Bluegrass recording news

As the bluegrass genre grows to include more and more offshoots in the mind of the average consumer, traditionalists can be found grousing about the dilution of the art form, or the importance of maintaing definitions and categories. But while

Colorado's Finnders & Youngberg have a new EP with an intriguing title. I Don't Want Love You Won't Give Until I Cry offers a half dozen new songs written within the band, recorded in banjo picker Aaron Youngberg's studio. Talk

The talented duo of Mark Johnson & Emory Lester have released a new project called 1863. It is their contribution to the commemoration of the music of Civil War era America during this, the sesquicentennial of the fierce fighting that occurred

Lonesome Day Records has announced the signing of Tim Shelton to a multi-project deal. Shelton had until this year been the lead singer and guitarist for NewFound Road, a contemporary bluegrass group that was mixing pop and blues influences in their

Perennial festival favorites Nothin' Fancy have both a live performance DVD and a greatest hits CD to offer their fans this Summer, as they approach their 20th anniversary in 2014. Most Requested, Volume 1 contains 18 tracks from the band's first

Paul Brewster is used to working outside the spotlight. He's made a career in bluegrass music helping make superstars sound good, and folks who follow our industry closely consider him as among the top current tenor singers in the business,

Poor Mountain Records has announced the signing of Kevin Pace and The Early Edition to the label. The Spokane, Washington-based band is the first west coast act to work with Poor Mountain, run by Jonathan Buckner in West Virginia. Pace and his

Idyletimes, whose members hail from Ohio and West Virginia, have released their debut album for Poor Mountain Records, appropriately titled Poor Mountain Home. A first single, Lorraine, is now available to radio programmers at Airplay Direct. It tells of a firefighter

Virginia's Hackensaw Boys have pressed limited quantities of a live album recorded in January for sale during their brief European tour this week. Entitled Live 'Till The Sweet By And By, the LP-only release features the rough and rowdy, roots and bluegrass

We heard last week from Jon Weisberger, who caught us up on a new project he is producing for Missy Werner. "Missy was in Nashville at Ben Surratt's Rec Room studio last week to do some recording for her next album.