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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

Smithsonian Folkways takes you to the heart of Appalachia for 38 vintage string-band sides—76 minutes on one CD! Includes "Red Bird" Clark Kessinger; "Bonaparte's Retreat" Mike Seeger; "Sally in the... more

There's nothing like a healthy does of bluegrass music, much like the 23 songs on this terrific compilation. With the Pike County Boys, Smiley Hobbs and a whole host of other talent, you'll hear some... more

More than 40 years of classic Folkways recordings distilled down to one 28-track CD: Roving Gambler Country Gentlemen; Sitting on Top of the World Doc Watson; Watson's Blues Bill Monroe/Doc Watson;... more

The first bluegrass LP ever released, this recording was partially reissued with additional tracks and liner notes in 1990 as Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 40037.

Collected in the mountain country of southwestern Virginia by Eric H. Davidson, Paul Newman, and Caleb E. Finch, this recording focuses specifically on the string band music of Grayson and Carroll... more

Rosin up your fiddle bow and tune up that banjo, it is time for southern bluegrass. A whole passel of musicians, including The Osborne Brothers, Scott Vestal, Jeff Autry, Randy Kohrs, Ron Stewart,... more

Those monster Jimmy Page rock-guitar riffs sound awfully sweet in the bluegrass style! Get a load of these spins on "Ramble On," "Kashmir," "Tangerine," "Immigrant Song," "Good Times, Bad Times,"... more

Bluegrass is one of the few American art forms. Much like jazz music, it was born in America and like jazz, the players are masters of their instruments. They spend their lives perfecting techniques... more

The follow up to last year's popular ULTIMATE PICKIN' album, MORE ULTIMATE PICKIN' is an essential collection for lovers of great music delivering the best instrumentals from today's top bluegrass... more

Derived from the various Bluegrass '90s albums that the Pinecastle label released, "Ultimate Pickin'" features Jeff Autry (guitar), Wayne Benson (mandolin), Aubrey Haynie (fiddle), Scott Vestal... more

Simon & Garfunkel gave the folk-rock era many of its most treasured songs. Here, bluegrass aces give those hits spirited new life: "Homeward Bound," "Mrs. Robinson," "I Am a Rock," "The Sounds of... more

Those indelible Fab Four melodies get the finger-pickin' bluegrass treatment as you hear "We Can Work It Out," "I'm Looking Through You," "Can't Buy Me Love," "A Hard Day's Night," "Yesterday," "Do... more

2010 release, a nifty collection that blends different popular musical styles from the past few decades with Bluegrass music. All music featured in the Grass Series is performed with authentic... more

You'd have to think Mick and Keith would get a major kick out of these bluegrass renditions of "Brown Sugar," "Paint It Black," "Ruby Tuesday," "Wild Horses," "19th Nervous Breakdown," "Angie,"... more

The first bluegrass LP ever released, expanded by 16 tracks—43 in all! This banjo classic includes Pig in a Pen; Train 45; Shortening Bread; Chicken Reel; Cripple Creek; Cumberland Gap; Careless... more

2010 release, a nifty collection that blends different popular musical styles from the past few decades with Bluegrass music. All music featured in the Grass Series is performed with authentic... more

The Grass Series is a nifty CD collection that blends different popular artists and musical styles from the past few decades with bluegrass music. Everyone will enjoy this exceptionally produced... more

This one's a natural: string-pickin' bluegrass renditions of 12 Johnny Cash classics: "Hey Porter," "Ring of Fire," "I Walk the Line," "Folsom Prison Blues," "Don't Take Your Guns to Town," "Ghost... more