Bluegrass recording news

Most folks think of young bluegrass artist Anthony Howell as a banjo player, the position he holds with the Edgar Loudermilk Band. Many also remember him from that same role with Williamson Branch for several years. But in truth, Howell is

From Louisville comes Ida Clare, a powerhouse quartet set on taking bluegrass music to new audiences using original material written within the band. Their second album has just been released, Ida2, along with a debut single, I Still Cry. The band

Mountain Fever Records has a new single this week for banjo picker Andy Lowe, one that comes from a wholly unexpected source. Lowe has been a prominent five stringer in the North Carolina and Virginia scenes for several years, and is

Sami Braman is a Nashville fiddler who grew up in Seattle, who has her first album of original fiddle music, Riveter, set for release next month on Padiddle Records. If you recognize her name, it may be from her time

Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys at Life Church in Eustis, FL - photo © Bill Warren Deano Graham has a small church in Eustis, Florida called Life Church, and Deano hosts Bluegrass Family Nights there. The venue is one

Carl Bentley is a bluegrass singer and songwriter from eastern Kentucky whose debut, self-titled album is recently released. He has offered to share the first single with our readers today at Bluegrass Today. Starting out in bluegrass at ten years of

Ben Krakauer is a banjo player and composer, and an Assistant Professor of Music at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC. His academic specialty is in ethnomusicologist, and he holds a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the University of Texas at

Today is the release date for Jackson Hollow's debut album for Mountain Fever Records, Roses, and to celebrate, they are also releasing a single for the title track. The band is fronted by the husband and wife team of Mike Sanyshyn,

For their first single with 615 Hideaway Records, Jeff Parker & Company have chosen You Don't Need To Be Improved, written by Mike Norris. Parker has been a prominent figure in bluegrass for quite some time, with memorable stints with top

We've written before about the fascinating backstory to the next Zoe & Cloyd project for Organic Records, Songs of Our Grandfathers. Both of their grandfathers were accomplished musicians of some note, though in very different musical styles, and the album