Bill Monroe - Live from Mountain Stage

No moment of the birth of bluegrass goes unremembered in the dusty vocal stylings of the great Kentuckian Bill Monroe. Furthermore, no speedier, crystalline mandolin gets strummed better here, there, or anywhere. Monroe's the real deal, as they say in all parts of Kentucky and far beyond, and his full-throttle performance in the pristine hills of Charleston, WV reiterates this musical fact. Good bluegrass is really about bluegrass and the love of the form, including the landscape it's rooted in, and there's a poignancy even in the sense of place where the album was recorded in 1989. Read More