Bluegrass (Reference)

The reference list includes records that have been obtained and/or rated (in blue) as well as many other records that have been recommended from various sources.

Eddie Adcock (1938– )

• And Talk of the Town [1987, CMH]
• Dixie Fried [1991, CMH]
• Spirited [1998, Pinecastle]

Red Allen (1930–93)

• Keep On Going: The Rebel and Melodeon Recordings [1963–65, Rebel]
• Lonesome and Blue: The Complete County Recordings [1965–66, Rebel]
• The Folkways Years: 1964–1983 [1964–83, Smithsonian/Folkways]
• Red Allen and the Kentuckians [1991, County]

Darol Anger

• Chiaroscuro [1985, Windham Hill]

Dave Apollon (1898– )

• Man with the Mandolin: Complete Recordings [(1997), Acoustic Disc, 2 CD]

Mike Auldridge (1938– )

• Dobro / Blues and Bluegrass [1974, Takoma]
• Mike Auldridge [1976, Flying Fish]
• Treasures Untold [1989, Sugar Hill]
• Auldridge Reid and Coleman: High Time [1990, Sugar Hill]

Austin Lounge Lizards [1984– ]

• Creatures from the Black Saloon [1984, Watermelon]

Bad Livers [1992– ]

• Hogs on the Highway [1997, Sugar Hill]

Kenny Baker

• Master Fiddler [1968–83, County]

Butch Baldassari (1952– )

• Old Town [1990, Rebel]

Bashful Brother Oswald (1911– )

• Brother Oswald [1972, Rounder]

Bass Mountain Boys

• Carolina Calling Me [1992, Pinecastle]

Delia Bell

• w/Bill Grant: Dreaming [1988–91, Rounder]

Byron Berline

• And the L.A. Fiddle Band [1980, Sugar Hill]
• Berline, Crary, Hickman [1981, Sugar Hill]

Norman Blake (1938– )

• Whiskey Before Breakfast [1976, Rounder]
• w/Nancy Blake: Norman and Nancy Blake [1986, Rounder]
• w/Nancy Blake: Natasha's Waltz [1987, Rounder]
• Far Away, Down on a Georgia Farm [1990, Shanachie], B+
• w/Nancy Blake: The Hobo's Last Ride [1996, Shanachie], B

The Bluegrass Album Band [1981– ]

• The Bluegrass Album [1981, Rounder]
• The Bluegrass Album, Vol. 2 [1982, Rounder]
• The Bluegrass Album, Vol. 3: California Connection [1983, Rounder], B+(**)
• The Bluegrass Compact Disc [(1986), Rounder]
• The Bluegrass Compact Disc, Vol. 2 [(1987), Rounder]

The Bluegrass Cardinals [1974– ]

• Welcome to Virginia [1977, Rounder]
• Live and on Stage [1980, CMH]
• Cardinal Class [1983, Sugar Hill]

Ginger Boatwright (1944– )

• Fertile Ground [1991, Flying Fish]

Boone Creek [1977–1978]

• One Way Track [1978, Sugar Hill]

Alison Brown

• Simple Pleasures [1990, Vanguard]
• Twilight Motel [1992, Vanguard]
• Look Left [1994, Vanguard]

Chris Castino

• Chris Castino and Chicken Wire Empire: Fresh Pickles [2021, self-released], B+(***)

Vassar Clements (1928– )

• Crossing the Catskills [1973, Rounder]
• Hillbilly Jazz [1975, Flying Fish], B
• The Bluegrass Sessions [1977, Flying Fish]
• Vassar Clements / John Hartford / Dave Holland [1988, Rounder]

Bill Clifton (1931– )

• The Early Years 1957–1958 [1957–58, Rounder], A–

The Country Gazette [1972– ]

• Traitor in Our Midst [1972, United Artists]
• Don't Give Up Your Day Job [1973, United Artists]
• Milestones [1975, EMI]
• Strictly Instrumental [1981, Flying Fish]
• Hello Operator . . . This Is Country Gazette [1976–87, Flying Fish]

The Country Gentlemen [1957–1969]

