Bluegrass Unlimited Reviews

Archie Warnock III

Since 1991, I've been writing occasional reviews of bluegrass-related recordings for Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine. The editors of BU have generously granted their permission for me to provide these on-line reprints of the reviews I've written.

Used by permission of Bluegrass Unlimited
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Warrenton, VA 20188

Table of Contents

1991

• Rainer Zellner — Cold Frosty Morning, March 1991

1992

• Mark Schatz — Bluegrass Bass Instruction (video), March 1992
• Norman Blake and The Rising Fawn String Ensemble — In Concert (video), September 1992

1994

• Blue Ridge Christmas Music, April 1994
• The Laceys — If Your [sic] Looking For A Way To Heaven, May 1994
• The Stanley Brothers — The Clinch Mountain Boys, 1953-1958 & 1959, July 1994
• Ray Harper — What A Wonderful Savior Is He, September 1994
• Thierry Massoubre & Christian Seguret — Guitares, December 1994
• Sockeye — One More Mile, December 1994

1995

• Fiddle Magic — Championship Blue Ribbon Country Fiddlin’, February 1995
• Rob Mashburn — The Picker, February 1995
• Lynn "Chirps" Smith — Midwestern Harvest, February 1995
• David Crow — As The Crow Flies, May 1995
• Eric Gloaguen — Texas Rag, May 1995
• Vernon Hughes & Eugene Crabtree — Festival Style, August 1995

1996

• Fescue — Fescue Gospel, January 1996
• Mo Canada — Stoney Lonesome, June 1996
• Union Springs — Next Train Headed South, June 1996
• One Riot, One Ranger — September 1996
• Molasses Creek — Ocracoke Island II (the Sequel), October 1996

1997

• New Mode Grass — Third Cut, March 1997
• Bluegrass Cardinals — Mountain Girl, March 1997
• Seldom Scene — Dream Scene, May 1997
• Jeff White — The White Album, June 1997
• Sweethearts of the Rodeo — Beautiful Lies, June 1997
• David Parmley, Scott Vestal and Continental Divide — On The Divide, June 1997
• Chris Thile — Stealing Second, November 1997

1998

• Happy Traum — Easy Bluegrass & Country Guitar (video), March 1998
• David Grier — Panorama, April 1998
• Blue Highway — Midnight Storm, May 1998
• Joe Carr — Mel Bay Presents Western Swing Guitar Style (book), November 1998
• Dan Levenson — Light of the Moon, November 1998

1999

• Lonesome River Band — Finding The Way, February 1999
• Keystone Bluegrass Quartet, June 1999
• The Travelers — Ridin' The Lines, June 1999
• Lily of the West — Sail on the Wild, Wild Wind, August 1999
• Don Cavalli & Eric Gloaguen — Kansas City Railroad Blues, September 1999

2000

• Stuart Whitford — Vertical Land, January 2000
• Country.com's Century of Country: The Definitive Country Music Encyclopedia (CD-ROM), March 2000
• Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time — Murder on Music Row, April 2000
• Bruce Fries with Marty Fries — The MP3 and Internet Audio Handbook (book), May 2000
• David Parmley & Continental Divide — There'll Always Be A Rocking Chair, July 2000
• Front Range — Silent Ground, November 2000
• Mark Bego — Vince Gill - An Unauthorized Biography And Musical Appreciation of the Country Superstar (book), December 2000

2001

• Seldom Scene — Scene It All, January 2001
• Mike & Tari Conroy — A Beautiful Picture and Mike Conroy & Steve Ralston — Instrumental Favorites, April 2001
• The Flying Mules — Songs, Tunes & Riddles, April 2001
• Red Henry — Bluegrass Mandolin and other trouble, April 2001
• Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder — History of the Future, December 2001

2002

• Monroe Crossing — Across the Blue Mountains, January 2002
• Shannon Nix And Southern Praise — Going To A Land, January 2002
• Kurt Westie — Blue Yesterdays, March 2002
• Bluegrass Intentions — Old As Dirt, September 2002
• John McEuen & Jimmy Ibbotson — Nitty Gritty Surround (DVD), September 2002

2003

• Petr Brandejs Band — Hello Heartache, March 2003
• Tony Rice Guitar Method (DVD), July 2003
• Larry Sparks — The Coldest Part of Winter, August 2003
• The Chieftains — Down The Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions In Concert (DVD), November 2003
• Junior Barber & Gary Ferguson — Stuff That Works, December 2003

2004

• Allison Krauss + Union Station — Live, March 2004
• Raymond Fairchild — Smoky Mountain Christmas — A Bluegrass Holiday, September 2004
• Brad Hill — DIGITAL SONGSTREAM - Mastering The World Of Digital Music (book), November 2004
• Brittany Bailey, December 2004

2005

• Steve Day — It's All About Fiddlin', February 2005
• Ben Krakauer & Pete Frostic — Wide Open, February 2005
• Josh Williams — Lonesome Highway, February 2005
• Appalachian Picking Society, June 2005
• Apple, Kirby & Rounds, June 2005

2006

• Drew Emmit — Across the Bridge, May 2006
• The Hungry Hash House Ramblers — Passing the Buck, May 2006
• Lou Wamp — Resolution, May 2006
• The Wilders — Throw Down, October 2006

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Last Updated: 16 December 2006