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
Bluegrass recording news
Rounder to reissue some bluegrass/acoustic classics on CD
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 records with Garth Brooks
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
BlueRidge signs with Pinecastle
Pinecastle Records and BlueRidge have joined forces, with Alan Bibey & Co. signing with the Florida-based label for their next recording, a Gospel project slated for an early 2006 release. In addition to Bibey on mandolin, BlueRidge is made up
European World Of Bluegrass 2005 Showcase CD
This past May, more than forty bluegrass bands from all over Europe and the US descended on the tiny Dutch town of Voorthuizen to showcase at the 2005 European World Of Bluegrass (EWOB) Convention. Like its parent organization, the
eFolkMusic downloader
eFolk Music is a download site that may not be as familiar as some of the big guns in the market, but with a focus on folk and acoustic music, it may be one that readers of Bluegrass Today will
Ronnie Bowman’s new CD hits October 4
Ronnie Bowman has been in the news a good bit of late, owing to the success of one of his songs, It"s Gettin" Better All The Time, a recent #1 hit for country artists Brooks & Dunn. That song, co-written
Without Maps Or Charts from Hit & Run
Since this latest recording from Colorado-based Hit & Run Bluegrass has been out for two months, it doesn't really qualify as a "new release." Still, it's likely that some of our readers may not be familiar with this terrific, up-and-coming
Mountain Heart – Wide Open in ’06
Mountain Heart and Skaggs Family Records have announced that work on their next CD release, Wide Open, has been completed, with an anticipated release date projected for early in 2006. The band describes this new CD as especially ambitious and
Cherryholmes releases new CD
Cherryholmes recently made history by being the first group in the history of the IBMA to be simultaneously nominated for both Emerging Artist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year.???Their new album which has just been released in stores
