Bluegrass recording news

In February we brought you news of the forthcoming CD, titled Back In Time, from Big Country Bluegrass. We indicated at the time that it would be their second album to be released by Mountain Roads Recordings. Now comes the announcement

Former Quicksilver vocalist Barry Scott is currently in the studio, along with his talented band Second Wind, completing a pair of recordings to be released later this year. First out will be an all-Gospel album, self-produced by the band, which they

How would you like to get an autographed copy of the new Infamous Strigdusters CD, Things That Fly, before it's available anywhere else? How about getting a free 'Dusters show poster in the bargain? Five lucky readers of Bluegrass Today will

Anyone who follows any aspect of the music business these days is keenly aware of the precipitous decline in the sales of audio CDs. This drop has been ongoing since roughly 2000, and with some minor variations, can be found

ETSU didn't make much of a splash in the first round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament last week, but they have a real winner in David Grindstaff, a student in their Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music program. His debut

Next weekend will be a big one for Tom Gray. Not only will the original Seldom Scene bass player be teaching at his first all-day workshop on March 27, he has a CD release concert with his new band that

Kindred Records has just signed Ronnie King to the label and will release his new CD, Free of Guilt, on May 1. Ronnie performed with New River Line from 2001-2006, where he played mandolin, sang and contributed original material to the

On Monday Brance mentioned an upcoming album from Tim Stafford and Steve Gulley in his piece about Blue Highway's 15th Anniversary concert in Roanoke. We had posted last year about this project when Tim and Steve first started recording in

Takeoff is a fitting title for the debut release from Darren Beachley & Legends of the Potomac. There has been great interest in this assembly of bluegrass veterans since they first got together just over a year ago, and their

Lou Reid is also in the studio this month, recording a new Gospel project with his trusty band, Carolina. They are tracking at Eastwood Recording Studio with Wes Easter engineering and Lou producing. Lou tells us that they are just getting