Bluegrass recording news

The three CD reissues from Rebel that we previewed last month are officially released today. These include a first-time-on-CD reissue of JD Crowe's classic Bluegrass Holiday, and compilations of new-to-CD Gospel cuts from Ralph Stanley, Mountain Preacher's Child, and a budget-priced

Alison Krauss & Union Station (with special guests) will be heavily featured guests on the Tuesday morning (4/3) edition of Imus In The Morning. The show is essentially a televised radio program, broadcast live on radio stations throughout the US, and

Nothin' Fancy is in the studio working on their next CD, and all-Gospel project for Pinecastle Records. It is being produced by Rhonda and Darrin Vincent and recorded at Adventure Studios in Nashville. The band says that the CD will mix

Audio samples for all 13 tracks of the upcoming debut project from Grasstowne, The Road Headin' Home, are now posted on the band's web site. Grasstowne is made up of Steve Gulley on guitar, Alan Bibey on mandolin, Phil Leadbetter on

Steve Gulley will join XM Satellite Radio's Kyle Cantrell this week to preview his new CD, Sounds Like Home. It is due for release on Lonesome Day Records on April 17, and Steve and Kyle will play through all the

King Wilkie, the Charlottesville, VA-based string based whose multiple personality shifts defy description, have announced June 26 as the release date for their upcoming CD, Low Country Suite, their first for Rounder imprint, Zoe Records. The band got its start in

We've posted many times about the new secular CD from Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, More Behind The Picture Than The Wall. It's officially released today (3/27), and can be purchased wherever bluegrass music is sold, online or in the real

We just received a note from Dennis Jones of WNCW, letting us know about their latest efforts in fundraising for the station. They are holding their spring pledge drive this week. With the recently increased royalties for internet broadcasters, supporting

CMT.com has a piece up that features an interview with banjo picker Tony Trischka. It is focused on his recent release, Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular, which includes Tony and a host of celebrated banjoists in twin banjo arrangements. Earl Scruggs,

Yesterday's edition of The Washington Post included a brief review of the new release from Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby, which Brance mentioned earlier this year. It features both Skaggs and Hornsby as vocalists and instrumentalists, with Skaggs' Kentucky Thunder band