• Country Songs, Old and New [1960, Smithsonian/Folkways], B+
• Folk Songs and Bluegrass [1961, Smithsonian/Folkways], B+
• New Look, New Sound [1969, Rebel]
• The Early Rebel Recordings 1962–1971 [1962–71, Rebel, 4 CD]
• The Award Winning Country Gentlemen [1972, Rebel]
• The Complete Vanguard Recordings [1973–74, Vanguard], B+
• 25 Years [1980, Rebel]
• Sit Down Young Stranger [1988, Sugar Hill]
• Bluegrass at Carnegie Hall [1988, Gusto]
• River Bottom [1989, Sugar Hill]
• Sugar Hill Collection [(1995), Sugar Hill]

John Cowan (1952– )

• Soul'd Out [1990, Sugar Hill]
• New Tattoo [2006, Pinecastle], B+(*)

The Cox Family [1993– ]

• Beyond the City [1995, Rounder]
• Just When We're Thinking It's Over [1996, Asylum]

Dan Crary

• Thunderation [1981, Pamlico Sound]
• Guitar [1983, Sugar Hill]
• Lady's Fancy [1994, Rounder]

J.D. Crowe (1937– )

• The Model Church [1969, Rebel]
• J.D. Crowe and the New South [1975, Rounder]
• Somewhere Between [1981, Rounder]
• Flashback [1994, Rounder], B+

Dailey and Vincent

• Brothers From Different Mothers [2009, Rounder], B+(**)

Della Mae [2013– ]

• This World Oft Can Be [2013, Rounder], B

Hazel Dickens (1935–2011)

• w/Alice Gerrard: Who's That Knocking? [1965, Smithsonian/Folkways], B+(***)
• w/Alice Gerrard: Pioneering Women of Bluegrass [1965, Smithsonian/Folkways], A–
• w/Alice Gerrard: Sing Me Back Home: The DC Tapes, 1965–1969 [1965–69, Free Dirt], B+(**)
• w/Alice Gerrard: Won't You Come and Sing for Me [1973, Smithsonian/Folkways], A–
• w/Alice Gerrard: Hazel and Alice [1973, Rounder], A
• w/Alice Gerrard: Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard [1975, Rounder], B+
• Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People [1980, Rounder], A–
• By the Sweat of My Brow [1983, Rounder], A–
• It's Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song [1987, Rounder], A–
• A Few Old Memories [Rounder]
• w/Carol Elizabeth Jones, Ginny Hawker: Heart of a Singer [1998, Rounder], A–

Doug Dillard (1937– )

• w/Gene Clark: The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard and Clark [1968, Edsel]
• The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard and Clark / Through the Morning, Through the Night [1968–69, Polygram]
• The Banjo Album [1969, Together]
• Duelin' Banjo [1973, 20th Century]
• Jackrabbit [1980, Flying Fish]

The Dillards [1962– ]

• Back Porch Blue Grass [1963, Elektra]
• The Dillards Live! Almost! [1964, Elektra]
• Pickin' and Fiddlin' with Byron Berline [1965, Elektra]
• Wheatstraw Suite [1968, Elektra]
• There Is a Time [1963–70, Vanguard]
• The Best of the Dillards [(1976), Elektra]

Dixie Gentlemen

• Country Style of the Dixie Gentlemen [1963, United Artists]

Jerry Douglas (1956– )

• Everything Is Gonna Work Out Fine [1987, Rounder]
• Slide Rule [1992, Sugar Hill]

Dry Branch Fire Squad

• Good Neighbours and Friends [1985, Rounder]
• Long Journey [1991, Rounder]
• Live at Last [1996, Rounder]
• Memories That Bless and Burn [1999, Rounder]

Jim Eanes (1923–95)

• Classic Bluegrass [1992, Rebel]
• Your Old Standby: Complete Starday Recordings [(1998), Starday, 2 CD]
• The Complete Decca Recordings [(1999), Bear Family]

The Ebony Hillbillies [2004– ]

• Barefoot and Flying [2011, EH Music], B+(***)

