Tag: Bluegrass

Sturgill Simpson, Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions, 2020 on High Top Mountain

Follow up to Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1, released a couple of months later. More bluegrass renditions of Simpson’s catalog. The band again includes many well known bluegrass musicians:…

Sturgill Simpson, Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1 (The Butcher Shoppe Sessions), 2020 on High Top Mountain Records

Sturgill Simpson is one of my favorite contemporary artists, who generally gets classified as a Country artist but here breaks out into bluegrass. The Butcher Shoppe is actually…

Marty Stuart, Busy Bee Cafe, 1982 on Sugar Hill Records

No, that’s not the same Sugar Hill that put out Rapper’s Delight – it’s a folk/bluegrass label out of North Carolina, later merged in Concord and now Rounder….

Billy Strings, Renewal, 2021 on Rounder

I first heard of Billy Strings because he started showing up in YouTube recommended videos next to lots of other performers I follow – sometimes actually duetting with…

Alison Krauss & Union Station, Paper Airplane, 2011 on Rounder Records

You really can’t go wrong with anything Alison Krauss touches. Got this one directly from Rounder online. Great versions of Lori McKenna‘s “My Love Follows You Where You…

Billy Strings, Home, 2019 on Rounder Records

This was the 4th LP from Billy Strings (the first two with Don Julin) and his first on Rounder – it won Best Bluegrass Album for 2021. I…

Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers, The Long Awaited Album, 2017 on Rounder

Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers, The Long Awaited Album, 2017 on Rounder The third collaborative album (counting the live one) for Steve Martin and Steep Canyon…