Nancy Posey

Even without the historical significance behind its creation, the release of Earl Jam: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs is cause for celebration. Tony Trischka, the driving force behind the project, is an award-winning banjo master himself who has always acknowledged the influence of Earl Scruggs on his own career. During

On her new album, TREES, Laurie Lewis invites listeners to join her on a ramble through the natural world as she experiences both loss and joy. This project is her first without the mandolin accompaniment of long-time collaborator and partner Tom Rozum, due to his challenges from Parkinson’s disease.

In her first solo album, I Built a World, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes creates an enticing landscape and allows listeners to join her there. Fresh from a Grammy win with Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway, Keith-Hynes demonstrates on this project that her vocal ability is a match for her award-winning fiddling. From

One might be tempted to say that the My Black Country album, released in conjunction with Alice Randall’s memoir of the same name, is timed well. Close on the heels of Beyoncé’s first foray into country music with the release of Cowboy Carter (ND review), this project celebrating

Admittedly, the first impression upon listening to the South Midland flat vowel sounds on Josh Fortenbery’s debut solo album, No Such Thing as Forever, may be that he sure doesn’t sound like he’s from Alaska. And he’s not. While his bio reveals that he has lived

In their first duo project, Simple Motion, singer-songwriters Eric Brace and Thomm Jutz suggest responses to inevitable change. That might mean hopping a train or a ship with a certain destination, or one might “Ramble” — stepping outside, “one foot then the other.” The changes Brace and Jutz navigate are as