Jim Nunally is one of the most tasteful flatpicking guitar players working in acoustic music today. Jim has appeared on dozens of CDs with bands like Due West, the David Grisman Bluegrass Experience, John Reishman and the Jaybirds, and many others, including movie soundtracks and television shows.

This is Jim's first solo CD and is dedicated to his mother, Gloria. You'll find a wide variety of music ranging from folk to bluegrass to country, with help from friends in the aforementioned bands, as well as Dix Bruce, Rob Ickes, Joe Craven , Judy Forrest, Buddy Williford, and Rob Nunally.

Tyler Grant's name has been popping up everywhere in the acoustic music scene over the past few years. His new CD "In the Light" shows why. In 2003 he joined Adrienne Young's band and toured with her for a year and a half. He also recorded with her on her acclaimed CDs Plow the End of the Row and The Art of Virtue. In 2004 he hooked up with Casey and Chris Henry and the Two-Stringers. Most recently (November 2005) Tyler joined the Drew Emmett Band and is currently on tour with that group.

Nine of the thirteen tracks on Tyler's CD are original (seven vocal and two instrumental). The other four tracks consist of three traditional instrumental tunes and one traditional vocal song. Tyler started laying down tracks for this project in September of 2005. Joining Tyler are guest musicians Amanda Kowalski, Casey Driessen, Missy Raines and Mike Bub, Andy Hall, Scott Vestal, Chris Henry, Chris Pandolfi, Seven Sandifer, and Pat Enright.

While there are plenty of great guitar pickers in Nashville, Tim May adds great songwriting and singing to his list of many talents (which include being equally adept at resonator guitar, banjo, bass, and mandolin). On his solo CD, Find My Way Back, all of Tim's various talents are featured. One only needs to listen to the first cut, "The Sun Won't Shine on Virginia" to know that Tim has the ability to write a bluegrass "hit" and the voice to carry it up the charts.

Find My Way Back provides a perfect blend of original songs and traditional tunes. Tim's new songs include "The Sun Won't Shine on Virginia," "Worries and Troubles are Mine," "I've Got A Feeling," "Find My Way Back." He also includes an original instrumental guitar solo piece called "Miss Nari." The traditional tunes include favorite bluegrass barnburners "Bill Cheatham," (where Tim really shows us his instrumental prowess by playing guitar, banjo, Dobro, mandolin, and bass!) and "Paddy on the Turnpike," (a duet with Tim on guitar and his wife Gretchen Priest-May on fiddle). Other instrumentals include a swinging version of "Limehouse Blues" and haunting arrangements of "The Streets of Laredo" and "Down By the Sally Garden." Rounding out the field is a vocal standard "Sitting On Top of the World."

Having spent the last fifteen years performing on stage as a member of Marty Stuart's road band, playing lead acoustic guitar with Earl Scruggs and Friends, and playing lead electric and acoustic guitar with Billy Bob Thornton's rock band, Brad Davis now brings his acoustic guitar and songwriting talent to the forefront with the release of his new solo recording This World Ain’t No Child. This album not only presents Brad’s unique blend of acoustic blues, rock, country, and bluegrass and highlights his vocal, songwriting, acoustic guitar, mandolin, and bass talents, its real excitement is the interaction between Brad and some of the world's most talented musicians from the bluegrass, newgrass, country, and rock genres.

Brad Davis' debut release on FGM Records features guest appearances from Jon Randall, Earl Scruggs, Sam Bush, David Grier, Rob Ickes, his brother Greg Davis, Tommy Shaw of STYX, John Jorgenson, Glen Duncan, and a duet with Kelly Knolf.

Brad demonstrates great flatpicking on this CD and also plays mandolin and bass on a few tracks.

Jim & Dix's newest collection Brothers at Heart includes fifteen of their favorite songs and tunes, most of them traditional and in the "brother duet" style. Anyone who loves simple and straight-forward singing and picking will surely want to get a copy of this CD.

The brother duet sound is like no other: basic acoustic guitar and/or mandolin accompaniment plus two voices. Simple, from the heart, without much extra decoration, but it gets you right to the roots of the music and to the message of the song. Jim & Dix have listened to and learned from the great country brother duet acts from the 1920s to the present (the Monroe Brothers, Jim and Jesse, the Louvin Brothers, the Dixon Brothers, the Lilly Brothers, the Everly Brothers, the Wilburn Brothers, the Osborne Brothers, the Stanley Brothers, the Delmore Brothers, the White Brothers, and so many more). Though Jim & Dix aren't brothers by blood, they are brothers at heart when it comes to the music.

FGM Records announces the release of Endless Line, guitarist and Kingsport, Tennessee, native Tim Stafford’s first solo recording. Tim wrote or co-wrote nine of the fourteen songs, half of which are instrumentals. Guest vocalists include former New Grass Revival lead singer John Cowan, local great Keith Williams, and Wildfire’s Robert Hale and Darrell Webb.

The CD features 14 songs, half instrumental, 9 originals and great performances from John Cowan, Adam Steffey, Ron Stewart, Rob Ickes, Steve Gulley, Jimmy Van Cleve, Jason Moore, Robert Hale, Darrell Webb, Rushad Eggleston, Keith Williams, and others.

Italian flatpicking phenom Roberto Dalla Vecchia's second solo album Sit Back showcases his songwriting ability.

Most of the tracks features solo flatpicking guitar and were recorded live, without overdubs.

The title " Sit Back" reflects the general mood of the CD. It reflects Roberto's passion for melody. Most of the tunes are a combination of bluegrass and Italian melodies. The CD features the presence of Stefania Cavedon, on cello, and Toni Moretti on upright bass.

