Bluegrass recording news

We have a fun promotion that will start later this week in conjunction with tomorrow's (3/22) release of Bluegrass Smash Hits Volume 1 from The Mashville Brigade. This is the side-gig featuring five of Nashville's top pickers who get together

Here is the final installment in our interview series with four of the folks who run prominent bluegrass-oriented record labels. Previous posts have discussed how these labels' sales in 2007 compared with the dire trends in the wider record business,

Last month saw the release of Larry Stephenson's fourth gospel album, Thankful. You can read our review of the CD here. Pinecastle is currently offering a free download of one track from the CD. This is part of a campaign they

In this installment of our interview series with bluegrass label heads, we'll look at how they see the distribution model for bluegrass changing in the near term. As before, we spoke with Dave Freeman of Rebel Records, Ken Irwin of

When looking for a higher education in the area of bluegrass music, there are limited choices. The one I chose was South Plains College in Levelland, TX. One of the things I loved about the school was the close association

Rebel Records has announced the release in early May of two new collections of music from their archives. The first of these is The Best Of The Vetco Years from Dave Evans & River Bend (REB-7519) drawn from the LP's-worth of

The Dixie Bee-Liners are understandably excited to see this week's release of RIPE, their debut project on Pinecastle. The band is the brainchild of guitarist/vocalist Brandi Hart and mandolinist Buddy Woodward who got the band started in New York. After completing

That's the title of a clever and revealing post published yesterday on the Punch Brothers blog. The concept is a "fun facts" sort of thing, providing both musical and personal insights that relate to their recent CD, Punch, and its

In this second installment of our interview series regarding bluegrass music sales, we look at how sales of digital music online are trending in our slice of the recorded music world. Once again, we spoke with Dave Freeman of Rebel Records,

Rounder has put together an online video bio to introduce young mandolin sensation Sierra Hull in preparation for the upcoming release of her debut CD, Secrets, on May 6. The video mixes interview segments with both Sierra and co-producer Ron Block,