Bluegrass / Gospel CDs

The fourth album by string-band revivalists Old Crow Medicine Show and their first for Nettwerk Records, O.C.M.S. is the band's strongest work. Evenly split between traditional folk and blues songs like "C.C. Rider" and "Poor Man" and originals by the band members, these 11 songs...

Painstakingly compiled by the artists and the music nuts at Legacy Recordings, these collections truly represent an artist true body of work. Not just the hits he life changing cuts... the out of print tracks... the fan favorites everyone loves. The songs that make the artist who they are.

Raven presents two landmark albums from the master of bluegrass, BILL MONROE, coupled together on one CD for the first time: Bill Monroe and Friends (1984) and Bill Monroe and Stars of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame (1985). 'Bill Monroe is the father of bluegrass' All Music Guide.Born in 1911 in Kentuck...

North Carolina–based Carolina Chocolate Drops follow up their Grammy Award–winning 2010 album, GENUINE NEGRO JIG, with their third full length album, LEAVING EDEN, set for release on March 5. The group returns with a record of original compositions, covers, and traditional songs produced by Budd...

Simply put, Alabama natives Ira and Charlie Louvin are country music pioneers, Baptist blood brothers known for their trademark close harmony vocal style, mandolin magic, and emotive material ranging from spiritual standards, wellcrafted covers to influential originals. The Louvin Brothers’ holy...

Brand new Christmas Collection of holiday favorites sung by the legendary Johnny Cash!!

The first ever career-spanning hits collection from The Dixie Chicks. The Essential features 30 tracks across 2 CDs, featuring hits such as Landslide, Wide Open Spaces, Long Time Gone, Cowboy Take Me Away, Ready To Run, Not Ready To Make Nice and more.

Spirituals, guitar evangelists, "shout" bands, quartets, and choirs sing out the sacred sounds of African American gospel music. This Smithsonian Folkways "Classic" spans over a half century of select recordings to paint a broad panorama of this cherished American musical creatio...

In 2008, Old Crow Medicine Show released their third Nettwerk album called Tennessee Pusher. Produced by the legendary Don Was (Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, the Rolling Stones), the album features the first single "Caroline" along with 11 other Old Crow originals and an American standard calle...

Simply put, Alabama natives Ira and Charlie Louvin are country music pioneers, Baptist blood brothers known for their trademark close harmony vocal style, mandolin magic, and emotive material ranging from spiritual standards, well-crafted covers to influential originals. The Louvin Brothers’ holy, h...

 A truly breathtaking collection of 11 exquisite songs, Paper Airplane is Alison Krauss' 14th album and the band's follow-up to 2004's triple Grammy® winning Lonely Runs Both Ways (Rounder).  It is Krauss' first release since her 2007 internationally  acclaimed, multi-platinum &nb...

Nearly a decade after his passing, Memories of John was recorded to commemorate the life and music John Hartford. The core of the project is the John Hartford Stringband-Chris Sharp/guitar, Bob Carlin/banjo, Matt Combs/fiddle, Mike Compton/mandolin and Mark Schatz/bass-the same group of musicians wh...

Dan Tyminski has one of the most recognized voices in bluegrass, known to millions through his role as vocalist/multi-instrumentalist with Alison Krauss and Union Station and as the featured vocalist on the hit version of "Man of Constant Sorrow" from the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? ...

Third Man and Nonesuch Records release the new album from Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Wanda Jackson. The Party Ain’t Over, produced by her friend Jack White. With a remarkable career that began in 1955, and now known around the globe as “The Queen Of Rock” and &ld...

“El Paso” brought the country music of Marty Robbins into the pop limelight in 1959 and this, together with all of his resonantly impressive “Gunfighter Ballads”-album of the same year and the best of the rest of his 50s recordings, are all present here.

Rounder Records release Alison Krauss' A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection, an album that encompasses her diverse career as a master vocalist, instrumentalist, collaborator and producer. A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection is comprised of 16 tracks, highlighting Krauss' career outside of her ...

On its fifth down-home, tongue-in-cheek album, Hayseed Dixie departs somewhat from its previous single genre tribute formula to perform bluegrass acoustic versions of songs by Led Zeppelin, Motorhead, and Black Sabbath as well as its own "rockgrass" compositions. Though the concept isn't new (the PI...

In a coolly inviting voice, strumming an acoustic guitar, Karen Elson summons up a dark yet seductive atmosphere… an after-midnight world that is irresistibly mysterious & alluring. Karen Elson is probably best known as a top model: the face of Armani, Prada, Chanel & Yves Saint Laure...

Sun Midnight Sun, the second solo album from acclaimed singer, songwriter, and fiddle player Sara Watkins. Produced by guitarist, singer, and songwriter Blake Mills, co-founder of the band Simon Dawes, the album features special guest appearances by Fiona Apple, Jackson Browne, Taylor Goldsmith (Daw...

Simply put, Alabama natives Ira and Charlie Louvin are country music pioneers, Baptist blood brothers known for their trademark close harmony vocal style, mandolin magic, and emotive material ranging from spiritual standards, well-crafted covers to influential originals. The Louvin Brothers’ holy, h...

Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka & Lucy Kaplansky come together as Red Horse on this collaborative project from 3 of the most revered songwriters in folk music. The CD is released by Red House Records. Red Horse’s sparse instrumentation allows these 3 distinct voices to carry the magic of the...

Featuring Jolie Holland, Jon Langford, Michael Hurley, Bonnie “Prince” Billy and many others. E.C. Ball of Rugby, Virginia, drove a school bus, ran a service station, and, with his wife Orna, made some of the most joyful, eerie, affecting, and enduring traditional country music around. ...