Bluegrass recording news

The Van Heffer CD we told you about here and here was originally slated to be released today as an iTunes exclusive, but Wichita tells me that Apple has decided to wait and release the CD next Tuesday, on Valentine's

Three Ring Circle is the name of a new CD - and a new trio - featuring dobro wizard Rob Ickes of Blue Highway, mandolin/fiddle wunderkind Andy Leftwich of Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, and Nashville studio stalwart Dave Pomeroy

A friend of mine has just recently finished production on a documentary film titled Men of the Rail. It's about the North Carolina Branch railroad that runs through our town (Pulaski, VA) and beyond. He filmed some great footage on

Keeper Of The Flame is the title of the new CD from Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen - the first release by The Gentlemen since the passing of legendary founder and vocalist, Charlie Waller, whose son Randy is now

If any of you have been following the Van Heffer documentary podcasts from Wichita Rutherford, then you may already know that the CD is going to be released on Feb 7th. This may just be a first for a bluegrass

Bobby Osborne, and the Rocky Top X-Press, were in the studio last year working on a new CD titled Try a Little Kindness. He is planning a release date of February 28, 2006, on the Rounder Records label. I was able

Country singer Josh Turner releases his sophomore CD Your Man today, January 24th, 2006. The CD may be of interest to readers of Bluegrass Today due to the inclusion of a duet with Dr. Ralph Stanley on the gospel number

Acoustic Disc, the mando-centric record company owned by David Grisman, has started experimenting with online music downloads. At this time, only four titles from their catalog can be purchased via download, but more are expected to be added should the

The next Pinecastle release for Nothin' Fancy is coming along nicely, according to mandolinist and vocalist, Mike Andes. Mike reports that they tracked the last song for this as yet unnamed project just after New Years at Flat 5 Press

We posted back in November that Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek had enabled pre-release digital download purchases of his new CD, Blinders On, from his web site. At the time, we reported that there was no indication of record