Rounder 0044 revisited – a look at the unlisted song credits
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, there has been a good bit of press about this classic recording, issued initially on […]
J.D. Crowe & The New South (ROU-0044) to the Grammy Hall of Fame
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 young bluegrass upstarts Tony Rice, Ricky Skaggs, and Jerry Douglas as legitimate bluegrass stars, […]
J. D. Crowe & the New South (ROU 0044) selected by the Library of Congress
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 Recording Registry in 2024. This listing ensures that these recordings are to be preserved in […]
Bluegrass Country Soul makes film audio tracks available for sale
The producers of the iconic film, Bluegrass Country Soul, filmed in 1971 at Carlton Haney’s Camp Springs Festival, have teamed with Bluegrass Music TV and Man-Do-Lin Productions to bring the feature length movie, and its classic performances, to bluegrass lovers everywhere. Bluegrass Country Soul premiered in 1972 at the Virginia Theatre in Alexandria, VA on […]
Old Home Place – new single from Mo Pitney
Mo Pitney – photo © Jeremy Coward Mo Pitney? Isn’t he a country guy? Well… yes, and yes. But he was a bluegrass guy first, or we should say, his love for bluegrass and traditional country developed simultaneously when he was a boy. Mo spent his youth performing in a bluegrass band with his dad […]
Banjo Legends site celebrates Earl Scruggs and J.D. Crowe on film
Daniel Duffin is a photographer, writer, and banjo enthusiast who had taken advantage of the opportunity to capture his favorite pickers, Earl Scruggs and J.D. Crowe, on film in the comfort of their own homes. Now that these legends have left us, Daniel has created a very nice web site called Banjo Legends where his […]
Crowe Fest launches in Kentucky at the end of August
We all knew it was bound to happen, and so it has come to pass. A new bluegras festival is launching this summer to honor the music and the memory of the great J.D. Crowe. Dubbed Crowe Fest, its first iteration is scheduled for August 25-27 at the Meadowgreen Bluegrass Music Park in Clay City, [...] Keith Whitley to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
It turns out that Keith Whitley was mistaken when he sang back in 1978, My Home Ain't In The Hall of Fame. Today, the Country Music Hall of Fame announced that Keith will be inducted in this year's class, along with Jerry Lee Lewis and Joe Galante. Though he rose to his greatest fame as [...] My Favorite J.D. Crowe lick – Ron Block
This series is a feature we are running to memorialize the creative and musical legacy of the late J.D. Crowe, who we lost just before Christmas. We are calling it My Favorite Crowe Lick, and each episode will include a prominent bluegrass banjo player sharing both their thoughts about Crowe and his influence, and showing [...] My Favorite J.D. Crowe lick – Casey Henry
This series is a feature we are running to memorialize the creative and musical legacy of the late J.D. Crowe, who we lost just before Christmas. We are calling it My Favorite Crowe Lick, and each episode will include a prominent bluegrass banjo player sharing both their thoughts about Crowe and his influence, and showing [...] 