Bluegrass recording news

If you have followed bluegrass music more than ten years or so, you'll recall a band from Colorado called Front Range. They had a string of successful records and toured all over the US until the death of a band

Take Me Back, the upcoming release from Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show, won't officially be available until July, but radio programmers can access it now at Airplay Direct. While you need a radio account to download the tracks, anyone

Alt-grass hero Keller Williams and the Travelin' McCourys have teamed up for a new album and a series of live shows this summer. Williams is well known to to grassers on the edge for his collaborations with such icons as String

For someone who has been so deeply involved in bluegrass Gospel for so many years, it seems hard to believe that Rhonda Vincent's upcoming live album, Sunday Mornin' Singin', will be her first all-Gospel release. Rhonda performed in her youth with

Pinecastle has signed Irish string band I Draw Slow to the label, and will release their Redhills album on August 7. Their music is an interesting mix of American and Irish folk styles, blending the traditional music of both cultures with

A year or two back in Virginia, the renowned jam band Phish and a bluegrass festival shared a parking lot between venues. If you can imagine what the middle of the night, cross-pollinated jam sessions sounded like, you have a

Celebrated fiddler Byron Berline has been more visible of late with his violin shop than he has as a touring and recording artist. But that is about to change. A pair of new projects are expected this year that will warm

An all-star bluegrass tribute album to the late Earl Scruggs is set for release on Rounder June 5. This project, the brainchild of former Lonesome River Band guitarist and noted recording engineer Tim Austin, was recorded well before Scruggs' recent

Bill Evans, noted west coast banjoist and instructor, has released his latest recording, In Good Company, on his own Native & Fine label. The concept of this project is collaboration, with Bill inserted into a pair of established new grass bands

Reso-guitar sensation Jerry Douglas has a new album set for a June release. Like most of his recent projects, Traveler will feature a mix of his instrumental compositions with vocal interpretations by an eclectic group of singers. And he'll be using