Bluegrass recording news

  • First single from Prime Tyme

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    Rural Rhythm released the first single from Prime Tyme, the 16th album from Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out over their 20 year tenure, back in March of this year. The song, If Your Heart Should Ever Roll This Way Again,

  • America’s Music from Sleepy Man Banjo Boys

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    America's favorite pre-teen grassers, Sleepy Man Banjo Boys, have announced October 4 as the release date for their debut album, America's Music. It's their instrumental tribute to their bluegrass forebears - their musical great-grandfathers? - with 12 tracks featuring the picking

  • Coming soon from Pinecastle

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    Pinecastle has announced two new projects set for release early in 2012. First up is a twin mandolin project from Alan Bibey and Wayne Benson. This one has been in the works for several years, and was thought to have been

  • Dawg plays Big Mon

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    David Grisman, aka Dawg, has joined those celebrating Bill Monroe's 100th birthday with a newly-released CD, Dawg Plays Big Mon - Happy Birthday Bill Monroe (ACD 77). One Sunday morning in 1961, Ralph Rinzler invited 16-year old David Grisman to see

  • Mustered Courage from Down Under

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    I have thought a lot (and written a bit) about the "bluegrass" music being created by young string players whose impressions of its boundaries are shaped by the growing jamgrass scene, and the popularity of such groups as Punch Brothers,

  • New Stages for Snyder Family Band

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    Mountain Roads Recordings of Bristol, Tennessee, recently released information about the forthcoming album – Stages – by the Snyder Family Band. The release is scheduled for October 18. Stages is the group’s third CD and, like the others, it features the

  • A Light in the Window Again

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    Rural Rhythm has released a debut single from Back To My Roots, the upcoming Carolina Road project. The song is A Light in the Window Again, a contribution from Tom T. and Dixie Hall, which tells of the restoration of the

  • Del McCoury does Bill Monroe

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    Old Memories: The Songs Of Bill Monroe is the title of the next album from Del McCoury. It is set for a digital release during IBMA week (9/27), with a vinyl LP coming on October 25. A CD is probable,

  • Clay Hess – Rain

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    Longtime sideman Clay Hess is out with his third solo project, due for wide release during IBMA later this month. Rain finds Hess in his most familiar role: scorching the guitar, on both lead and rhythm. Since first hitting the

  • Prime Tyme from IIIrd Tyme Out

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    Rural Rhythm has announced October 25 as the release date for Prime Tyme, the next CD from Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out. Can you believe it's been 20 years since Russell left Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver to start a new