Compass Records announced earlier today that the next album from Special Consensus would be a star-studded tribute to popular 1970s singer/songwriter John Denver. Country Boy: A Bluegrass Tribute to John Denver will feature the current Speial C, along with guest appearances
...back Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen This band just keeps getting better. The unit’s debut release for Compass Records, On The Edge, is still getting plenty of airplay, and a pair of IBMA awards (banjo player of the year for Mike Munford
Bluegrass guitarist Bryan Sutton has accomplished an awful lot since he first appeared on the scene with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder in 1995. This was at the beginning of Skaggs' return to his bluegrass roots, and Sutton was enlisted
Travis Frye and Blue Mountain is the latest act to sign with Kindred Records. Their first album with the label, Living in a Moment, is expected this Spring. The North Carolina band is fronted by Frye, guitarist, lead singer and afternoon host
Rural Rhythm has planned a March 4 ship date for their latest classic bluegrass reissue, Radio Shows, from Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys. Initially released as a 2 LP set in 1962 on Jim & Jesse's own Old Dominion
Fresh off their big win at SPBGMA last week, Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice are back in the studio working on their next project for Rebel Records. We have no information on a possible title, or songs to be included,
Randy Cook & Commonwealth is a new bluegrass band based in the Richmond, VA area. The group consists of a pair of veterans (Randy Cook and Malcolm Pulley) and a couple of young guns (Jason Owen and Lance Seal). They are
The Claire Lynch Band is working on a holiday CD that will be released later this year. The project, which mixes winter songs with Christmas numbers and one Hanukkah tune, will be released on Claire’s own label, at least initially, between
Progressive banjo player Ryan Cavanaugh has released a second single from his new series of bluegrass/fusion series, Back Country. This latest is the title track from the Internet-only project. Featured are Cavanaugh on electric banjo, Bill Evans on saxophone, Mark Egan
Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen is back in the studio this week in Nashville, starting work on a second Compass Records project as a follow-up to the much heralded On the Edge. The band has been test-driving new material in recent
