Bluegrass recording news

Summer McMahan, the talented lead singer for Mountain Faith, has struck out on her own with a new self-produced solo project, The Story Of My Life. In reviewing the band's last album, Battlefield, we offered high praise for her singing and

From Barcelona comes Grazztrio, a new experimental string band that performs their own original music. Their approach merges traditional bluegrass instruments and playing styles with rhythms and harmonic concepts common to jazz and classical music. Members include Lluis Gomex on banjo, Oriol

Billboard, who publishes the (supposedly) quintessential music charts, have released their year-end chart of the Top 15 Bluegrass Albums of 2013. 15. Leaving Eden - Carolina Chocolate Drops 14. Brothers of the Highway - Dailey & Vincent 13. The Living Years - The Isaacs 12. Ahoy! - The Punch Brothers 11. Hammer Down - The

Another publication to have named its favorite bluegrass albums of the year is CMT Edge. Writer Craig Shelburne selects 10 albums, some of which other people have chosen and, no doubt, will appear on more lists, while a few are very

My mailbox and inbox overflowed with music in 2013, as sure a sign as any that bluegrass is alive and well. There’s good news and bad news about that. The good news is that much of that music was very well

The banjo world is eagerly awaiting the next installment from 5 string magnifico Tony Trischka, Great Big World, due February 4 from Rounder. Trischka first emerged on the scene in the early 1970s as part of the eclectic string music scene

Jim and Valerie Gabehart have announced the release of their latest album, I was Raised in a Railroad Town.  The 12-track CD – there is a "bonus" track introducing daughter Amy Taylor doing one of her originals – includes four Gabehart

The musical Mougin family has a lovely version of Silent Night they recorded for Christmas to share as a free download. Stephen, who plays guitar and sings with Sam Bush, tracked it in his studio (Dark Shadow Recording) with his talented

For The Game, due from Rounder on January 21, Blue Highway has again put together an album of original material written within the band. Each of the five members have at least one track, with co-writes from such noted bluegrass

The Ralph Stanleys have a new album, Side By Side, set for a February 2014 release on Rebel Records. That would be the one-and-only Ralph Stanley, and his bluegrass singing son, Ralph Stanley II, more commonly known as "Two." Two worked