Bluegrass recording news

  • New Dailey & Vincent CD in March 2009

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    Following comment by the duo on WAMU's Katy Daley show last week comes confirmation today that Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent have a second album in the pipeline for next year.The IBMA Entertainers of the Year Dailey & Vincent have

  • Hornography – Released

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    This past Tuesday saw the official release of the new Scheerhorn resonator guitar tribute CD, Hornography. The CD is put together by renowned resophonic guitar player, recording engineer and producer, Randy Kohrs. The brainchild of Jimmy Ross, the CD came about

  • New CD from Audie Blaylock and Redline

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    The new, self-titled CD from Audie Blaylock and Redline won't ship until 1/27/09, but with two singles from the project getting airplay currently from bluegrass radio, it is already generating some buzz from fans of traditional bluegrass music. Audie made his

  • Favorite Bluegrass Recording of 2008

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    About two weeks ago we ran a poll asking you to submit and vote for your favorite bluegrass recording of 2008. With nearly 900 votes and over 150 submissions, we've narrowed it down to the top ten and we're letting

  • Grammy nominations update

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    I don't know whether you noticed, but in the list of 2009 Grammy nominations for the Bluegrass Album of the Year award is an obscure CD featuring the Del McCoury Band live. The 18 track album Live At The 2008 New

  • New CD from Frank Wakefield

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    The good folk at Patuxent Music are applying the finishing touches to what the liner notes describe as the first all-instrumental project from Frank Wakefield. Ownself Blues (Patuxent CD-182) is a collection of 13 tunes of which Wakefield wrote 11. The

  • New radio sampler from Rural Rhythm

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    We mentioned the new Rural Rhythm radio sampler last week in our post about their upcoming bluegrass CD for Michael Martin Murphey. It has been mailed to DJs and show hosts, and you should be hearing these new tracks shortly. The

  • Michael Martin Murphey goes bluegrass

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    Michael Martin Murphey carved his name in pop music granite back in 1975 when his Blue Sky, Night Thunder album was released on Epic Records. That record contained his two biggest hits, Wildfire and Carolina In The Pines, the latter of

  • Borders reduces music floorspace

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    Over the course of the last year, Borders has steadily reduced the amount of in-store floor space dedicated to music, by 30%. Music now owns only 7% of the floor space in Borders stores. Considering their primary business is books,

  • New Dry Branch CD in January

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    Rounder Records has set January 27, 2009 as the release date for Echoes Of The Mountains, the first studio release from Dry Branch Fire Squad since 2001. This project will also be the first with their current, and longest-running lineup: Ron