Bluegrass recording news

  • Standard Songs For Average People

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    John Prine and Mac Wiseman have teamed up for a set of great country music classics on a new CD from Oh Boy Records. Standard Songs For Average People was officially released on Saturday (3/24), and features the two legends

  • Are declining CD sales good news?

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    The numbers are in for the first quarter and they don't look promising, at least not on the surface. Nielsen SoundScan reports that 89 million CDs were sold from January 1 through March 18. That's a drop of nearly 20%

  • New banjo music from Jayme Stone

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    Jayme Stone is a banjo player whose music is hard to categorize. In fact, you might say that it has no boundaries. You could say the same thing about his whereabouts. With a new CD, The Utmost, due for release in

  • McCoury Music previews new Sparks CD

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    McCoury Music has four tracks from the upcoming Larry Sparks CD, The Last Suit You Wear, available for online listening on their MySpace page. The CD is due for release shortly on the McCoury label, produced by Don Rigsby and

  • Big Sky from The Isaacs

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    Big Sky is the name of the next CD release from Gospel favorites, The Isaacs, which will hit the street on April 24. It was produced by Mark Bright, who has a string of Grammy Awards, and who also produced

  • New CD from Continental Divide

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    Church House Hymns, from David Parmley & Continental Divide, is due for a March 25 release on their private label, DP&CD Records. It is a collection of familiar Gospel songs, including ones that have been most requested by fans over

  • Special Consensus – The Trail Of Aching Hearts

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    The Trail Of Aching Hearts is the newest recording by Chicago based bluegrass band, Special Consensus. Led by banjo player Greg Cahill, current IBMA President, Special Consensus has been producing great bluegrass music 12 albums, and this lucky number 13

  • Alison Krauss compilation audio samples

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    Also posted today at Rounder.com are audio samples from the upcoming Alison Krauss compilation, A Hundred Miles Or More - A Collection. When we first posted about this CD last month, we mentioned that it was created to showcase the

  • New Quicksilver audio up at Rounder.com

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    Audio samples for all 12 tracks on the new Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver release, More Behind The Picture Than The Wall, are now available on the Rounder Records web site. The CD won't be available until March 27, but pre-orders

  • Grasstowne’s Dixie Flyer audio online

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    The debut single from Grasstowne is available for preview on the Pinecastle Records web site. The track is Dixie Flyer, from their upcoming Pinecastle CD, The Road Headin' Home, due for a June release. The band has generated a good deal