Lester Flatt (1914–79)

• RCA Country Legends [1970–74, RCA/BMG Heritage]
• Greatest Bluegrass Hits, Vol. 1 [(1982), CMH]
• Lester Flatt's Greatest Performance [(1989), CMH]

Flatt and Scruggs [1948–1969]

• The Complete Mercury Sessions [1948–50, Mercury], A–
• The Complete Mercury Recordings [1948–50, Mercury], A–
• Foggy Mountain Jamboree [1951–57, Columbia/Legacy], A–
• 1949–1959 [1949–59, Bear Family, 4 CD]
• Foggy Mountain Banjo [1961, County]
• Songs of the Famous Carter Family [1961, Columbia], B+
• Flatt and Scruggs at Carnegie Hall: The Complete Concert [1962, Koch], B+
• 1959–1963 [1959–63, Bear Family, 5 CD]
• Foggy Mountain Gospel [1951–66, Columbia/Legacy, 2 CD], A–
• The Essential Flatt and Scruggs: 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered [1950–67, Columbia/Legacy, 2 CD], B+
• 1964–1969, Plus [1964–69, Bear Family, ? CD]
• Blue Ridge Cabin Home [(1979), Rebel]
• You Can Feel It in Your Soul [(1988), County]

Tony Furtado

• Swamped [1989, Rounder]
• Within Reach [1992, Rounder]

Alice Gerrard (1934– )

• Pieces of My Heart [1996, Copper Creek]
• Calling Me Home [2002, Copper Creek]
• Bittersweet [2013, Spruce and Maple]
• Follow the Music [2014, Tompkins Square], B+(***)

Good Ol' Persons

• Anywhere the Wind Blows [1989, Kaleidoscope], B+(**)

Grandpa's Cough Medicine

• 180 Proof [2015, self-released], B+(*)

Josh Graves

• King of the Dobro [1982, CMH]
• The Puritan Sessions [Rebel]

The Greencards [2004– ]

• Weather and Water [2005, Dualtone], B–

David Grier

• Freewheeling [1991, Rounder]
• Panorama [1997, Rounder]

David Grisman (1945– )

• The David Grisman Quintet [1977, Rhino]
• Hot Dawg [1979, A&M]
• Mondo Mondo [1981, Zebra]
• Dawg Grass / Dawg Jazz [1982, Warner Brothers]
• Svingin' with Svend [1986, Zebra]
• Home Is Where the Heart Is [1988, Rounder]
• w/John Hartford, Mike Seeger: Retrograss [1989, Acoustic Disc], B
• Dawg '90 [1990, Acoustic Disc]
• w/Tony Rice: Tone Poems [1994, Acoustic Disc]
• Tone Poems 2 [1995, Acoustic Disc]

Hot Rize [1977–1987]

• Hot Rize [1979, Flying Fish]

Sierra Hull (1991– )

• Secrets [2008, Rounder]
• Daybreak [2011, Rounder], B+(***)
• 25 Trips [2020, Rounder], B+(**)

Sarah Jarosz (1991– )

• Song Up in Her Head [2009, Sugar Hill]
• Follow Me Down [2011, Sugar Hill], B+(**)
• Undercurrent [2016, Sugar Hill], B+(**)
• World on the Ground [2020, Rounder], B+(***)

Snuffy Jenkins (1908–90)

• Pioneer of the Bluegrass Banjo [1962, Arhoolie], B+

Jim and Jesse

• Jim and Jesse: 1952–1955 [1952–55, Bear Family]
• Saluting the Louvin Brothers [1969, Epic]
• The Jim and Jesse Story: 24 Greatest Hits [(1980), CMH]
• Y'All Come: The Essential Jim and Jesse [(1998), Columbia/Legacy]
• Jim and Jesse McReynolds: Music Among Friends [1991, Rounder]
• The Old Dominion Masters [(1999), Pinecastle, 4 CD]

The Johnson Mountain Boys [1978–1988]

