Pinecastle Records has announced the re-signing of Dale Ann Bradley, surely among the most enduring singers in bluegrass music, to a multi-album deal with the label. She is starting work this month on the first project of this new contract,
Bluegrass recording news
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On This Day #62 – Prime Cuts of Bluegrass
On this day …. On July 15, 1992, Kirk Brandenberger and his wife Becky (KBC Music, Inc.) launched Prime Cuts of Bluegrass with the release of their first CD distributed to bluegrass radio DJs, programmers, and the media. The radio marketing service
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Dana from Dewey & Leslie Brown
After many successive generations of being looked down upon by the popular culture, the Appalachian heritage at the root of so much bluegrass and old time music is finally being celebrated by academia and the wider world as an authentic
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Six Feet Under The Ground from Glen Duncan
The new single this week from fiddler and vocalist Glen Duncan, Six Feet Under The Ground, is the third released in advance of his upcoming album from Engelhardt Music Group. Long time bluegrass veteran, Duncan, has 'been there and done that' in
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Righteous Bell from Michael Barnett with Sarah Jarosz
Ever since we first heard music from Mike Barnett in 2014, it was clear that this young fiddler, vocalist, and songwriter would do big things in this industry. His first album for Compass that year, One Song Romance, demonstrated his
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Track Premiere: Shadowbands from Mark Stoffel
As promised last month, Mountain Home Music Company has released a debut single from their upcoming solo project from mandolinist Mark Stoffel. We all know Mark from his 10+ years touring and recording with Chris Jones & The Night Drivers. His
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Ross Holmes set to release Overture, July 10
Texas fiddler Ross Holmes has been playing around the edges of bluegrass music for his whole career. Grassers first noticed his highly-technical playing with Cadillac Sky after he made the move to Nashville. When that group dissolved, Holmes found work
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Track Premiere: Success from Charlie Stevens
Charlie Stevens is a young bluegrass singer, guitarist, and songwriter in Fort Collins, CO. A recent graduate of the University of Northern Colorado, he is the first student in the school's history to earn a music performance degree in bluegrass guitar,
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A Perfect World from Barbara Jo Kammer with Greg Blake
Barbara Jo Kammer has a new album of her original music, Big Blue Sky In The Morning, touching on a number of different styles, all in keeping with her overall mission of addiction recovery. She spent 40 years of her
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Fallen Angels from Bowregard
Like most acts in the music business, Colorado's Bowregard had high expectations heading into 2020. Having won the Telluride Bluegrass Band Contest in 2019, they were looking at major festival bookings throughout the Rocky Mountain region, and a new album