Bluegrass

Norman Blake (1938– )

• 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, Vol. 3: California Connection [1983, Rounder], B+(**)

Chris Castino

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

Vassar Clements (1928– )

• Hillbilly Jazz [1975, Flying Fish], B

Bill Clifton (1931– )

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

The Country Gentlemen [1957–1969]

• Country Songs, Old and New [1960, Smithsonian/Folkways], B+
• Folk Songs and Bluegrass [1961, Smithsonian/Folkways], B+
• The Complete Vanguard Recordings [1973–74, Vanguard], B+

John Cowan (1952– )

• New Tattoo [2006, Pinecastle], B+(*)

J.D. Crowe (1937– )

• 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–
• w/Carol Elizabeth Jones, Ginny Hawker: Heart of a Singer [1998, Rounder], A–

The Ebony Hillbillies [2004– ]

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

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–
• Songs of the Famous Carter Family [1961, Columbia], B+
• Flatt and Scruggs at Carnegie Hall: The Complete Concert [1962, Koch], B+
• 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+

Alice Gerrard (1934– )

• 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+(*)

The Greencards [2004– ]

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

David Grisman (1945– )

• w/John Hartford, Mike Seeger: Retrograss [1989, Acoustic Disc], B

Sierra Hull (1991– )

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

Sarah Jarosz (1991– )

• 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+

The Johnson Mountain Boys [1978–1988]

• Let the Whole World Talk [1987, Rounder], B
• At the Old Schoolhouse [1988, Rounder], B+(***)

Alison Krauss [1971– ]

• 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–
• A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection [1996–2007, Rounder], A–
• Paper Airplane [2011, Rounder], B+(***)
• Windy City [2017, Capitol], A–

Doyle Lawson (1944– )

• Winding Through Life [1999, Sugar Hill], B–

Laurie Lewis (1950– )

• Restless Rambling Heart [1986, Flying Fish], B+(***)
• Love Chooses You [1989, Flying Fish], B
• 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+

Lonesome Standard Time [1990– ]

• Mighty Lonesome [1993, Sugar Hill], A–

Old Man Luedecke

• Domestic Eccentric [2015, True North], B+(***)
• She Told Me Where to Go [2024, Outside], B

Mike Marshall (1960– )

• 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

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–

Abbey Masonbrink

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

Del McCoury (1939– )

• Classic Bluegrass [1974–84, Rebel], B+(***)
• Moneyland [2008, McCoury Music], B+(***)
• Del and Woody [2016, McCoury Music], A–

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 Essential Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys [1945–49, Columbia/Legacy, 2 CD], A
• 16 Gems [1945–49, Columbia], A–
• Live Recordings 1956–1969: Off the Record, Vol. 1 [1956–69, Smithsonian/Folkways], A–
• 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+
• Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord [1991, MCA], A–

Joe Mullins

• Rambler's Call [2010, Rebel], B+(***)

Nickel Creek [2000– ]

• This Side [2002, Sugar Hill], C–

Bashful Brother Oswald (1911–2002)

• Dobro's Best [1976, Gusto], B+(*)

Punch Brothers

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

Tony Rice (1951–2020)

• Devlin [1980–81, Rounder], B
• Plays and Sings Bluegrass [1993, Rounder], B+

Nell Robinson

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

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–

Ricky Skaggs (1954– )

• The Essential Ricky Skaggs [1979–88, Epic/Legacy], A–
• Country Gentleman: The Best of Ricky Scaggs [1981–91, Columbia/Legacy, 2 CD], B+
• Bluegrass Rules! [1997, Rounder], B+
• A Skaggs Family Christmas: Volume One [2005, Skaggs Family], B–

Ralph Stanley (1927– )

• Bound to Ride: Vintage Mountain Bluegrass [1971–76, Rebel], A
• Saturday Night [1992, Freeland], B+(*)
• Clinch Mountain Country [1998, Rebel, 2 CD], A–
• Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop [2001, DCN], B
• Ralph Stanley [2002, DMZ/Columbia], B+

The Stanley Brothers [1946–1966]

• 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–

Steep Canyon Rangers [2001– ]

• 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+

Strange Creek Singers

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

Billy Strings (1992– )

• Renewal [2021, Rounder], B+(**)

Chris Thile (1981– )

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

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–

Rhonda Vincent

• Trouble Free [1996, Warner Brothers], B
• Back Home Again [2000, Rounder], B+
• The Storm Still Rages [2001, Rounder], B

Sara Watkins (1981– )

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

Various Artists

• American Banjo: Three Finger and Scruggs Style [1956, Smithsonian/Folkways], B+
• The Best of Bluegrass, Vol. 1: Standards [(1991), Polygram], A–
• Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe [2000, Skaggs Family], B+
• 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+(***)