Although Chosen Road has been performing and ministering together for nearly twelve years, they have found their most recent success after partnering with Song Garden Music Group and releasing Appalachian Worship last year, which found immediate success on Billboard’s Top
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Something Sour, Something Sweet – Grain Thief
Something Sour, Something Sweet — Grain Thief's first release in three years — is a jolly, joyful, and energized set of songs and tunes that spotlights the bands proverbial polish as an old time string band of the first order.
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Retrospective LSB Live – Larry Stephenson Band
Larry Stephenson has had a substantial career in bluegrass music. From his professional beginnings as a sideman with acts such as Bill Harrell & the Virginians and the Bluegrass Cardinals, audiences quickly came to love his distinctive high tenor vocals.
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Love Somebody – The Goodfellers
Covering someone else's song isn’t necessarily an achievement. If it's done consistently, it becomes either a pale excuse for a lack of original material, or a fallback position to keep an audience satisfied while biding time until one's muse returns.
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Rebuild – Zoe & Cloyd
"We are looking for answers," Zoe & Cloyd insist on Rebuild, the opening track from the duo's latest offering of the same name. A mix of new and old songs, the duo (Natalya Zoe Weinstein and John Cloyd Miller) set
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Renaissance – Valerie Smith
Valerie Smith is known in the bluegrass world as both a premier vocalist and songwriter. On her newest release, Renaissance, Smith has given us a collection of songs that focus on varying life themes, such as love, regret, and acceptance. While
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Make Each Second Last – Chris Jones and the Night Drivers
There's ample reason why Chris Jones and his erstwhile ensemble, The Night Drivers, have been hailed as one of the best bluegrass bands making a presence today. Yet, at the same time, that description doesn't entail the totality of all
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Hindsight is 2020 – Colebrook Road
Like many of their peers, Colebrook Road cull from tradition while also paying heed to the contemporary sounds of modern bluegrass, as proffered by the likes of Steep Canyon Rangers, Punch Brothers, and all the other outfits that have become
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The Next Mountain – Rick Faris
Rick Faris can claim an impressive backstory, one which found him well equipped to pursue his prowess as both a picker and performer. His father was a touring bluegrass musician who had the distinction of playing at the Grand Ole
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Folk For Little Folk – Gordie MacKeeman
Canadian fiddler, Gordie MacKeeman (also known by the stage name, Crazylegs due to his style of dancing) has released the first volume of Folk For Little Folk. Though the recording is primarily intended for a children's audience, MacKeeman has approached