Bluegrass recording news

  • NFR – Live At The Down Home

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    Tim Shelton checked in yesterday with some further details about the upcoming NewFound Road CD, Live At The Down Home. It was... wait for it... recorded live at The Down Home in Johnson City, TN on December 4. Rounder Records has

  • Kenny Smith guitar album

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    Also completing a solo project for a Spring release is flatpicker extraordinaire Kenny Smith. The as-yet untitled album will be released on the new label recently founded by Gat3 studios, where Kenny has been recording since his departure from Lonesome

  • Terry Baucom is In A Groove

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    We have news today on upcoming projects from two of the most celebrated instrumentalists in contemporary bluegrass. First up is In A Groove, a solo record from Terry Baucom, his first such effort after more than 30 years as a bluegrass

  • Paul Warren Tribute Vol 2 in the works

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    Johnny Warren and Charlie Cushman are finishing up a second album in tribute to Johnny's dad, Paul Warren, long time fiddler with Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys. Like the first project, A Tribute To Fiddlin' Paul Warren,

  • Josh Slone & Coaltown

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    Rural Rhythm Records has this week released the debut, self-titled album from Kentucky's Josh Slone & Coaltown. The band is fronted by guitarist and lead vocalist Slone, supported by Billy Berger on mandolin, Ollie Risner on banjo, and Gary Wiley on

  • Driftwood – Stronger Every Day

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    Another release from 2010 that we wanted to note is Stronger Every Day from Driftwood, a Kentucky quartet with strong family roots. The band was founded by brothers Scott and Charles Fields, and named in honor of their father, Wayne. Fields

  • Nathan Stanley – My Kind of Country

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    Nathan Stanley, grandson of Ralph Stanley and member of his Clinch Mountain Boys, has released a new CD, My Kind of Country. It serves as a showcase for Nathan's voice and musical stylings as he prepares a move into traditional country

  • Two more Rebel classics from the vault

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    Rebel Records has two new digital re-issues, bringing long-unavailable bluegrass LPs back into the catalog for MP3 purchase. These two are from Rebel's sister company, County Records: a pair of 1968 albums from The Coon Creek Girls, and Kenny Baker

  • Steep Canyon Rangers celebrate 10 years

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    Steep Canyon Rangers will mark their 10th Anniversary tomorrow evening (1/21) with a special concert at the Orange Peel Social Aid & Pleasure Club near their home in Asheville, NC. Joining them in celebrating this milestone will be artists from

  • Paper Airplane takes off April 12

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    Rounder Records has announced April 12 as the release date for Paper Airplane, the long-anticipated new album from Alison Krauss & Union Station. This will be the first band project since 2004, and the first since Alison's genre-bending, mega-hit album