The following Artists, Songs and Albums, were nominated for Grammy^® awards last night as during a televised nomination ceremony. The Grammy^® nominations listed below is a partial listing as related to bluegrass music.

Alison Krauss & Robert Plant’s “Raising Sand” (Rounder) picked up 5 nominations, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals, Best Country Collaboration With Vocals and Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album .

Burlington, MA - Rounder Records is pleased to announce the January 27 release of Echoes of the Mountains, the first all new studio album from the legendary Dry Branch Fire Squad since 2001’s Hand Hewn. Led by singer, mandolin-picker and raconteur Ron Thomason, Dry Branch Fire Squad is one of the most compelling and unique bluegrass bands to emerge in the past three decades.

Rounder Records recording artists Dailey & Vincent, on stage during the 2008 Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, picked up 10 IBMA Awards nominations. Photo by Dan Tackett.
Burlington, MA — Rounder Records is pleased to announce numerous nominations for its artists by the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) for the 19TH Annual IBMA awards. The [...]

Sierra Hull “Secrets” (Rounder Records) will be released May 6, 2008
Burlington, MA – For the past 20 years, May has been regarded as Worldwide Bluegrass Music Month, an idea that began in 1987 with Bob Wolff, a performing arts consultant from NYC and an enthusiastic bluegrass fan. Wolff proposed the idea – after he [...]