Happy Valley. In fact, it's the title track, one Wyatt wrote at 12 years old, like all of
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Drunken Hiccup video from New Valley String Band
Sweden's New Valley String Band got together in much the same manner as musicians do anywhere in the world. It's three members, Adam Bülow on fiddle, Michael Nyberg on guitar, and Lukas Lindberg on banjo, met and started playing together
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A Robin Built a Nest on Daddy’s Grave from Bent Mountain
Quigg Lawrence is an odd kind of bluegrass artist and producer. A Bishop Suffragan in the Anglican Church in North America, he records specifically to enhance the musical careers of young bluegrass artists he has met, and has formed a
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Honest Try video from Under The Rocks
British Columbia grassers Under The Rocks also have their next album set for release early in the new year, with a single for the title track this month to introduce people to the sound. Their subtle, low key delivery brings
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Stone by Stone from Lord of the Strings
Since signing Nashville bluegrass artist Tony Wray to the label, Pinecastle Records has given him tremendous creative freedom. He oversaw an album of grassed up versions of classic Disney songs, and another of acoustic takes on childrens' favorites. Tony has worked
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Coal Minin’ Man video from Urban Folk Quartet
Britain's Urban Folk Quartet has spent the past 14 years refining their unique and eclectic sound, which draws equally from English, Celtic, and Appalachian resources. It's not odd to also find traces of other European traditional music in their repertoire,