Bluegrass recording news

  • Del McCoury and Preservation Hall

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    McCoury Music has released a new CD featuring bluegrass superstars the Del McCoury Band and New Orleans' jazz traditionalists, Preservation Hall Jazz Band. American Legacies puts these two legendary ensembles together for 12 tunes that blend bluegrass and New Orleans jazz,

  • Farewell Drifters – Echo Boom

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    The Farewell Drifters are looking at June 7 for the release of Echo Boom, their second album for Crash Avenue, and fourth overall. Their music has always been based on original songs written by the members, and this new project continues

  • NewFound Road – If You’ll Pretend

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    A debut video from NewFound Road's upcoming Rounder album, Live At The Down Home, has been released online. This project was - you guessed it - recorded live at The Down Home in Johnson City, TN on December 4, 2010. It

  • 10 digital reissues from Pinecastle

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    The resurrected Pinecastle Records has announced a digital re-release of ten classic albums originally found on the Webco label. Pinecastle had acquired Webco back in 1993, and these reissues involve both then-existing catalog items and subsequent anthologies. These include albums

  • AKUS tour – Target bonus CD

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    Alison Krauss & Union Station have announced the summer tour schedule, starting June 4, in support of their latest recording, Paper Airplane. Things kick off with 2 days in Louisville, KY followed by a stop at Bonnaroo on 6/11 and a

  • Follow Me Down from Sarah Jarosz in May

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    Sugar Hill Records has announced May 17 as the release date for Sarah Jarosz's second album, Follow Me Down. This talented young singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist will see her new CD hit just as she completes her second year of studies

  • Blow Out the Candle, Laura

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    The Bankester Family is hard at work on their third CD, and guitarist and proud papa Phil Bankester has produced a video about the first single. I'll let Phil tell the tale... Very early on in the planning for this album,

  • Tommy Shaw – The Great Divide

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    "You mean that Tommy Shaw - the guy from Styx?" That was the most common reaction I got when telling folks about The Great Divide, Tommy Shaw's newly-released bluegrass CD. Likewise when I mentioned that I had a great interview with

  • Kenny Smith Return in May

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    We've picked up a bit more information on Kenny Smith's upcoming guitar CD. It will be titled Return, as in returning some old guitars to the studio, and is expected on Gat 3 Records in May. Kenny has reunited the rhythm

  • Watch Del McCoury in the studio

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    Here's exciting news for bluegrass fans and aspiring session producers alike: a chance to spend time in the studio with the Del McCoury Band. The folks at Music Producers Institute have arranged for a limited number of students to spend two