Best Banjo
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Foggy Mountain Jamboree is Flatt & Scruggs' 1957 Columbia album, featuring Earl Scruggs banjo showcases and inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2012.
J.D. Crowe & The New South is the band's 1975 Rounder album, known as Rounder 0044 and added to the National Recording Registry in 2024.
Drive is Bela Fleck's 1988 Rounder album, recorded near the end of his New Grass Revival tenure with Tony Rice, Sam Bush, and Jerry Douglas.
My Bluegrass Heart is Bela Fleck's 2021 album, the third part of a bluegrass trilogy and winner of the 2022 Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album.
John Hartford's Mark Twang is a 1976 solo acoustic bluegrass album on Flying Fish that won a 1977 Grammy for traditional folk recording.
Carrying the Tradition is a 1991 Rebel album by Lonesome River Band, featuring the early-1990s lineup with Dan Tyminski and Sammy Shelor.
Old Country Town is a 1994 Sugar Hill album by Lonesome River Band, the second record by the Tim Austin, Dan Tyminski, Ronnie Bowman, and Sammy Shelor lineup.
Universal Favorite is Noam Pikelny's 2017 Rounder solo album, notable for a Grammy nomination for Best Bluegrass Album in 2018.
The Fabulous Sound of Flatt & Scruggs is a 1964 Columbia album by the American bluegrass duo, notable for peaking at No. 2 on Billboard country albums.
Beat the Devil and Carry a Rail is Noam Pikelny's 2011 Compass solo album, a No. 3 bluegrass chart entry and 2013 Grammy nominee.
Finding the Way is a 1998 Sugar Hill album by Lonesome River Band, featuring Sammy Shelor with Ronnie Bowman, Don Rigsby, and Kenny Smith.
