Bluegrass recording news

Florida banjo picker Scott Anderson has a new CD highlighting his very talented family. Oh... and some of the hottest pickers in bluegrass music! Tales From The Swamp has Scott out in front, primarily on banjo and lead vocals, on a

Regular readers of Bluegrass Today will have surely noted my occasional musings on how few really outstanding new recordings come across my desk, as a percentage of total new projects. It has also been noted how often these exceptional albums

The Grascals have a new video from their recent release, Dance Til Your Stockings Are Hot and Ravelin', their Andy Griffith Show tribute project. It includes an album's worth of songs made famous on the Griffith show during the 1960s,

Today's the day NewFound Road's latest project, Live At The Down Home, sees its official release on Rounder. It's a departure for the band, not only for it being their first live album (with a concert DVD to follow), but also

Darin and Brooke Aldridge are in the studio this month completing what will be their second project for the Mountain Home label. As was the case with their self-titled 2010 album, this one is being overseen by noted Nashville songwriter

The Downtown Ramblers (Gothenburg, Sweden) were voted European Bluegrass Band of the Year in 2009, just a few short months after releasing their first, self-titled, CD. That recording featured  all original material. The band's sound is a unique blend of

Upper Management Music has announced June 7 as the release date for the new, all-duet album from Gene Watson and Rhonda Vincent. Your Money and My Good Looks will feature 11 vocal pairings from these two noted practitioners of traditional country

Terry Baucom... Bauc... the Duke of Drive, the Grand Poobah of bluegrass banjo, the honorary Mayor of the key of B. He's known by many names, but never as solo artist until last week's release of his debut album, In A

The Recording Academy, the organization that manages the annual Grammy Awards, generated some controversy earlier this month when they shuffled and reorganized some of the award categories for 2011. In total, the number of categories has been whittled down from

The winners of the 2011 Dove Awards from the Gospel Music Association were announced last night during their annual gala awards presentation in Atlanta. This year marked the 42nd presentation of these awards, which encompass a wide variety of Gospel