Bluegrass recording news

Special Consensus' Greg Cahill will join Katy Daley on WAMU's Bluegrass Country on Tuesday morning (2/24) at 9:00 a.m. Katy tells us that Greg will be calling in from home in the Chicago area before they head down to Florida for

The release on February 10 of 3 Silver Dollars (PRC 1168) marked the sixth Pinecastle Records album for David Parmley and Continental Divide. Following the excellent Gospel collection, Church House Hymns, Parmley has switched tack and done what is mostly a

On January 2 we advised you of a delay to the release of Hillbilly Goddess, the forthcoming CD from stunning vocalist Alecia Nugent. Recently we have learned that the release has now been postponed until May 12. To further whet the appetite,

Mountain Roads Recordings of Bristol, Tennessee, continues its support of local bands by signing Pathway, a bluegrass and Gospel band originating from Mount Airy, North Carolina. Pathway consists of three brothers, Mitchell Freeman (bass and tenor vocals), Mark Freeman (banjo, guitar,

Karen Kouns of Main Street Entertainment has sent me some news about Summertown Road. During the past few months the quartet - Jack Hicks (banjo), Randy Thomas (acoustic bass guitar), John Rigsby (mandolin and fiddle) and Bo Issac (guitar) - has

Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out are set to release a single from their upcoming, self-titled Rural Rhythm album on March 3. The song, Hard Rock Mountain Prison ('Til I Die) - written by Ray Edwards, Larry Cox and Terry Foust

Hadley Music Group, who recently released Walk This Mountain Down, their second CD from Donna Ulisse, has also created a web video to showcase Donna and the new album. It was produced by String Theory Media in Nashville, and includes interviews

Another major benefit concert is scheduled for March 20 in Louisville, KY. The show is intended to mark 2009 as the 40th anniversary of newgrass music, and the crucial role that Louisville played in its birth and development. In fact there

We heard recently from Brandi Hart with the Dixie Bee-Liners. She said that the band is headed back into the studio this month to begin work on their next CD for Pinecastle Records. The new project with be titled Susanville, and

How can one be dispassionate about Ernie Thacker and the release of his latest CD, The Hangman? While in the middle of recording tracks for The Hangman (Pinecastle PRC 1167), Thacker was involved in an horrendous automobile accident that very nearly