• The Johnson Mountain Boys [1981, Rounder]
• Working Close [1983, Rounder]
• Let the Whole World Talk [1987, Rounder], B
• Favorites [(1987), Rounder]
• At the Old Schoolhouse [1988, Rounder], B+(***)
• Blue Diamond [(1993), Rounder]

Kathy Kallick

• What Do You Dream About? [Kaleidoscope]

Bill Keith (1939– )

• Something Auld, Something Newgrass, Something Borrowed, Something Bluegrass [1976, Rounder]

The Kentucky Colonels [1963– ]

• Appalachian Swing [1964, Rounder]
• Long Journey Home [1964, Vanguard]
• The Kentucky Colonels 1965–1966 [1965–66, Rounder]
• Kentucky Colonels [1973, Shiloh]
• Livin' in the Past [1976, Briar]

James King (1958– )

• Lonesome and Then Some [1995, Rounder]
• Bed By the Window [1998, Rounder]

Alison Krauss [1971– ]

• Too Late to Cry [1987, Rounder]
• Two Highways [1989, Rounder]
• I've Got That Old Feeling [1990, Rounder]
• Every Time You Say Goodbye [1992, Rounder], A–
• w/The Cox Family: I Know Who Holds Tomorrow [1993, Rounder], B
• Now That I've Found You: A Collection [1987–94, Rounder], A–
• So Long, So Wrong [1997, Rounder]
• Forget About It [1999, Rounder]
• New Favorite [2001, Rounder]
• Lonely Runs Both Ways [2004, Rounder]
• A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection [1996–2007, Rounder], A–
• Paper Airplane [2011, Rounder], B+(***)
• Windy City [2017, Capitol], A–

Doyle Lawson (1944– )

• Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver [1980, Sugar Hill]
• Quicksilver Rides Again [1981, Sugar Hill]
• Original Band [1980–81, Sugar Hill]
• Rock My Soul [1981, Sugar Hill]
• I'll Wander Back Someday [1989, Sugar Hill]
• The Gospel Collection 1 [1990, Sugar Hill]
• My Heart Is Yours [1990, Sugar Hill]
• Never Walk Away [1995, Sugar Hill]
• Winding Through Life [1999, Sugar Hill], B–

Laurie Lewis (1950– )

• Restless Rambling Heart [1986, Flying Fish], B+(***)
• Love Chooses You [1989, Flying Fish], B
• Earth and Sky: Songs of Laurie Lewis [1986–90, Rounder]
• w/Kathy Kallick: Together [1991, Rounder]
• True Stories [1993, Rounder]
• The Oak and the Laurel [1995, Rounder]
• Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands: The Hazel and Alice Sessions [2016, Spruce and Maple], B+(***)

The Lilly Brothers

• w/Don Stover: Early Recordings [1956–57, Rebel], B+
• w/Don Stover: The Prestige / Folklore Years, Vol. 5: Have a Feast Tonight [1962–64, Prestige]
• Live at Hillbilly Ranch [1967, Hay Holler]

The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers [1938–1966]

• Windy Mountain [(1992), Bear Family]

Lonesome Standard Time [1990– ]

• Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan and Lonesome Standard Time: Lonesome Standard Time [1992, Sugar Hill]
• Mighty Lonesome [1993, Sugar Hill], A–
• Lonesome as It Gets [1995, Sugar Hill]
• Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time: Murder on Music Row [1999, Shell Point]

Longview [1997– ]

• Longview [1997, Rounder]
• High Lonesome [1999, Rounder]

Lost and Found [1984– ]

• New Day [1989, Rebel]
• The Best of Lost and Found [(1997), Rebel]

Old Man Luedecke

• My Hands Are on Fire and Other Love Songs [Black Hen]
• Domestic Eccentric [2015, True North], B+(***)
• She Told Me Where to Go [2024, Outside], B

Claire Lynch (1954– )

• Moonlighter [1995, Rounder]
• Silver and Gold [1997, Rounder]

Wade Mainer (1907– )

• w/Julia Mainer: In the Land of Melody [1995, June Appal]

Evan Marshall

• Mandolin Magic [1990, Rounder]

Mike Marshall (1960– )

