Rounder Records
Rounder Records • "Rounder’s artist roster reads like a who’s who of contemporary and traditional folk and roots music, and has included Alison Krauss, Darol Anger, Norman Blake, Buckwheat Zydeco, Bruce Cockburn, the Cowboy Junkies, Delta Spirit, Bela Fleck, Nanci Griffith, King Wilkie, the Nashville Bluegrass Band, Alecia Nugent, Madeleine Peyroux, Sierra Hull, They Might Be Giants, Uncle Earl, Rhonda Vincent, Doc Watson, The SteelDrivers, and numerous... Read More
Norman Blake
Norman Blake •www.somagency.com/NormanBlake/ • Blake left home, quitting school at age 16, to play mandolin in his first band, The Dixie Drifters, on the WNOX ‘radio barn dance’ out of Knoxville, then on TV in Rome, GA. In 1956 he hooked up with banjo player, Bob Johnson, with whom he made some recordings and had several guest spots on the Grand Ole Opry. Norman was drafted, and while stationed as a radio operator in the Panama Canal, he formed a bluegrass band. Once... Read More
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band • "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"
Will the Circle Be Unbroken is a 1972 album officially by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, but with collaboration from many famous Bluegrass and country-western players, including Roy Acuff, Mother Maybelle Carter, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Merle Travis, Bashful Brother Oswald, Norman Blake, Jimmy Martin, and others. It also introduced fiddler Vassar Clements to a wider audience. Its title comes from a song by Ada R. Habershon (famously re-arranged by A. P. Carter) and reflects... Read More
