Bluegrass recording news

Recently, we reported that Alabama-based band Shannon and Heather Slaughter and County Clare would soon be heading into the studio to begin working on a new album. This past Friday evening (July 6), while performing at Bluegrass on Broad in

Shannon Slaughter has had a very good year so far. His solo project, The Sideman Steps Out, has been a hit with bluegrass radio, and spent most of the early part of 2012 on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart. He

Go Parker!, the long-awaited solo project from Jeff Parker, mandolinist and vocalist with Dailey & Vincent, is now set for a July 9 release on Lonesome Day Records. From a quick listen to extended samples on Airplay Direct, this sounds like

Rural Rhythm has released a debut single from New Day Dawning, the upcoming album from The Roys, due later this summer. It's a song written by Lee and Elaine Roy, Still Standing, which features Elaine on lead vocal and Lee singing duet

Superfan Records has announced that July 24 will be the release date for a new album from North Carolina's Kickin Grass, who are celebrating 2012 as their 10th anniversary as a band. It's been a while since the band's last record.

Cahalen Morrison and Eli West occupy an interesting space at the intersection of old time and bluegrass music. Working as a duo on a variety of banjos, guitars and mandolins, they seamlessly merge the traditions that grew among the Appalachian

I'm not sure there's a more enduring figure in bluegrass music that Paul Williams. In fact he's almost a walking history of the genre. Williams has been in the thick of it since the 1950s, working with groups like The Lonesome

Cory Piatt, the talented young mandolinist with The Kenny & Amanda Smith Band, has recently completed a solo project. Entitled Daydreams, the album will be released this summer by Patuxent Music. Piatt tells us that he has been working on finishing this

Also hitting today is the latest Rural Rhythm project from Audie Blaylock and Redline. Blaylock is featured on lead vocals and guitar, with Jessie Brock on mandolin, Patrick McAvinue on fiddle, Russ Carson on banjo and Jason Moore on bass. Hard Country

David Grisman has released a new project featuring tracks he recorded with The Del McCoury Band in the 1990s. Del and Dawg - Hardcore Bluegrass in the Dawg House includes 16 tracks, 11 of which are previously unreleased. The album is