Compass Records has just released four digital albums of music recorded during the 2012 season of Music City Roots, a Nashville-based radio and television program airing each Wednesday evening from The Loveless Barn. Each of the four is titled based on loose stylistic
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Rebecca Frazier – When We Fall
It wasn't long ago that Rebecca Frazier was a rising star in bluegrass music. Her band, Hit & Run Bluegrass, had been an invited showcase act at the 2005 IBMA World of Bluegrass, and she graced the cover of the Fall
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Stevens Family – Down On The Farm
The Stevens Family Bluegrass Band, from Berkeley Springs, WV, have a total of four CDs, but are especially excited now about their new single, Down On The Farm, produced by Don Rigsby. The song was written and sung by Sissy Stevens, who plays
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Mike Scott remembers the War Between the States
I don’t know whether there are many fellow Brits who have a deep interest in the American Civil War and much that goes with that era as I do, but Rural Rhythm and Mike Scott and his friends know just
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Gypsy Runaway Train in June
Rural Rhythm Records has announced June 4 as the release for their third album for The Roys, Gypsy Runaway Train. In something of a departure for this brother/sister duo, who have typically recorded their own original music, this new project will
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Free track from The Farm Hands
The Farm Hands Bluegrass Quartet is offering a free download of the title track from their upcoming album, In A Country Town, due April 30. The song was written by Daryl Mosley, the band's bass player and lead singer, who says that
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Bankesters sign with Compass
Compass Records has announced the signing of bluegrass group The Bankesters to their roster of artists. The label will re-release the band's current album, Looking Forward, to their distribution network on May 28, with a new band project to follow this Fall. The
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Clinton Gregory Bluegrass Band – Roots Of My Raising
Clinton Gregory would appear to be another country music artist taking a stab at bluegrass. The Virginia native had some chart success in the early '90s, particularly with the song If It Weren't For Country Music I'd Go Crazy. Gregory went
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New album coming from Ruth Moody
Red House Records is pleased to announce the May 7 US release of These Wilder Things, the new solo album from Juno-Award winning songwriter Ruth Moody. A founding member of the Billboard-charting folk super-group The Wailin’ Jennys, Moody is an artist
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New EP from The Deadly Gentlemen
Rounder Records has released Bored of the Raging, a three song digital EP from their upcoming project with The Deadly Gentlemen. These Gentlemen serve as the creative outlet for Boston-based banjo player Greg Liszt, who is also a member of Crooked