Bluegrass recording news

We just received word that David Lee Roth (the original frontman for the legendary rock band Van Halen and multi-million selling solo artist) will be in the studio this week recording a bluegrass album! Who knew? Musical master John Jorgenson

And speaking of Vassar Clements... Ampersand Records has made some video footage of Vassar in the studio available on their web site. It is a fairly large file, but does offer a memorable glimpse of a master at work. This

Aaron McDarris is the banjo player with The Larry Stephenson Band, and his debut release is scheduled for Tuesday, October 11 on Pinecastle Records. The CD is entitled First Time Around, and though it isn't clearly stated on the Pinecastle

I just heard from Chris Burton, who we wrote about here. He gave me an update on his CD that also relates to the viewpoint piece I did early this week. In that post I mentioned that Chris had alerted

The New Jersey based group Straight Drive has released its first band CD on Cabinwood Music. The CD has been receiving airplay throughout the US and abroad. Straight Drive has been performing for four years and has played many Bluegrass festivals,

People in the biz have been predicting great things for this family band, who just recently released their debut release for Skaggs Family Records. Their stage presentation is dynamic and engaging, and the four siblings have been developing into legitimate

Pinecastle Records has just released a solo project for Justin Carbone, current guitarist and vocalist with Chicago-based Special Consensus. Prior to joining Special Consensus in 2004, Justin was a member of 2nd Edition, a band he had founded in 1998

Mandolinist Butch Baldassari and dulcimer legend David Schnaufer have just released a new cd of duets showcasing traditional music of the Appalachian Mountains. Appalachian Mandolin and Dulcimer contains 14 songs that Baldassari and Schnaufer perform on a variety of mandolin

Rounder Records is bringing a number of instrumental classics out on CD this fall, starting with the release today of Bela Flecks' debut solo project from 1980, Crossing The Tracks. When this album first hit, the groans of anguish from banjo

Sam Bush recently went into the studio with Garth Brooks to record for what is thought to be a new upcoming project from Garth that will be available in Walmart Stores everywhere. Billboard reports that Garth recently inked an exclusive