• Gator Strut [1982, Rounder]
• Brazil Duets [1996, Adventure Music], B
• Mike Marshall and Choro Famoso [2004, Adventure Music], B+
• w/Hamilton de Holanda: New Worlds/Novas Palavras [2005, Adventure Music], B+(*)
• w/Caterina Lichtenberg: Caterina Lichtenberg and Mike Marshall [2009, Adventure Music], B+(*)
• An Adventure 1999–2009 [1996–2009, Adventure Music], B+(**)
• w/Turtle Island Quartet: Mike Marshall and the Turtle Island Quartet [2013, Adventure Music], B

Benny Martin (1928–2001)

• Fiddle Collection [(1976), CMH]
• Tennessee Jubilee with John Hartford and Lester Flatt [1993, Flying Fish]

Jimmy Martin (1927–2005)

• You Don't Know My Mind [1956–66, Rounder], A
• The King of Bluegrass: Jimmy Martin's Greatest Hits [(1989), Hollywood], A–
• Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys [1954–74, Bear Family, 5CD]
• 20 Greatest Hits [(1988), Highland]
• Don't Cry to Me [(2004), Thrill Jockey]

Abbey Masonbrink

• Rising [2024, self-released], B+(**)

Del McCoury (1939– )

• I Wonder Where You Are Tonight [1968, Arhoolie]
• w/The Dixie Pals: High on a Mountain [1972, Rounder]
• Classic Bluegrass [1974–84, Rebel], B+(***)
• Don't Stop the Music [1988, Rounder]
• Blue Side of Town [1992, Rounder]
• A Deeper Shade of Blue [1993, Rounder]
• The Cold Hard Facts [1996, Rounder]
• The Family [1999, Cieli Music/DNA]
• Moneyland [2008, McCoury Music], B+(***)
• Family Circle [2009, McCoury Music]
• American Legacies [2011, McCoury Music]
• Old Memories: The Songs of Bill Monroe [2011, McCoury Music]
• The Streets of Baltimore [2013, McCoury Music]
• Del and Woody [2016, McCoury Music], A–

John McEuen (1945– )

• Acoustic Traveller [1996, Vanguard]

Jim Mills

• Bound to Ride [1998, Sugar Hill]

Bill Monroe (1911–96)

• Mule Skinner Blues [1940–41, RCA], A–
• RCA Country Legends [1940–41, RCA/BMG Heritage], B+
• The Essential Bill Monroe and the Monroe Brothers [1936–41, RCA], A–
• The Father of Bluegrass: The Early Years 1940–1947 [1940–47, ASV]
• The Essential Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys [1945–49, Columbia/Legacy, 2 CD], A
• 16 Gems [1945–49, Columbia], A–
• Bluegrass 1950–1958 [1950–58, Bear Family, 4 CD]
• Live Recordings 1956–1969: Off the Record, Vol. 1 [1956–69, Smithsonian/Folkways], A–
• Bluegrass 1959–1969 [1959–69, Bear Family, 4 CD]
• Country Music Hall of Fame [(1971), MCA]
• Bluegrass [1970–79, Bear Family, 4 CD]
• w/Doc Watson: Live Duet Recordings 1963–1980: Off the Record, Vol. 2 [1963–80, Smithsonian/Folkways], B+
• Anthology [1950–81, MCA Nashville/Decca, 2 CD], A
• Live from Mountain Stage [1989, Blue Plate], B+
• Columbia Historic Edition [(1989), Columbia]
• Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord [1991, MCA], A–
• The Music of Bill Monroe [1936–94, MCA, 4 CD]

The Monroe Brothers

• What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul, Vol. 1 [(2000), Rounder]

Lynn Morris

• The Lynn Morris Band [1990, Rounder]
• The Bramble and the Rose [1992, Rounder]
• Mama's Hand [1995, Rounder]

Joe Mullins

• Rambler's Call [2010, Rebel], B+(***)
• Hymns From the Hills [2011, Rebel]

The Nashville Bluegrass Band [1984– ]

