New Music

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Wes Corbett's debut solo album under his own name, Cascade, is set to release December 4 with an elite lineup of players on Padiddle Records.

After many years spent playing with bands and artists beyond the cutting ...

NEW YORK — Nonesuch Records has announced an October 23 release for Sam Amidon's highly anticipated self-titled album, Sam Amidon.

With vinyl due January 22, 2021. The album, which Amidon produced and considers the fullest realization to date of his artistic vision, comprises his radical reworkings of mostly traditional folk songs, performed with his frequent band, multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Chris Vatalaro, along with saxophonist and label ...

ARDEN, N.C. — Drawing on the distinctive sound and fresh musical ideas that recently earned its namesake her third consecutive International Bluegrass Music Association Banjo Player of the Year nomination, The Gina Furtado Project shows a more playful side of Furtado's musical personality on Alley Cat, the group's ...

For as long as it’s existed, the American roots music industry has co-opted Black music into a package to be marketed and resold, defanging or erasing perspectives deemed too threatening along the way. Banjo player and fiddler Jake Blount resurrects these deep musical strains on Spider Tales, his debut record out May 29 on Free Dirt Records.

With a history of hardship and resistance coded into the music, Spider Tales brings out centuries of visceral feeling ...

Boston, Mass. — Ken Perlman has announced the release of his new recording entitled Frails & Frolics, 45 tunes, most of them collected by Ken from traditional fiddlers on Prince Edward Island, arranged on banjo to reflect all their authentic flavor and nuance.

The album includes 17 tracks amounting ...

Mark Johnson and Emory Lester celebrate 20 years of original, unique and creatively string music with the release of their brand new project, Acoustic Milestones.

Clawgrass/clawhammer banjoist Johnson and mandolinist/multi-instrumentalist Lester have created a new ...

Nashville, Tenn. — Rounder Records has announced an October 7 release for their second project from Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn entitled Echo in the Valley.

With the exception of a few restyled traditional tunes, all tracks on Echo ...

Classical banjo stalwart John Bullard has announced the release of his new recording, Classical Banjo: The Perfect Southern Art, now available for pre-ordering.

Includes compositions by Bach, Handel, Telemann, Schumann and Grieg, performed faithfully on banjo with ...

Mount Juliet, Tenn. — Rural Rhythm has announced an August 5 release of veteran banjo man Stuart Wyrick's first solo project, East Tennessee Sunrise, a mix of instrumentals and vocal tracks including a few originals.

Wyrick is a member of the ...

Nashville, Tenn. — Multi-Grammy award winning music legend John McEuen has announced a September 30 release for his sixth solo project, Made in Brooklyn on Chesky Records.

The 16-track collection of signature originals and songs from yesteryear ...

Parker, Colo. — Jeff Scroggins and Colorado have announced the pending release of their new recording Ramblin Feels Good.

On Ramblin Feels Good, the band brings together country, bluegrass, and folk in a hard-driving sound. Opening with Willie Nelson's "I'm A Memory," the songs on this album are drawn ...

Kansas City, Mo. — Traditional/future folk duo Betse & Clarke have announced their debut full-length album, "River Still Rise," a spectacular collection of originals and reworked traditional tracks intended to be enjoyed as a musical adventure, much like the river exploration of the famous duo Lewis ...

We Banjo 3 has announced the upcoming release of String Theory, their newest studio recording, available for pre-order with a ship date of July 27.

The 12 tracks, half of them instrumentals, seamlessly blend traditional and original songs — ...

Nashville, Tenn. — Mountain Home Music has announced the pending release of Stringworks, the newest project from Kristin Scott Benson, four-time winner of the IBMA Instrumental Performer of the Year Award for Banjo.

Stringworks is slated for availability on July 22, 2016.

The new solo project is a mosaic of original ...

A new CD of clawhammer banjo solos has been released by Steve Baughman. In O'er Quiet Lands Suspended, Steve takes the clawhammer banjo on a journey to places it rarely goes, while never straying far from the authentic "bum-ditty" pattern of old-time ...

Truegrass Entertainment has announced the release of Croweology: The Study of J.D. Crowe's Musical Legacy by Rickey Wasson.

Wasson, a former guitarist and lead singer with J.D. Crowe for 15 years has put together a stellar recording ...

Bellingham, Wash. — Singer/Songwriter Coty Hogue has announced the release of her latest recording entitled Flight, featuring her original compositions along with her banjo and guitar playing.

Her third project is follow-up to the 2009 "To the West," and 2012's ...

Nashville, Tenn. — Hadley Music Group Records has announced the release of Red Grass by Ilya Toshinskiy.

Toshinskiy, who moved as a teenager to Nashville from the former Soviet Union, rapidly worked his way up as a top session musician in Nashville, performing with a who's who of Nashville music stars on guitar and banjo. Although primarily employed as a guitar session musician, he considers banjo his first instrument. ...

The highly anticipated new album by clawhammer player and singer/songwriter Kaia Kater is being released in May 2016.

The album, titled Nine Pin is Kaia's first full-length studio album. It contains 15 tracks and to a large extent showcases her own ...