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Featuring the cream of the Folkways bluegrass crop (and what a crop it is), this hour-plus collection stars many giants of the genre: Bill Monroe ("Get Up John"), Red Allen ("Live and Let Live"),... more

2 Disc Set. Johnny Lee is a true son of Texas, with country music and the grit of the South pulsing through his story. From his start singing at Gilley's Club, the honky-tonk that sparked the urban... more

Country Harvest Records puts the pedal to the metal with the reissue of Dave Dudley's "Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun". A luminary in the world of trucker country, Dudley's distinctive baritone and... more

At the age of 22, after some years in the court of king Jack McDuff, Benson was already a jazz artist with a gifted touch and good experience. Though far from the commercial fortunes and widespread... more

The soaring harmonies and driving string-band sound of Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard shattered the glass ceiling of male-dominated bluegrass in the 1960s. Hazel and Alice's influence on music - and... more

The standalone "Presenting The Huntsmen" is the only known album by The Huntsmen and was recorded in Phillips Studio, Nashville, Tennessee in 1963. Consisting of Linda Sutherland (vocals), Wayne... more

The Kody Norris Show is one of the busiest, hardest working, and most entertaining bands in bluegrass. The group combines musical virtuosity with humor and showmanship in a throwback to the glory... more

Two years before she hit the U.S. Top 10 (her hits here would keep coming for over 20 years), this Canadian songstress released her first LP. This came out in Canada only, then arrived in the U.S.... more

Here are 60 years of shining bluegrass moments for the mandolin, drawn from Rebel's rich and abundant archive (and from Rebel's sister label County Records). Includes "Old Town," "Florida Blues,"... more

A mentor to everyone from Bob Dylan to Suzanne Vega, "The Mayor of MacDougal Street" was a treasured figure in the Greenwich Village scene for four decades. His autobiography and its portrait of the... more

It's more than an instrument—it's a symbol of the American South. Here are 30 prime examples of banjo artistry from more than 300 LPs (44-page booklet, too): "Bright Sunny South" Dock Boggs; "Johnson... more

Ralph Stanley, Don Reno, J.D. Crowe, Bill Emerson and Sonny Osborne are among the influential pickers showcased on this 16-track compilation that includes such universally admired pieces as Home... more

In the 1940s, fiddler and guitarist Glen Neaves formed the Virginia Mountain Boys, and the band performed in varying lineups through the next three decades. In many cases, the members of the band... more

California recently birthed bluegrass's newest supergroup: Herb Pedersen (Foggy Mountain Boys, Dillards), Bill Bryson (in-demand upright bassist/banjoist), Tom Sauber (Mike Seeger, Alice Gerrard) and... more

Twenty classic Bluegrass hits from legends of the music. Artists include Stanley Brothers, Mac Wiseman, the Country Gentlemen, Del McCoury, Tony Rice and many more!

The third release in the True Bluegrass series is a major-league bargain—and there are no minor-league pickers here! You'll hear favorites like Orange Blossom Special and Wildwood Flower as you hear... more

The legendary Rose Maddox was known as the Queen of California Country Music and was also the first woman to record an all bluegrass album. She spent much of her later years playing with bluegrass... more

A low priced collection featuring 20 uplifting bluegrass gospel songs from greats like the Stanley Brothers, Larry Sparks, Don Reno and Benny Martin.

At long last, a release from the greatest bluegrass act ever to come out of Northern California! Mandolinist Vern Williams was one of the great tenor singers, while Ray Park doubled on guitar and... more

SHINE is the first full album of new material in three years from the legendary godfather of mountain soul, Ralph Stanley.

The past 50 years have given bluegrass fans so many memorable recordings to treasure-how could anyone hope to gather all those classics? Well, this 100-song helping will get you well on your way with... more

The songs Pete Seeger recorded on his American Favorite Ballads LPs in the '50s and '60s are not merely classic folk songs—they're definitive Americana. This first in a series of reissues of those... more