Rounder Bluegrass Initiative Features Béla Fleck, Doc Watson, John Hartford, Louvin Brothers, More

Rounder Records, the pioneering American roots music label, is in the midst of its 45th anniversary celebration.  Over the past months, the Cambridge-founded, Nashville-based Rounder has been making titles from its deep catalogue available as digital downloads.  Last month, the label threw a Mardi Gras party with digital reissues of R&B, blues, jazz and Cajun music of the Crescent City.  This month, the 51-time Grammy-winning Rounder – since 2010 under the umbrella of the Concord Music Group – will turn its attention to the varied world of bluegrass and the label’s rich legacy…

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Release Round-Up: Week of February 5

Welcome to February’s first Release Round-Up! Elton John, Wonderful Crazy Night (Island/UMe) Deluxe Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Standard Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Sir Elton returns with his 32nd studio album!  Featuring his longtime band and production by T Bone Burnett, Wonderful Crazy Night returns Elton to his upbeat, piano and guitar-heavy 1970s sound.  Available on standard CD (10 tracks), Deluxe Edition CD (12…

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Won’t You Dance With Me: Real Gone Goes Country with Barbara Mandrell, Ralph Stanley, Marty Robbins and Doug Sahm with Bob Dylan and Others

Real Gone is in a country mood this February, with the majority of their slate devoted to the country and western genre.  But that is not all you will find on the label’s mix of CDs and vinyl for the month. Kicking things off is collection drawn from Barbara Mandrell’s tenure at Columbia Records: This Time I Almost Made It – The Lost Columbia Masters.  This CD features liner notes by our very own Joe Marchese based on a fresh interview with Mandrell, and is centered around Mandrell’s final album at Columbia – 1974’s…

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