Bluegrass recording news

When a 16 year old bluegrass prodigy enlists some of the biggest names in the business to help record her debut project for a major independent label, it's fair to presume that we are looking at something special. Such is

The Gospel Music Association has announced the nominees for the 2008 Dove Awards, and their bluegrass categories are chock full of familiar names. The awards will be announced at the 39th Annual Dove Awards on April 23 in Nashville, TN. The

For some Kathy Mattea is to West Virginia what Patty Loveless is to Kentucky, although the former hasn't embraced bluegrass music as has the latter - until now, perhaps. Raised near Charleston, West Virginia, Grammy-award winning singer Mattea is to release

Tony Trischka will be the featured guest on tomorrow's (2/15) edition of Lonesome Pine RFD on WFDU-FM, broadcast in the New York City metro area. He will join host Carol Beaugard for a discussion about his upcoming CD release, Territory, and

Ernie Thacker has signed with Pinecastle Records to release his next CD. The as yet untitled project is finished, and expected to hit sometime in August. As many of our readers are aware, Ernie was seriously injured in an automobile accident

The 2008 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album goes to Jim Lauderdale for The Bluegrass Diaries. Jim introduced his producer, Randy Kohrs, as he was accepting the award, and recognized all the pickers on the album by name. He also referenced each

When you watch televised awards shows, you always hear about "awards presented earlier in the day." Well, that is when the niche music awards are presented, including ones of particular interest to readers of Bluegrass Today. The 2008 Grammy Award

Another CD we received recently came from Spanish banjoist Lluis Gómez. His new project is entitled Quartet, taken from the name of his group, and features 10 instrumental tracks, most of them Gomez compositions. He is joined by the members of

Rebel Records has recently announced news of the forthcoming release on March 25 of a various Artists collection entitled Best Loved Bluegrass: 20 All-Time Favorites (REB-8004). The 20 song anthology embraces some of the classic songs in bluegrass music from some

Fresh off the success of his 2007 release, Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular - up for a Grammy Award this weekend - Tony Trischka has another ambitious recording due for release in March. Despite all the hoopla he generated with the Double