Lovin’, Fightin’, Losin’ Sleep, from Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers on Billy Blue Records in 2025, catches one of traditional bluegrass’s most dependable working bands in stride. Mullins — banjo player, broadcaster, and one of the music’s busiest institution-builders — leads a lineup of Adam McIntosh on guitar, Chris Davis on mandolin, Jason Barie on fiddle, and Zach Collier on bass through ten tracks that balance new material with well-chosen revivals. Among the latter is “The Bluebirds Are Singing for Me,” the Mac Wiseman–credited standard, taken at the hard-driving clip the Ramblers are known for. The album’s title telegraphs its temperament: songs of love, trouble, and restlessness delivered with radio-honed polish and no wasted motion.
Tracklist
- 1 Time Adds Up (If You're Lucky) 2:36
- 2 Something To Look Forward To 2:43
- 3 The Good Ole Days 4:32
- 4 Circling the Drain 2:36
- 5 Black and Decker Blues 3:16
- 6 The Bluebirds Singing for Me alt version 3:05
- 7 Cancellation Blues 2:32
- 8 It's Morning Already 3:04
- 9 Low Dog Blues 2:39
- 10 The End of the Line 3:27
