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Special Consensus mandolinist Ashby Frank has agreed to send us updates and photos from their current tour of Britain and Ireland. Ashby is unsure how much web access he will have during the tour, but promises to send his musings

Compass Records has announced that Inside Out, the new CD from Missy Raines & The New Hip, will be released on February 10. The group features Raines on bass and vocals, Ethan Ballinger on mandolin, Michael Witcher on resonator guitar/vocals, and

Hard Ryde first caught my ear in 2007 with their CD Expressed (released in 2006). In 2008 they released Stages. Like most bluegrass bands they experienced some band member turn over between CDs, but if the changes had any effect on

I caught up with Mark Freeman of Rebel Records recently, and he shared some information about their release schedule for 2009. We mentioned last week that they would have a new Lost and Found CD in March, and Mark tells us

Jordan Tice is a young guitarist who is releasing a third CD under his name at only 21 years of age. Long Story, recently released on Patuxent Music, features 10 original instrumental compositions performed by a group of stellar progressive string

Rounder Records has announced the release date for the Dry Branch Fire Squad CD Echoes of the Mountains (Rounder 0574). Consisting of 14 songs, the first all new studio album since Hand Hewn, released in 2001, Echoes of the Mountains will

Audiophile Audition has published their list of the best recordings of 2008. The web magazine focuses on recordings of interest to audiophiles and collectors. Their 2008 Best of list doesn't include a bluegrass category, but nonetheless, David Grier made the list.

When we ran our IBMA video interview with Cherryholmes in October, they mentioned that a country remix of one of the songs from their current CD would be in the offing early in '09. And so it has come to pass... Skaggs

Special Consensus mandolinist Ashby Frank has agreed to send us updates and photos from their current tour of Britain and Ireland. Ashby is unsure how much web access he will have during the tour, but promises to send his musings

Walk This Mountain Down from Donna Ulisse is among the several new bluegrass CDs due for release tomorrow (1/20). After a shot with a major label country release in 1991 failed to ignite, Donna has focused on songwriting, often with husband