Family Circle

Personnel: Del McCoury (vocals, tenor); Ronnie McCoury (vocals, mandolin); Jason Carter (baritone, bass voice, fiddle); Alan Bartram (baritone, upright bass); Rob McCoury (banjo).
Audio Mixer: David Ferguson .
Recording information: The Butcher Shoppe.
Photographer: Brenda McClearen.
Stalwart bluegrass godfather Del McCoury released FAMILY CIRCLE six months after unleashing a 50-track career retrospective (with newly recorded songs, no less). His first collection of non-gospel material since 2005, FAMILY CIRCLE featured new material penned by the likes of Ronnie Bowman, Jim Lauderdale, Mark Knopfler, Billy Smith, and Shawn Camp played to perfection by Del, sons Rob and Ronnie, fiddler Jason Carter, and bass player Alan Bartram. Like all McCoury releases, his latest sounds like the work of a band in its prime (Del was 70 at the time of recording), and while it may follow the bluegrass template to the letter, it's a note worth reading, studying, and ultimately passing along to others.