Bluegrass recording news

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

I heard recently from Grasstowne mando man Alan Bibey, who reports that tracking for their next CD is complete. They are in the process of mixing now, and hope to have the project delivered to Pinecastle Records shortly. The album is

This column, containing brief reviews of recent CD releases by Richard Thompson, is published in the current (Spring 2009) edition of British Bluegrass News. As it is a lengthy piece, we have broken it into two parts, with the firt

Spring Creek created a good deal of media reaction and fan support with last year's self-released CD, Lonesome Way To Go, so much so that Rebel Records signed them to the label. In so doing they became the first band

As mentioned elsewhere, the Gibson Brothers' Ring the Bell hit the street this week (5/5). The first album that the Gibson Brothers have done for their new label, Compass Records, is now available. (Catalogue # 4506) The collection of a dozen songs