• My Native Home [1985, Rounder]
• The Nashville Bluegrass Band [1987, Rounder]
• To Be His Child [1987, Rounder]
• The Boys Are Back in Town [1990, Sugar Hill]
• Home of the Blues [1991, Sugar Hill]
• Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go [1993, Sugar Hill]
• Unleashed [1995, Sugar Hill]

New Coon Creek Girls [1991– ]

• So I'll Ride [1991, Turquoise]
• Our Point of View [1998, Pinecastle]

The New Grass Revival [1972–1991]

• Fly Through the Country [1975, Flying Fish]
• When the Storm Is Over [1977, Flying Fish]
• Barren County [1979, Flying Fish]
• Commonwealth [1981, Flying Fish]
• Live [1989, Sugar Hill]
• New Grass Revival [1986, EMI America]
• New Grass Anthology [(1990), Capitol]
• The Best of New Grass Revival [(1994), Liberty]

Nickel Creek [2000– ]

• Nickel Creek [2000, Sugar Hill]
• This Side [2002, Sugar Hill], C–

Jim Nunally

• Gloria's Waltz [2007, FGM]

Scott Nygaard (1955– )

• No Hurry [1989, Rounder]

Mollie O'Brien

• Big Red Sun Blues [1998, Sugar Hill]

Tim O'Brien (1954– )

• Take Me Back [1988, Sugar Hill]
• Away Out on the Mountain [1994, Sugar Hill]
• Red on Blonde [1996, Sugar Hill]
• When No One's Around [1997, Sugar Hill]

Old and In the Way [1973– ]

• Old and In the Way [1973, Sugar Hill]
• That High Lonesome Sound [1973, Acoustic Disc]
• Breakdown: Live Recordings 1973 [1973, Acoustic Disc]

The Osborne Brothers [1956– ]

• The MGM Days of the Osborne Brothers [1956–63, Polydor, 3 CD]
• The Best of the Osborne Brothers [1963–67, Sugar Hill]
• Bluegrass 1956–1968 [1956–68, Bear Family]
• Bluegrass 1968–1974 [1968–74, Bear Family]
• The Best of the Osborne Brothers [(1975), Sugar Hill]
• From Rocky Top to Muddy Bottom [1977, CMH]
• Bluegrass Collection [1978, CMH]
• The Essential Bluegrass Album [(1979), CMH]
• The Osborne Brothers and Red Allen [1980, Rounder]
• Once More, Vols. 1 and 2 [(1991), Sugar Hill]

Bashful Brother Oswald (1911–2002)

• Brother Oswald [1972, Rounder]
• Dobro's Best [1976, Gusto], B+(*)
• Don't Say Aloha [1998, Rounder]

Punch Brothers

• Punch [2008, Nonesuch]
• Antifogmatic [2009–2010, Nonesuch], B
• Who's Feeling Young Now? [2012, Nonesuch], B

Ranch Romance [1990– ]

• Western Dream [1990, Sugar Hill]

Rarely Herd [1992– ]

• Pure Homemade Love [1995, Pinecastle]

Don Reno (1924–84)

Reno and Smiley [1951– ]

• On Stage [1957, Copper Creek]
• A Variety of Country Songs [1959, King]
• Good Old Country Ballads [1959, King]
• Early Years 1951–1959 [1951–59, King, 4 CD]
• On the Air [(1996), Copper Creek]
• The Talk of the Town [(1999), Westside]

Tony Rice (1951–2020)

• Tony Rice [1977, Rounder]
• Devlin [1980–81, Rounder], B
• Plays and Sings Bluegrass [1993, Rounder], B+
• 58957: The Bluegrass Guitar Collection [(2003), Rounder]

Nell Robinson

• w/Jim Nunally: House and Garden [2013, Nell Robinson Music], B

Peter Rowan (1942– )

• The First Whippoorwill [1985, Sugar Hill]
• New Moon Rising [1988, Sugar Hill]
• Dust Bowl Children [1990, Sugar Hill]
• All on a Rising Day [1991, Sugar Hill]
• You Were There for Me [2004, Rounder]

