Bluegrass recording news

Yesterday saw the release of the sophomore recording from Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain. The CD is simply titled CHHR2. Produced by Jim VanCleve of Mountain Heart, this new CD is an impressive outing for this young band. We have a

Later this afternoon, XM satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction will offer a track-by-track play through of the new release from Williams & Clark Expedition, Brand New Set Of Blues. The show, which launches at 3:00 p.m. (EDT) on July 30, will feature

Quite often we report about new CD releases that have been sent our way. It's not often that we are presented with a release from our European bluegrass brethren, so we're excited to tell you about this release. Richard Cifersky began

Sugar Hill Records has released two further CDs in their Americana Master Series, one of which features the best of Ricky Skaggs' material for the label. Ricky Skaggs: Americana Masters Series, The Best Of The Sugar Hill Years ( SUG CD-4045)

In March we reported news of the agreement between the newly-formed Mountain Roads Recordings and the long-lived traditional band from southwest Virginia, Big Country Bluegrass. Now, we are informed that the first album resulting from that liaison, the premiere release from

Pine Mountain Railroad, now owned and managed by Bryson City, North Carolina, born Cody Shuler, released an all-Gospel collection on July 15. Recently voted 2007 winner of the Bluegrass Gospel Song Of The Year award by Singing News magazine and backed

The five-piece bluegrass Gospel band Canaan's Crossing recently announced the release of their second Song Garden Music Group album. The self-titled collection (Song Garden SG-6023), which came available on July 1, consists of 12 songs mixing some songs that you

Blue Moon Rising will be releasing their latest album, One Lonely Shadow (Lonesome Day Records), on July 29. The East Tennessee based band, whose name is derived from the title of a newspaper article commemorating the life of the Father of

We heard recently from Daniel Grindstaff, banjo picker with Marty Raybon, with news about Marty's new CD and the band's recent travels. As many of our readers are aware, Raybon got his start as a bluegrass artist in Florida performing with

Skaggs Family Records has begun posting video clips of Cadillac Sky from the recording sessions earlier this year for their upcoming CD, Gravity's Our Enemy. A new video will go up each week until the album hits the street on