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Jim Lauderdale Pre-Order

Jim Lauderdale's brand new record "Reason And Rhyme" is now available for pre-order at JimLauderdale.com and in Jim's Facebook store!The record comes out everywhere on June 21st, but by placing your...

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This Week In Sugar Hill History - "like A Hurricane"

13 years ago this week Sugar Hill released the Chris Hillman record, “Like a Hurricane”. “This is a solid album of new and old songs by one of the founding fathers of country rock. Chris Hillman has a...

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Jim Lauderdale - Reason and Rhyme - Now Available

Can there be too much of a good thing? If the question’s about collaboration between American roots music hero Jim Lauderdale and legendary lyricist Robert Hunter, the answer’s an emphatic “no!”...

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This Week in Sugar Hill History: Common Ground

Twelve years ago, Sugar Hill Records released the rich, progressive Bluegrass album, “Common Ground” by the group Blueridge."Back in the 1970s and '80s, "progressive" bluegrass more often than not...

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New Marty Stuart Documentary

The new documentary “Marty Stuart in Philadelphia Mississippi” was released on Hulu.com yesterday. This thirty minute video chronicles the rich life of this Country music icon as it focuses on the...

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Happy 4th of July Weekend!

Well you just can't get more American than apple pie and Dolly Parton. Her most patriotic album to date "For God and Country" was a celebration of Dolly's America. With eighteen tracks, Dolly expressed...

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This Week In Sugar Hill History - Riding the Midnight Train

25 years ago Sugar Hill Released the Grammy award winning Doc Watson album “Ride the Midnight Train”. The last album Merle Watson ever played on before his tragic death, this piece is a gem in the...

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Kasey Chambers "Little Bird" now available

We're excited to announce that Kasey Chambers' award-winning record "Little Bird" is now available everywhere!  This is a brilliantly diverse record of Americana album has already gairned rave reviews...

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This Week in Sugar Hill History - Red Knuckles and The Trailblazers

22 years ago Sugar Hill released the wonderful Western Swing album “Shades of The Past” by Red Knuckles and The Trailblazers, a comedic alter ego of the group Hot Rize.Musicians have always had an...

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Sugar Hill to release "Little Bird" by Kasey Chambers July 12th

 Sugar Hill is proud to announce the U.S. release of the new Kasey Chambers album "Little Bird", out July 12th. We released a wonderful album from Kasey and Shane Nicholson in 2008 and we can't wait...

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Grey Fox Music Festival This Weekend

Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival is happening this weekend up in Oak Hill NY, with a killer lineup as usual. Sugar Hill sent Sam Bush and the Stringdusters to play along with great company like Thile &...

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Spotify Launches in America

The popular European music player, Spotify, launched in the U.S. today. They sent out a limited number of invitations to those in their email signup, and will slowly expand through invite only for the...

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CAAS Convention this week

It's been ten years since Mr. Guitar sadly past away. Chet Atkins was truly one of the greatest figures in country music, he was a producer and player extraordinaire with a kind heart and love of...

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Re-Rooting and Recruiting

We are excited to be launching our Sugar Hill Roots, “Re-Rooting and Recruiting Campaign!” Supporting our artists on tour is tough, and we need your help in getting the message out about all of our...

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This Week In Sugar Hill History: Ice Caps: Peaks of Telluride

11 years ago Sugar Hill released the high energy, live recordings of Sam Bush at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival throughout the 90s."Recorded at Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Telludire, Colorado...

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"Sunburns, Mud People, and Bluegrass? Sugar Hill's Guide to Late Summer...

       If the Summer Season isn't stressful enough with the kids at home, the NFL lockout, and (gasp) no "Dancing with the Stars", music fans must decide on how to spend their ever dwindling supply of...

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This Week In Sugar Hill History: "Church Street Blues" by Tony Rice

18 years ago Sugar Hill released the incredible album “Church Street Blues” by Tony Rice. The album concept is simple, Tony, shows his virtuosity by stripping all his music down to his 2 musical...

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Elements of a Bluegrass song

After looking back each week at a different Sugar Hill album. The high council of bluegrass has been able to construct a graph depicting the four main elements of a bluegrass song. This graph is a toll...

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This Week in Sugar Hill History - James McMurtry "Walk Between the Raindrops"

13 Years ago (way back in 1998), Sugar Hill released the roots, country album "Walk Between the Raindrops" by James McMurtry. Singer/songwriter James McMurtry, son of novelist Larry McMurtry (Lonesome...

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This Week in Sugar Hill History - Doc Watson at Gerdes Folk City (2001)

On September 11, 2001, Sugar Hill Records released the classic "Doc Watson at Gerdes Folk City" - a definitive collection of historic live Doc Watson recordings from 1962-1963.This album documents Doc...

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Happy 100th Birthday Bill Monroe

In honor of the 100th birthday of the Father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe, we thought we'd share this tribute album that we released back in 1996. Produced by bassist extraordinaire Todd Phillips, it...

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This Week In Sugar Hill History- "The Great Dobro Sessions" (1994)

On July 15th, 1994, Sugar Hill Records released the album, The Great Dobro Sessions: The Gathering of Resophonic Pickers. The album, noted as one of the most important gatherings of dobro players in...

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This Week in Sugar Hill History - "Skip, Hop, and Wobble" (1993)

   19 years ago this week, on October 15, 1993, Jerry Douglas teamed up with Russ Barenberg and Edgar Meyer to collaborate on what would be one of the most influential Americana albums of their time:...

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This Week in Sugar Hill History - "The Grass is Blue" (1999)

    On October 26, 1999, Dolly Parton released her first album with Sugar Hill Records, entitled "The Grass is Blue," and began a beautiful relationship with bluegrass music. It was inevitable that...

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This Week in Sugar Hill History - "West Textures" (1989)

    An extraordinary songwriter and musician, Robert Earl Keen Jr. debuted his third solo album, "West Textures" on November 5, 1989. This album marked Keen's third outing and is a beautiful collection...

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