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The prominent Paxton touchstone “I Can’t Help But Wonder (Where I’m Bound)” is given a  freshly compelling treatment by one of the bluegrass community’s most treasured female-forward ensembles, Della Mae — joined here by Paxton himself.

A multi-artist collection, Bluegrass Sings Paxton is a sparkling, genre-wide salute to songwriter Tom Paxton, whose “The Last Thing On My Mind” and “I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound” are bluegrass standards, but whose broader catalog has remained largely unexplored by the genre’s artists. To highlight the depth and breadth of a body of work that helped to earn Paxton a Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award, producers Cathy Fink and Jon Weisberger gathered a wide-ranging clutch of bluegrass singers and pickers, from Hall of Fame members to current award winners, tackling classics, hidden gems from across the decades, and even a couple of songs written specially for the project. With sympathetic readings, spirited performances and a palpable sense of artistic connection across generations, geographies and communities, Bluegrass Sings Paxton offers not just a tribute, but a well-rounded portrait of today’s bluegrass.