Bluegrass recording news

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

In March we mentioned the forthcoming release of the 50-song box-set, a career retrospective by the Del McCoury Band. This set commemorates Del McCoury's 50 years in the bluegrass music business with a 5 CD set aptly titled Celebrating 50

Doyle Lawson's latest Rounder release, Lonely Street, hits today (5/5). In keeping with his current practice of alternating themes every other CD, this project is a primarily secular recording. The material is drawn from some of today's top songwriters, with a

The Farewell Drifters are hard at work on their next CD, but with inevitable delays pushing back a release date, the guys have decided to issue a single on a 3-track EP. Keeping with the metaphor of a single from

I commented a few weeks back on the volume of new CDs scheduled for release this Spring. What I didn't mention at the time is how many are from female artists. Of course, we've had talented women involved in bluegrass since

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 will break it into two parts, and run the

Fiddler Casey Driessen has presented to the music world as something of a stylistic enigma. As a fiddler he is equally well trained in the bluegrass and old time traditions, and he has a music degree from The Berklee College

John Miller, who has most recently been playing mandolin and singing tenor with Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice, tells us that he is leaving the group. No word yet about a replacement. John says that his future plans are in flux,

Jeff & Shari Easter, the Lewis Family and the Easter Brothers were the proud winners of both Dove Awards in the bluegrass category at a ceremony at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, on Thursday evening (4/23). They took the

The new bluegrass/acoustic CD from Marty Raybon, This That & The Other, is now available. It was recorded with his band, Full Circle, which features Daniel Grindstaff on banjo and guitar, Chris Davis on fiddle and mandolin, Glen Gibson on resophonic