John Schooley

• The Man Who Rode the Mule Around the World [2014, Voodoo Rhythm], B+(**)

Earl Scruggs (1924–2012)

• I Saw the Light With Some Help From My Friends [1972, Columbia/Legacy], B
• w/Tom T. Hall: The Storyteller and the Banjo Man [1982, Columbia], B+(**)
• The Essential Earl Scruggs [1946–84, Columbia/Legacy, 2 CD], A–

The Seldom Scene [1971– ]

• Act One [1972, Rebel]
• Act Two [1973, Rebel]
• Live at the Cellar Door [1975, Rebel]
• New Seldom Scene Album [1976, Rebel]
• Act Four [1978, Sugar Hill]
• Blue Ridge [1985, Sugar Hill]
• 15th Anniversary Celebration [(1981), Sugar Hill]
• The Best of Seldom Scene, Vol. 1 [(1987), Rebel]
• Dream Scene [1996, Sugar Hill]

Ricky Skaggs (1954– )

• Sweet Temptation [1979, Sugar Hill]
• Skaggs and Rice [1980, Sugar Hill]
• Waitin' for the Sun to Shine [1981, Epic]
• Highways and Heartaches [1982, Epic]
• Don't Cheat in Our Hometown [1983, Epic]
• Country Boy [1984, Epic]
• Live in London [1985, Epic]
• The Essential Ricky Skaggs [1979–88, Epic/Legacy], A–
• Country Gentleman: The Best of Ricky Scaggs [1981–91, Columbia/Legacy, 2 CD], B+
• Super Hits [(1993), Epic]
• Bluegrass Rules! [1997, Rounder], B+
• Ancient Tones [1999, Skaggs Family]
• Soldier of the Cross [1999, Skaggs Family]
• A Skaggs Family Christmas: Volume One [2005, Skaggs Family], B–

Larry Sparks (1947– )

• Larry Sparks Sings Hank Williams [1977, Rebel]
• Early and Essential, Vol. 1–2 [(1980), Old Homestead]
• The Best of Larry Sparks [(1983), Rebel]
• Classic Bluegrass [(1989), Rebel]
• Blue Mountain Memories [1996, Rebel]

The Special Consensus

• Hey, Y'All [1990, Turquoise]

Buddy Spicher

• Fiddle Classics [(1988), Flying Fish]

Ralph Stanley (1927– )

• Hills of Home [1969, King]
• 1971–1973 [1971–73, Rebel, 4 CD]
• Bound to Ride: Vintage Mountain Bluegrass [1971–76, Rebel], A
• Almost Home [1992, Rebel]
• Saturday Night [1992, Freeland], B+(*)
• Saturday Night and Sunday Morning [1992, Freeland, 2 CD]
• Sunday Morning [1995, Freeland]
• Clinch Mountain Country [1998, Rebel, 2 CD], A–
• Man of Constant Sorrow [(2001), Rebel]
• Clinch Mountain Gospel [(2001), Rebel]
• Cry From the Cross [(2001), Rebel]
• Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop [2001, DCN], B
• Ralph Stanley [2002, DMZ/Columbia], B+
• Classic Bluegrass [Rebel]

The Stanley Brothers [1946–1966]

• Earliest Recordings: The Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s (1947–1952) [1947–52, Revenant]
• The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers [1949–52, Columbia/Legacy], A–
• Angel Band: The Classic Mercury Recordings [1953–55, Mercury], A–
• An Evening Long Ago [1956, Columbia/Legacy], B+
• The Complete Mercury Recordings [1953–58, Mercury/Chronicles, 2 CD], A–
• The Early Starday-King Years 1958–1961 [1958–61, King, 4 CD]
• Long Journey Home [(1990), Rebel]
• The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys [(1994), Bear Family]

Steep Canyon Rangers [2001– ]

• Mr. Taylor's New Home [2002, Bonfire]
• Nobody Knows You [2012, Rounder], B–
• Morning Shift [2023, Yep Roc], B+(*)

Stoney Lonesome [1991–1992]

• Lonesome Tonight [1991, Red House], B+(**)
• Blue Heartache [1992, Red House], B+

