Bluegrass recording news

We have confirmed that the Riggs family has found a buyer for Pinecastle Records, and that the company has been sold. An announcement from the new owners is expected to be made soon. The company closed up shop in February 2010

Certain future supergroup The Boxcars have announced that their self-titled, debut album will be released by Crossroads/Mountain Home Records on October 19, 2010. The band consists of Adam Steffey on mandolin, Ron Stewart on banjo/fiddle, John Bowman on fiddle/banjo, Keith Garrett

We posted a few weeks back about the top-secret Tut Taylor tribute album released July 13 by E1 Music. Entitled Southern Filibuster: A Tribute To Tut Taylor, the record features 14 top reso guitarists, each contributing a new version of

Mountain Fever Records has signed No One You Know to the label, and will release their new album, Calm Before The Storm on August 31. The West Virginia band features Rachel Burge on mandolin, Don Anderson on bass, Ramie Bennett on

Rural Rhythm Records recently added Rodney Dillard & The Dillard Band to their roster of artists. The band's new CD, I Wish Life Was Like Mayberry, will be released on the Rural Rhythm label this September (9/28/2010). Rodney has a long

Rural Rhythm Records has announced August 24 as the release date for the debut album from The Bartley Brothers, Hit The Road. The record will feature 8 new songs by guitarist Rick Bartley, whose material you have heard on recent

Banjo picker Tim Davis and mandolinist Matt Hiser have collaborated on a new album of bluegrass instrumentals called Flying High. Other than the title cut, written by Hiser, it's a set of tunes that should be familiar to bluegrass listeners, though

Can lightning strike twice? Rounder Records and Sony Picture Classics are hoping so as they plan the July 27 and 30 releases of the soundtrack and the new film, Get Low. It's a quirky, 1930s period piece set in the rural

Oddly enough, summer is the slow season for bluegrass news each year. All the bands are touring like crazy, but unless someone jumps ship, there isn't as much new information to share. So we plan to use this next little while

Here's a couple more good radio options to consider for today (7/21). At 11:00 a.m. (EDT) this morning, Donna Ulisse will be on Sirius-XM's Bluegrass Junction with Kyle Cantrell. She will be on the Track-By-Track program, playing through all the songs