The popularity of bluegrass music in Japan is a subject well known and widely discussed among US and European grassers. Since the postwar occupation of the island nation in the late 1940s, the Japanese have warmed to many aspects of
Bluegrass recording news
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New single from The Churchmen
Mountain Fever has released a debut single from their first project with The Churchmen, Mercy River. The song is Bread and Water, written by the band's newest member, Carroll Arn, who had written a number of songs for The Churchmen before
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The Back Forty coming soon from Marty Raybon
Rural Rhythm Records has announced a March 26 release for The Back Forty, the next CD from Marty Raybon & Full Circle. The title was chosen to mark Marty's 40 years in the music business, reflecting on the next four decades.
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Rangers in Woodstock working on their next CD
Fresh off their success at the Grammy Awards, Steep Canyon Rangers are in Woodstock, NY recording the follow-up to their Grammy-winning album, Nobody Knows You. The guys are at Levon Helm Studios, the iconic wooden barn noted for its live sound,
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Butler and the J’s to release One Day
Coming March 10 is One Day, a new all-Gospel project from Jerry Butler and The Blu-J's. The album is a mix of new and classic material, some of it suggested by fans who Jerry says have been after him for some time
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Kim Robins – 40 Years Late
“I started writing in 2007 and decided to put my songs on a demo CD. The engineer thought we had something special so we contacted some musician friends of mine and the CD was born. The title of the album
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Compass signs Dirty Kitchen
Things are cooking for Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen, literally and figuratively. During the D.C. Bluegrass Union Festival over the weekend in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., Solivan announced that the band landed a new record deal in time for unveiling
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Mike Andes – The Songs I Sing
While we were at SPGBMA earlier this month, Mike Andes brought over his brand new, just-out-of-the-box solo project, The Songs I Sing. It was so new at the time that when I asked if he and Nothin Fancy would be
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Stormy Horizons from Expedition Show
The title track of the upcoming Expedition Show album, Stormy Horizons, is released today to bluegrass radio. It's their revised arrangement of a Jim & Jesse classic from 1960, with a decided Louvin Brothers vibe. The 12-track project will include new
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Another Song from Cumberland Gap Connection
Mountain Fever has recently released Another Song, their first project with Kentucky's Cumberland Gap Connection. The band records and performs primarily original material from guitarist Mike Bentley, banjo player Rod Smith, mandolinist John Messer, and bassist Bryan Russell. They are joined on