No band has done more to elevate bluegrass music over the past 50 years than the Chicago-based Special Consensus. The two-time GRAMMY-nominees and multiple IBMA-Award winners are celebrating their golden anniversary with the release of Been All Around This World, a stellar set of contemporary bluegrass featuring special guest appearances from former members over the band’s 50 year history: Robbie Fulks, Rick Faris, Josh Williams, Chris Jones, Ashby Frank and Dallas Wayne.

Working again with producer Alison Brown, the band builds on their legacy of blending classic sounds with contemporary influences. Bluegrass classics including John Hartford’s “I Wish We Had Our Time Again” and Tony Rice’s “Like a Train” sit alongside reworkings of The Marvelettes’ “Please Mr. Postman” and Roger Miller’s “King of the Road”. All but two of the album’s tracks are collaborations between the current and former band members and the spirit of musical camaraderie that informed the recording sessions shines through the music.