Bluegrass Breakdown: New Releases

So many tunes, so little time. It’s monsoon season down at the new Bluegrass CD bins, making it almost impossible to give the downpour of new releases their just due. We’ll be giving it our best shot by featuring the latest from Jim Hurst, the Slocan Ramblers, Bob Minner, Laura Orsahw, Mickey Galyean, Appalachian Smoke, Minnie Moore… and many more.

PROGRAM PLAYLIST

• The Barley Jacks: Barley Jack” from Coming Down the Mountain(self-released)
• The Slocan Ramblers: “I Don’t Know” from Up the Hill and Through the Fog(SRO)
• Shelton & Williams: “My Heart Beats Like a Drum For You” from So Much Time, So Much Love(Grass Tank)
• Mike Compton: “Train of Tears” / “The Old Stagecoarch” from Rare & Fine – Uncommon Tunes of Bill Monroe(self-released)
• Daniel Crabtree: “Would You Be a Soldier” from Closer Than I’ve Ever Been(Codel/Bell Buckle)
• Jacob Underwood: “Blessed Savior” from My Hope Is In the Lord(Plum River)
• The Fireside Collective: “House Into a Home” from Across the Divide(Mountain Home)
• Bob Minner with Tim Stafford: “Last Train From Poor Valley” from From Sulphur Springs to Rising Fawn(Englehardt Music Group)
• Bob Minner: “Year of the Locust” from From Sulphur Springs to Rising Fawn(Englehardt Music Group)
• Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge: “You Delivered Me” from 10(Galyean Family)
• The Lonesome River Band: “Gabriel’s Already Standing” from Heyday(Mountain Home)
• Jim Hurst: “Sunnyside Garden” from From the Ground Up(Pinecastle)
• Laura Orshaw: “Rock-a-Bye Cindy” from Solitary Diamond(Dark Shadow)
• Bryan Cozart: “The Road to Cove Creek” from Mom’s Song(BDC Recordings)