Bluegrass recording news

OK...  it's not what you think. Ricky Skaggs is doing a solo project, but he is still firmly in place as the fearless leader of Kentucky Thunder. In fact, it's a solo project in the truest sense of the word. His next

Almost Live, the latest CD from flatpicker supreme Bryan Sutton, is out today (7/14) on Sugar Hill Records. It is a set of ten songs and tunes featuring Bryan in the studio with many of the artists with whom he has

Bob Childs is a noted violin maker based in Cambridge, MA. His instruments are played by members of Boston's acclaimed symphony orchestra as well as folk, old time and Irish musicians worldwide. Childs is a fiddler himself, having imbibed the fiddle

Barry Bales also shared some details about the upcoming Alison Krauss & Union Station album when he was with us in the studio this week. They are heading into the studio later this month with an eye towards completing rhythm tracks

Matt Dudman, George Goodell & Their Pleasant Valley Boys play hard-driving traditional music in and around northern California. And they go whole hog...  not only does their music pay homage to the original sound of the first generation of bluegrass

2009 has been kind to Lonesome River Band so far. Their latest CD, No Turning Back, has been lighting up the bluegrass charts, holding the current #1 spot on both the album and singles spots in the Bluegrass Unlimited July

Bluegrass Today always pays special attention where young pickers are concerned. The education and nurturing of our next generation of bluegrass artists is a matter of great concern to many formerly young people such as myself who care deeply about

Marty Raybon is next up on the Bluegrass Junction Track-By-Track show on Sirius-XM, starting this morning (7/1) at 11:00 a.m. (EDT). He and host Kyle Cantrell will play through all 14 tracks of Marty's new CD, This, That & The Other,

Mastershield Records has released a new CD from Darren Beachley, which consists of songs previously released in limited circulation. As the title, Sad Songs and Sunday Mornings, suggests, the album is a mix of sacred and secular material. Tracks include I

Charlie Poole and Loudon Wainwright III are two names you might not expect to find in close proximity. In fact, unless you were a follower of pop music in the 1970s or a serious student of old time string music