Bluegrass recording news

Bulagrian bluegrass songstress Lilly Drumeva has a new CD on Polysound Records. Lovin' You was recorded in both Bulgaria, with her band Lilly Of The West, and in Czech Republic, where she recorded with Czech grassers Monogram. The album features covers

The Dixie Bee-Liners will soon be releasing a video of their single Heavy. The song, which appears on the Bee-Liners' recent release Susanville, heavily features mountain dulcimer and fiddle. Director Chris Connor and the band shot the video on location in

Last night (1/20), country star Dierks Bentley was the special guest with The Infamous Stringdusters at Nashville's Station Inn. Bentley knocked around the Nashville bluegrass scene for a number of years before hitting it big, and has remained friends with

David Via is one of those guys whose name bluegrass fans may recognize, but without necessarily being familiar with his music. Unless you follow the jamgrass scene, where Via is a hero, or the cult of acoustic/bluegrass songwriters where he

Another of the many CDs that have crossed the threshold this month comes from Ohioan Missy Werner. I wasn't familiar with her music prior to receiving this copy of Drifting and Dreaming, but when I saw that Dwight McCall had

Frank Solivan II and his band, Dirty Kitchen, are in Nashville this week, recording a new CD at Brent Truitt's studio. From the sound of it, the guys are having a great time recording, and we're excited to hear the

Over the past few years, bluegrass and independent labels have been adopting a policy long employed by the mainstream record companies of not releasing new titles in the latter parts of each year. They correctly presume that media folks are

We first mentioned Thomas Wywrot's superb new CD, Every Time I Walk This Road, back in November of last year. At that time, the CD had just been completed and Thomas shared a few thoughts about the songs - and

We just heard from Kristin Scott Benson with some great Grascals news. Their next CD is set for a March 30 release on Rounder. "It's tentatively titled The Famous Lefty Flynn's, which is a song co-written by Jamie Johnson, featuring Terry

Andy Hall, resophone with The Infamous Stringdusters, is starting the New Year with a bang. He has released a new EP, Aquifer, and has just announced the debut of a signature model resophonic guitar built by Tooter Meredith. The setting for