Bluegrass Women is the third solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Lindsay Lou. Produced by Lou and Shani Gandhi, and recorded at Sound Emporium Studio B and Parlor Productions in Nashville, it was self-released on August 14, 2026. Lou presented the album as part of a project she initiated to honor the less well-known but important contributions of women to the bluegrass music genre.
All of the songs on the album were written by women. Nearly two dozen contemporary female bluegrass musicians contributed to the album, which was accompanied by a four-part documentary about the history and influence of women in bluegrass.
Track listing Songs written as indicated: "All I Ever Loved Was You" (Dorothy Skaggs) - 3:24 "Like A River" (Kate Wolf) - 3:57 "High On A Mountain" (Ola Belle Reed) - 4:31 "I Only Exist" (Joyce Morris & Jimmie Stanley) - 4:31 "I've Endured" (Ola Belle Reed) - 3:47 "Jubilee" (collected by Jean Ritchie) - 4:02 "Won't You Come And Sing For Me" (Hazel Dickens) - 3:44 "CC Rider" (Traditional, first verse Lena Arant) - 4:06 "Freight Train" (Elizabeth Cotten) - 3:54 "Your Lone Journey" (Rosa Lee Watson & Doc Watson) - 3:58
Personnel Musicians Song credits as listed on CD digisleeve:
on (1), "All I Ever Loved Was You" Lindsay Lou – guitar, vocal Tatiana Hargreaves – fiddle, harmony vocals Laurie Lewis – fiddle, harmony vocals Maddie Witler – mandolin Alison Brown – banjo Hasee Ciaccio – bass
on (2), "Like A River" Lindsay Lou – vocal Courtney Hartman – guitar Bronwyn Keith-Hines – fiddle AJ Lee – mandolin, harmony vocal Gena Britt – banjo Hasee Ciaccio – bass Wila Frank – harmony vocal
on (3), "High On A Mountain" Lindsay Lou – guitar, vocal Brittany Haas – fiddle Sierra Hull – mandolin Gena Britt – banjo Allison de Groot – banjo Emma Rose – bass, harmony vocal Wila Frank – harmony vocal
on (4), "I Only Exist" Lindsay Lou – guitar, vocal Courtney Hartman – guitar Bronwyn Keith-Hines – fiddle Wila Frank – fiddle, harmony vocal AJ Lee – mandolin Gena Britt – banjo Hasee Ciaccio – bass Emma Rose – harmony vocal
on (5), "I've Endured" Lindsay Lou – guitar, vocal Sarah Jarosz – octave mandolin, vocal Brittany Haas – fiddle Sierra Hull – mandolin Allison de Groot – banjo Emma Rose – bass, vocal
on (6), "Jubilee" Lindsay Lou – guitar, vocal Tatiana Hargreaves – fiddle, vocal Maddie Witler – mandolin Alison Brown – banjo Hasee Ciaccio – bass, vocal
on (7), "Won't You Come And Sing For Me" Lindsay Lou – guitar, vocal Tatiana Hargreaves – fiddle, harmony vocals Phoebe Hunt – fiddle, harmony vocals Maddie Witler – mandolin Alison Brown – banjo Hasee Ciaccio – bass
on (8), "CC Rider" Lindsay Lou – guitar, vocal Wila Frank – fiddle Jenni Lyn Gardner – mandolin Gena Britt – banjo Hasee Ciaccio – bass Sally Van Meter – dobro
on (9), "Freight Train" Lindsay Lou – vocal Courtney Hartman – guitar Molly Tuttle – guitar, harmony vocal Bronwyn Keith-Hines – fiddle AJ Lee – mandolin, harmony vocal Gena Britt – banjo Hasee Ciaccio – bass
on (10), "Your Lone Journey" Lindsay Lou – guitar, vocal Wila Frank – fiddle, harmony vocal Jenni Lyn Gardner – mandolin Gena Britt – banjo Hasee Ciaccio – bass Aoife O'Donovan – harmony vocal
Production Lindsay Lou – producer Shani Gandhi – producer, engineering, mixing Daniel Bacigalupi – mastering Sawyer Gieseke – photography Joanna Finley – assistant engineer (1, 6, 7) Ethan Greek – assistant engineer (2–5, 9–10) David O'Dell – recording (8) Darren Schneider – recording (10)
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