Since 1991, I've been writing occasional reviews of bluegrass-related recordings for Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine. The editors of BU have generously granted their permission for me to provide these on-line reprints of the reviews I've written.
Used by permission of Bluegrass Unlimited Box 771 Warrenton, VA 20188
Table of Contents
1991
- Rainer Zellner — Cold Frosty Morning, March 1991
1992
- Mark Schatz — Bluegrass Bass Instruction (video), March 1992
- Norman Blake and The Rising Fawn String Ensemble — In Concert (video), September 1992
1994
- Blue Ridge Christmas Music, April 1994
- The Laceys — If Your [sic] Looking For A Way To Heaven, May 1994
- The Stanley Brothers — The Clinch Mountain Boys, 1953-1958 & 1959, July 1994
- Ray Harper — What A Wonderful Savior Is He, September 1994
- Thierry Massoubre & Christian Seguret — Guitares, December 1994
- Sockeye — One More Mile, December 1994
1995
- Fiddle Magic — Championship Blue Ribbon Country Fiddlin’, February 1995
- Rob Mashburn — The Picker, February 1995
- Lynn "Chirps" Smith — Midwestern Harvest, February 1995
- David Crow — As The Crow Flies, May 1995
- Eric Gloaguen — Texas Rag, May 1995
- Vernon Hughes & Eugene Crabtree — Festival Style, August 1995
1996
- Fescue — Fescue Gospel, January 1996
- Mo Canada — Stoney Lonesome, June 1996
- Union Springs — Next Train Headed South, June 1996
- One Riot, One Ranger — September 1996
- Molasses Creek — Ocracoke Island II (the Sequel), October 1996
1997
- New Mode Grass — Third Cut, March 1997
- Bluegrass Cardinals — Mountain Girl, March 1997
- Seldom Scene — Dream Scene, May 1997
- Jeff White — The White Album, June 1997
- Sweethearts of the Rodeo — Beautiful Lies, June 1997
- David Parmley, Scott Vestal and Continental Divide — On The Divide, June 1997
- Chris Thile — Stealing Second, November 1997
1998
- Happy Traum — Easy Bluegrass & Country Guitar (video), March 1998
- David Grier — Panorama, April 1998
- Blue Highway — Midnight Storm, May 1998
- Joe Carr — Mel Bay Presents Western Swing Guitar Style (book), November 1998
- Dan Levenson — Light of the Moon, November 1998
1999
- Lonesome River Band — Finding The Way, February 1999
- Keystone Bluegrass Quartet, June 1999
- The Travelers — Ridin' The Lines, June 1999
- Lily of the West — Sail on the Wild, Wild Wind, August 1999
- Don Cavalli & Eric Gloaguen — Kansas City Railroad Blues, September 1999
2000
- Stuart Whitford — Vertical Land, January 2000
- Country.com's Century of Country: The Definitive Country Music Encyclopedia (CD-ROM), March 2000
- Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time — Murder on Music Row, April 2000
- Bruce Fries with Marty Fries — The MP3 and Internet Audio Handbook (book), May 2000
- David Parmley & Continental Divide — There'll Always Be A Rocking Chair, July 2000
- Front Range — Silent Ground, November 2000
- Mark Bego — Vince Gill - An Unauthorized Biography And Musical Appreciation of the Country Superstar (book), December 2000
2001
- Seldom Scene — Scene It All, January 2001
- Mike & Tari Conroy — A Beautiful Picture and Mike Conroy & Steve Ralston — Instrumental Favorites, April 2001
- The Flying Mules — Songs, Tunes & Riddles, April 2001
- Red Henry — Bluegrass Mandolin and other trouble, April 2001
- Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder — History of the Future, December 2001
2002
- Monroe Crossing — Across the Blue Mountains, January 2002
- Shannon Nix And Southern Praise — Going To A Land, January 2002
- Kurt Westie — Blue Yesterdays, March 2002
- Bluegrass Intentions — Old As Dirt, September 2002
- John McEuen & Jimmy Ibbotson — Nitty Gritty Surround (DVD), September 2002
2003
- Petr Brandejs Band — Hello Heartache, March 2003
- Tony Rice Guitar Method (DVD), July 2003
- Larry Sparks — The Coldest Part of Winter, August 2003
- The Chieftains — Down The Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions In Concert (DVD), November 2003
- Junior Barber & Gary Ferguson — Stuff That Works, December 2003
2004
- Allison Krauss + Union Station — Live, March 2004
- Raymond Fairchild — Smoky Mountain Christmas — A Bluegrass Holiday, September 2004
- Brad Hill — DIGITAL SONGSTREAM - Mastering The World Of Digital Music (book), November 2004
- Brittany Bailey, December 2004
2005
- Steve Day — It's All About Fiddlin', February 2005
- Ben Krakauer & Pete Frostic — Wide Open, February 2005
- Josh Williams — Lonesome Highway, February 2005
- Appalachian Picking Society, June 2005
- Apple, Kirby & Rounds, June 2005
2006
- Drew Emmit — Across the Bridge, May 2006
- The Hungry Hash House Ramblers — Passing the Buck, May 2006
- Lou Wamp — Resolution, May 2006
- The Wilders — Throw Down, October 2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
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