Bluegrass recording news

Great news for John Hartford fans. At the IBMA Conference Panel "Steam-Powered: John Hartford and the Making of the Aereo-Plain Album" Wednesday morning, moderator Barry Mazor, with consent from Rhino Records, shared information that will warm the cockles of any serious

This post is a contribution from David Morris, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. Photos for this post are from Roy Swann. After five decades in the music business, Peter Rowan doesn’t feel at all like he’s old and in the

In keeping with Sam Bush's Keynote admonition about supporting new music from a younger generation of bluegrass and acoustic musicians, we offer this video clip of Crooked Still. It's of them at the Lotus World Music & Arts Festival in Bloomington,

Bluestar is a new "special project" band recently formed to tour in support of Rick Lang's terrific Look To The Light CD. The album features a powerful lineup of bluegrass all-stars on a set of Rick's original Gospel music, several

Here's another radio event you won't want to miss today (9/27). Ricky Wasson, guitarist and lead vocalist with JD Crowe and the New South, will join Zeke Buttons on WSKV FM to introduce one of the most fabled and sought-after recordings

Rural Rhythm Records is set to release a single from their upcoming 55th Anniversary CD, All-Star Jam - Live At Graves Mountain, a collection of 12 tracks recorded at the 2010 Graves Mountain Festival Of Music this past summer. The album

Pinecastle Records has posted an interview with the company's new owner, Lonnie Lassiter, a physician and entrepreneur in Columbus, NC. Lassiter took ownership of the company in August, six months after the family of Pinecastle founder Tom Riggs closed the doors,

Well... today marks the first day of Autumn, so I think that mean the Christmas marketing season is upon us. And with Christmas gift-giving in mind, you'll surely want to consider this new Time-Life release from a mega-million selling artist. Dr.

Gusto Records has released a retrospective instrumental collection from recently-departed banjo legend, Allen Shelton. At His Best contains 10 banjo tunes recorded over Shelton's long career, all demonstrating his unique approach to the five string. Though not familiar to many young

Jesse McReynolds undoubtedly qualifies for inclusion in the small circle of living legends in bluegrass music. His long career with his late brother Jim saw Jesse develop a pioneering, crosspicked mandolin style that bears his name. It also showed him to