Recommended for neophyte bluegrass fans seeking a somewhat less traveled path down from the mountain. Sure, recruiting different guests for each of the vocal tracks does little to help the whole disc stick together. But when they include Maura O’Connell and Alison Krauss, who’s complaining? And the hostscrack dobroist Douglas & Co.shine on the seven instrumentals. Joe Dempsey
Slide Rule
A few of the things we're listening to this week, in no particular order