Jon Randall Stewart's fourth solo album, Willin', has been recently added to the FGM Records catalog.

Willin' was a long-term project that began when Jon, Larry Atamanuik, and legendary bassist Roy Huskey, Jr. sat down in Brent Truitt's new Nashville recording studio. Jon decided to record music that "we knew we couldn't put on a major label." Three or four years later, Jon took those tracks and invited friends like Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, John Cowan, Lorrie Morgan, Al Perkins, and Emmylou Harris to help him finish the project. With the except of "Willin'" (a Lowell George tune), all tunes on this CD are Jon Randall Stewart originals.

Flatpicking Guitar Magazine reviewed a pre-release copy of this CD in Volume 11, Number 4. Since then Robert has gone back in the studio to re-record and add to the project. This CD is an example of solo flatpicking at its finest by a masterful and tasteful flatpicker. When the pre-release version came out last summer there was some buzz on the internet listserv group Flatpick-L. Here is what list member Dan Mozell had to say: "There are lots of guitarists these days who have great technique and can generate excitement with hot picking. Robert can certainly do the same. But there are few who work with the full range of emotion that is possible in music. These are medium and slow paced solos intended to move the listener. This is really one of the finest guitar recordings I’ve heard in years."

The Big Top is award-winning songwriter Geoffrey Rutledge's newest solo release, showcasing twelve original songs. Geoffrey clearly demonstrates that his years of songwriting have honed his ability to convey his interesting perspective of life. His lyrics will make you think, and laugh, and cry. Add to that Geoffrey's rich textural voice and a sardonic wit and you can understand why he is a favorite wherever he plays.

This "Best Of" CD from Mark Cosgrove contains 18 remastered instrumental tunes gathered from Mark's previous releases and features great songs, inspired arrangements and stellar performances.

Plaidgrass is an acoustic band that plays a unique mixture of traditional Irish instrumentals with a bluegrass improvisational blend. At the core of Plaidgrass is multi-instrumentalist Tim May and fiddler Gretchen Priest. The union of Gretchen's Irish and Old-time music background and Tim's strong bluegrass and country roots formed a combined fresh and exciting musical expression that has others describing them as "new traditionalists." When asked about their music, Gretchen said, "I'm a tune-hound. I like to work with an old tune and create an arrangement for the band and then let the rest of these excellent improvisational pickers take it to a new level."

Fiddle master Stuart Duncan said, "It is refreshing to hear a group of musicians draw from a myriad of influences. Plaidgrass has created powerful renditions of Celtic and bluegrass instrumentals."

FGM columnist Kathy Barwick and her band Nine-8ths Irish have released this new CD called West of Ireland. Linked by a love of traditional Irish instrumental music, the four musicians in this band, with vastly different backgrounds—from bluegrass and country to jazz and big band music—have come together to perform music that they describe as "Irish and a wee bit more." Comprised of award-winning fiddler Linda Relph (a four-time women's champion in California), Bo Bowen (whistles), well-known bluegrass musician Kathy Barwick (guitar), and Chris Dunlap (bodhran), Nine-8ths Irish presents Irish and American tunes in a tasty blend of styles. The first foray into Celtic music for FGM Records, West of Ireland presents traditional jigs, reels and other dance tunes, a handful of tunes written during the past twenty years and a new tune by Linda Relph, "Shennopsy." Inspired by the greats that have come before them, Nine-8ths Irish makes its recording debut with this collection.

FGM Records proudly presents one of the most exciting bluegrass instrumental CDs to be released in years. Mo Canada's "Grassoline" features 12 instrumental selections performed by some of today's most talented musicians. Joining Mo Canada on this disc are: Tony Rice, Randy Kohrs, Phil Leadbetter, Rickie Simpkins, Kevin Light, Darrell Webb, Ed Canada, Chad Light, Scott Vestal, Taro Inoue, Raymond McLain, and JP Mathes. The CD was engineered and mixed by Wyatt Rice.

The music on this CD is something that any bluegrass enthusiast will thoroughly enjoy and something that flatpickers will be talking about for years to come. This is a CD that should be part of any bluegrass guitar player's collection. Buy your copy today!

Flatpicking Guitar Magazine columnist Kathy Barwick has released her first solo CD. This is a long awaited project that all of Kathy's fans will enjoy.

Multi-instrumentalist Kathy Barwick (guitar, banjo, and dobro) has more than 30 years of experience playing bluegrass, folk and, most recently, traditional Irish music. Kathy started on folk guitar, added bluegrass banjo, dobro and bass, and finally returned to guitar as a flatpicker.

"Serious music worthy of serious listening," says Tony Rice of The Game's Afoot, the latest project from the John Carlini Quartet. Ably assisting John and Don Stiernberg (mandolin), Brian Glassman (acoustic bass), and Steve Holloway (drums and percussion) is special guest Pat Cloud, 5-string banjo wizard.

Enjoy a Christmas album from John Carlini, including all the typical favorites: "Winter Wonderland", "Silent Night", "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas", and more. Carlini is joined by Bill Robinson, an extraordinary vocalist, on this release.

This tribute CD is our way of honoring Doc Watson and his music. Additionally, we honor the two men who have spent the most time on the road with Doc: Merle Watson and Jack Lawrence. These two men have not only been Doc's musical partners, and standout musicians in their own right, but each has also been Doc's good friend and loyal traveling companion. Featuring Doug Rorrer & Steve Kilby, Dix Bruce & Jim Nunally, Kenny & Amanda Smith, Jim Hurst & Missy Raines, Wyatt Rice, Tim Stafford, and Rushad Eggleston, John Tindel & RST, Chris & Sally Jones, Brad Davis & Dan Miller, Joe Carr & Alan Munde, and more.