On this weekâs program, we complete our three-part feature celebrating Rounder Recordsâ 50th anniversary. Weâll highlight some of the wide variety of music released on the label and their various imprints. We’ll hear Loudon Wainwright III, La Bottine Souriante, The … Continue reading →
This week, we continue our three-part celebration of Rounder Records with a collection of their great old-time recordings. We’ll hear Norman & Nancy Blake, Benton Flippen, John Hartford, Mike Seeger, The Highwoods String Band and many more. A golden anniversary … Continue reading →
Rounder Records was founded in 1970 by three friends in Somerville Mass. For the next few weeks on the program, we celebrate this important folk music label with a selection of classic Rounder Bluegrass recordings. We’ll hear The Monroe Brothers, … Continue reading →
SIERRA HULL Weighted Mind Rounder Records www.rounder.com Innovation has long been an important part of the musical endeavor, and it’s often the first person to happen upon a new idea – rather than the … Continue reading →
STEEP CANYON RANGERS RADIO Rounder 11661 www.rounder.com Radio is Chapel Hill, North Carolinaâs Steep Canyon Rangersâ ninth studio album and fourth release for Rounder Records – including a couple with actor/comedian and banjo playing … Continue reading →
Carlene Carter Carter Girl Rounder 11661-918 www.rounder.com With Carter Girl, Carlene Carter has made an album she’s wanted to make for many years: one steeped in and, in truth, inspired by her Carter Family … Continue reading →
WOODY GUTHRIE American Radical Patriot Rounder www.rounder.com Woodrow Wilson âWoodyâ Guthrie, probably the most prominent single figure in American folk music, was born on Bastille Day, 1912, and before his early death in 1967 … Continue reading →
RON BLOCK Walking Song Rounder 9167 www.rounder.com Ron Block is familiar to bluegrass and mainstream country music fans by virtue of his long tenure as banjo player and guitarist in Alison Kraussâ band Union … Continue reading →
