Rural Rhythm Records has announced two new albums in their Heritage Collection series, bringing to six the number of re-releases from their deep catalog of bluegrass and old time music. The Legendary J.E. Mainer, Volume 3 was originally released in 1968,
Bluegrass recording news
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Let It Shine from Tammy Jones Robinette
Southern Gospel artist Tammy Jones Robinette is preparing to release her first bluegrass project, Let It Shine, recorded at Skaggs Place and Hilltop Studio in Nashville. Tammy has been singing Gospel music since childhood, touring with her mother and father as The Jones
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Two new mandolin projects from Patuxent
Patuxent Records, based in Rockville, MD, has two new releases celebrating bluegrass mandolin. One involves teaming up a veteran stylist with a newcomer, and the other an exercise of label owner perogative. Frank Wakefield has long been an artist who goes
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Paul Williams hangs up his Walkin’ Shoes
Paul Williams, one of the most dynamic and enduring entertainers in bluegrass, has decided to call it a day. Having written a handful of classic songs over his career, which has involved 60 years running the roads, no one is
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Vinyl EP coming from Jessica Stiles
Jessica Stiles has been working the acoustic and Americana scene in both DC and Nashville for some time, but her next project, a 4 song/7'' vinyl EP is all bluegrass. She's set to call it Little Darlin' (Pal of Mine), after
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Debut single from Matt Wallace
Pinecastle has announced a March 11 release date for For A Season, a solo project from Knoxville bass player and vocalist, Matt Wallace. The album features Matt and a number of other very talented singers, including Paul Brewster, Jesse Gregory,
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Becky Buller to Dark Shadow
Dark Shadow Recording has announced the signing of Becky Buller to the label. A prominent singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Buller is currently working with Darin & Brooke Aldridge as fiddler and vocalist. Becky is one of those artists whose work you
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The High 48s ride the train
The High 48s, a Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, band formed in 2006, is working on an album of train songs with funding for the project coming from a successful Kickstarter campaign. This will be their fifth album project. They are a five-piece
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Grandpa Was My Guide from Remington Ryde
Poor Mountain Records has released a first single from Harvesting The Tradition, their first project with longstanding Pennsylvania band Remington Ryde. The song is Grandpa Was My Guide, written by Ryde guitarist Ryan Frankhouser. His own grandfather was the subject of this loving
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Darren Nicholson has Things Left Undone
Darren Nicholson, mandolinist with Balsam Range, has a new solo project to start 2014. Things Left Undone finds Darren with some of the top names in bluegrass on 12 tracks of new and classic bluegrass, and a pair of bonus tracks