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Their complete Mercury recordings AND their 1950–59 Columbia recordings, including, of course, the original Foggy Mountain Breakdown! Over 100 tracks. Bear Family.

Tom Darby and Jimmie Tarlton were early country music's most important and popular duo; the body of work they recorded for Columbia Records between 1927 and 1933 ranks among the most hallowed in... more

Bear Family picks up where their first Osborne Brothers set left off with every track this spectacular bluegrass duo recorded for MCA/Decca from 1968 to the end of their association with the label in... more

It all started here, with the prime, early recordings of the Father of Bluegrass! His Columbia hits Kentucky Waltz; Footprints in the Snow; Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong; Wicked Path of Sin; Toy... more

Bear Family's second installment of its Mac Wiseman retrospective features 114 tracks taken from the years 1965 to 1979, probably the peak of his career! The Dot, Rural Rhythm, MGM, RCA, Churchill... more

Take the bluegrass sound of Bill Monroe and marry it to '50s-style hard country; that's Hylo Brown, one of the most grievously overlooked artists in country music. This annotated 46-track set... more

Those pivotal '50s sessions for Decca, gathered all together onto 4 CDs, including such classics as New Mule Skinner Blues; Uncle Pen; Footprints in the Snow, and Blue Moon of Kentucky. 104 essential... more

The '60s folk revival celebrated the utterly unique Charlie Poole, whose banjo mastery and straight-faced vocals inspired the future pioneers of bluegrass. Here are 96 cuts on 4 CDs, his greatest... more

He may have been the elder statesman of bluegrass, but he still was making great music in the '70s, and his band always had the best young talent around. This 4-CD, lavishly annotated set includes... more