Bluegrass recording news

A new CD has been released from Sound Art Recordings as a tribute to the late Butch Baldassari, who founded the company, and ran it until his death earlier this year. Butch was a true leader in the mandolin world -

Adam Steffey is surely one of the most recorded mandolinists in bluegrass this past 15 years or so. He has spent time with two powerfully influential acts - Alison Krauss & Union Station and Mountain Heart - where he has been

Pete Wernick will be working next week on a live recording with Long Road Home, a bluegrass band based in Boulder, CO. They will be tracking May 25-27 at the Etown Hall in downtown Boulder, with admission proceeds going towards

Doors and Windows, the new Compass Records release from Bearfoot, shows just how far this young band has come in a few years' time. Bearfoot consists of Kate Hamre on bass, Mike Mickelson on guitar, Jason Norris on mandolin, Angela Oudean

Brandon Rickman, known to grassers as the talented guitarist and lead vocalist with Lonesome River Band, is set to release his first solo project this summer. Young Man, Old Soul is scheduled for a June 30 release on Rural Rhythm Records.

Chris Pandolfi, of Infamous Stringdusters fame, has put together another of his "On The Road" videos, this time from a show the band did with Larry Keel earlier this year in New Jersey. He catches the band in the van, backstage

The new CD from Alecia Nugent, Hillbilly Goddess, officially hit yesterday (5/12) on Rounder Records. To mark its release, they have put together a contest with prizes that echo the theme of the title track, with the winner receiving logo merchandise

Not to be outdone by the other contests running this month, fiddler Casey Driessen has created one of his own. The promotion, which he is calling a Full Spectrum Music Giveaway, is to celebrate today's (5/12) release of Driessen's new CD,

Sugar Hill Records is very excited about their next major release, Song Up In Her Head, from 17 year old Texan Sarah Jarosz. Produced by Gary Paczosa, who also brought Sarah to Sugar Hill, the sound is airy and ethereal, combining

Lou Reid & Carolina have signed with Rural Rhythm Records, who will release their next CD, My Own Set Of Rules, later this summer. Lou produced the new album which was recorded in early 2009. Reid works as guitarist/vocalist with Seldom