Radio

Personnel: Mike Ashworth (vocals, guitar, drums); Woody Platt (vocals, guitar); Graham Sharp (vocals, banjo, harmonica); Mike Guggino (vocals, mandolin); Nicky Sanders (vocals, fiddle); Jerry Douglas (guitar, lap steel guitar, National guitar, dobro).Audio Mixer: Julian Dreyer.Recording information: Echo Mountain Recording; The Squirrel Nest.Photographers: Sandlin Gaither; Shelly Swanger.The Steep Canyon Rangers have spent much of their career walking a fine line between traditional bluegrass and acoustic music with a strong contemporary pop and country influence, and they've blurred the lines between the two sides of their musical personality more than ever before on 2015's Radio. One of the key differences on Radio is the addition of a sixth Ranger, percussionist Mike Ashworth, and even though his kit primarily consists of just a box played with brushes, his steady pulse subtly but clearly points to the melodic hooks in numbers like "Simple Is Me," "Blow Me Away," "Long Summer," and