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Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited Now Available

May 12, 2015

The wait is over! Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited is now available! Click here to purchase your copy today!

Featuring the music of Ashley & Shannon Campbell, Ashley Monroe, Brad Paisley, Carl Jackson, Corbin Hayslett, Dolly Parton, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Emmylou Harris, Jesse McReynolds, Keb´ Mo´, Larry Cordle & The Virginia Luthiers, Marty Stuart, Sheryl Crow, Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers, The Chuck Wagon Gang, The Church Sisters, The Shotgun Rubies, and Vince Gill, join forces to pay tribute to the legendary 1927 Bristol Sessions with Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited.

This timeless, haunting, and powerful, Orthophonic Joy re-imagines the iconic recordings that created the "Big Bang" of country music and catapulted The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers to stardom. Produced by Grammy-winning producer Carl Jackson, these songs are accompanied by narration by longtime Grand Ole Opry host Eddie Stubbs and their enduring beauty shines through. Not only does this album pay homage to the original recordings, it is destined to stir a re-awakening within the industry the 1927 Bristol Sessions helped shape.