On the heels of their Emmy-Award winning instrumental collaboration “Foggy Morning Breaking,” banjoists Alison Brown and Steve Martin have returned with “Bluegrass Radio” out via Compass Records. The new single includes a twin banjo solo from Brown and Martin and lyrics that reflect Martin’s wry sense of humor as well as plenty of accompanying guests.

Martin was inspired to write the lyrics after hearing “Foggy Morning Breaking” in heavy rotation across the nation’s bluegrass channels.

He comments: 

I think of a hit on bluegrass radio with the same exhilaration as a hit movie. It’s uplifting to hear your song on the radio, and the thrill never goes away. 

Brown set the lyrics to music and brought in a band of well-known Bluegrass players including Sam Bush (mandolin), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Trey Hensley (guitar), and Todd Phillips (bass).

Brown comments:

We had an amazing time in the studio recording this track. Each of the musicians brought a lifetime’s worth of bluegrass experience to bear and, from the first note, it was almost like we were reading each other’s musical minds.

Brown and Martin’s last collaboration “Foggy Morning Breaking” from Brown’s 2023 release On Banjospent 13 weeks at #1 on Bluegrass Today’s Grassicana chart and 4 weeks at #1 on the Bluegrass chart.