Carl Story (1916–95)

• Early Years [1953–55, Old Homestead]
• Mighty Close to Heaven [1963, Starday]
• The Bluegrass Gospel Collection [(1976), CMH]
• My Lord Keeps Record [(2000), Old Homestead, 2 CD]

Don Stover (1928–96)

Strange Creek Singers

• Strange Creek Singers [1968–70, Arhoolie], B+

Strength in Numbers [1989– ]

• The Telluride Sessions [1989, MCA]

Billy Strings (1992– )

• Renewal [2021, Rounder], B+(**)

Jerry and Tammy Sullivan

• A Joyful Noise [(1991), Country Music Foundation]

Chris Thile (1981– )

• w/Brad Mehldau: Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau [2017, Nonesuch], B–

Tony Trischka (1949– )

• Skyline Drive [1986, Flying Fish]
• Dust on the Needle [(1988), Rounder]
• Solo Banjo Works [1992, Rounder]

Molly Tuttle (1993– )

• When You're Ready [2019, Compass], B+(**)
• Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway: Crooked Tree [2022, Nonesuch], B+(***)
• Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway: City of Gold [2023, Nonesuch], B+(***)

Dan Tyminski

• God Fearing Heathen [2023, 8 Track Entertainment], A–

Joe Val (1926– )

• The Charles River Valley Boys: Beatle Country [1966, Rounder]
• Diamond Joe [(1995), Rounder]

Rhonda Vincent

• Timeless and True Love [1991, Rebel]
• Trouble Free [1996, Warner Brothers], B
• Back Home Again [2000, Rounder], B+
• The Storm Still Rages [2001, Rounder], B

Frank Wakefield (1934– )

• Pistol Packin' Mama [1974, Round]
• Frank Wakefield with Country Cooking [Rounder]

Sara Watkins (1981– )

• Watkins Family Hour: Watkins Family Hour [2015, Thirty Tigers], B

Mac Wiseman (1925–2019)

• Classic Bluegrass [1976, Rebel]
• The Mac Wiseman Story [(1976), CMH]
• Early Dot Recordings, Vol. 1 [(1985), County]
• Early Dot Recordings, Vol. 2 [(1988), County]
• Greatest Bluegrass Hits [(1989), CMH]
• Early Dot Recordings, Vol. 3 [(1992), County]
• Teenage Hangout [(1993), Bear Family]

Clarence White (1944–73)

• Clarence White and the Kentucky Colonels [1964–67, Rounder]

Various Artists

• American Banjo: Three Finger and Scruggs Style [1956, Smithsonian/Folkways], B+
• Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics [(1995), Rhino]
• The Best of Bluegrass, Vol. 1: Standards [(1991), Polygram], A–
• Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe [2000, Skaggs Family], B+
• The Bluegrass Hall of Fame [(1987), Highland]
• Bluegrass Masters [1965–66, Vanguard]
• Can't You Hear Me Callin' Bluegrass: 50 Years of American Music [1925–2002, Columbia/Legacy, 4 CD], A–
• Early Mandolin Classics, Vol. 1 [1927–34, Rounder], B+(***)
• Hand-Picked: 25 Years of Bluegrass on Rounder Records [(1995), Rounder, 2 CD]
• High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music [(1994), CMH]
• Live Again! WCYB Farm and Fun Time [(1997), Rebel, 2 CD]
• Mountain Music Bluegrass Style [(1991), Smithsonian/Folkways]
• Newport Folk Festival: Best of Bluegrass 1959–1966 [1959–66, Vanguard, 3 CD]
• Rounder Banjo [(1988), Rounder]
• Rounder Banjo Extravaganza Live [1991, Rounder]
• Rounder Bluegrass, Vol. 1 [(1987), Rounder]
• Rounder Fiddle [(1994), Rounder]
• Rounder Guitar: Acoustic Guitar [(1988), Rounder]
• Stained Grass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music [(1992), Rounder]
• Top of the Hill Bluegrass: The Sugar Hill Collection [(1995), Sugar Hill]