Backwaters, the stunning 1982 album from The Tony Rice Unit, is being reissued on vinyl this September by Craft Recordings. Recorded with one of Tony's most highly-acclaimed ensembles, the album reached even further into the jazz side of Rice's new acoustic
With 2025 being the 50th anniversary of one of the most trend-setting albums in bluegrass history, the original J.D. Crowe & The New South, or simply Rounder 0044, as it is known to pickers, industry folks, and deeply invested fans,
J.D. Crowe & The New South, the definitive statement of modern bluegrass released in 1975, and commonly known by its catalog number, Rounder 0044, has been selected for inclusion in the Grammy Hall of Fame. This is the album that cemented
With their latest single, Nefesh Mountain joins the many artists who have recorded tributes to greatest hero of bluegrass guitar, the one and only Tony Rice. Man of Manzanita, written and sung by Eric Lindberg, offers another heartfelt appreciation for the
The Heady Wax Fiends Record Club and Real Gone Music have announced the latest in their audiophile vinyl resissues, the bluegrass classic Manzanita, from The Tony Rice Unit in 1979. This record hit like an earthquake when it was first released
Lorraine Jordan & Country Grass at the Tony Rice Memorial Music Fest - photo © Jeromie Stephens Photographer Jeromie Stephens also spent Memorial Day Weekend at the 2024 Tony Rice Memorial Music Fest, held at the Camp Springs Music Park in
J.D. Crowe & The New South, often best known to bluegrass lovers by its catalog number, Rounder 0044, has been chosen for by the Library of Congress to be among the 25 commercial audio recordings to go into their National
Craft Recordings has announced an April reissue of Tony Rice's Church Street Blues, the flatpick guitar maestro's only true solo project, originally released in 1983 by Sugar Hill Records. The album found Tony in fine voice, accompanying himself on guitar,
The Bicentennial Bluegrass Band, aka, The Keith Unit, Paris, France 1977 (Tony Rice, Bill Amatneek,Bill Keith, David Grisman, Darol Anger) - photo © Patrick Ciocca Noted west coast bass player and bluegrass chronicler Bill Amatneek has made one of the vignettes
If you need a last minute Christmas gift for the flatpicking guitar nerd on your list, David Grisman's Acoustic Disc and Acoustic Oasis Downloads may have just the thing. They have just released a live set by The Rice Brothers, recorded
