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Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe - Back in the 1970s, Kenny Baker (Bill Monroe's #1 fiddle player) put out an album of Monroe's best instrumentals. It is considered to be one of the standard albums for bluegrass instrumentals. This past year, Noam recorded a tribute to the album playing Kenny's fiddle lines note-for-note on the banjo. Joining Noam are Bryan Sutton on guitar, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Ronnie McCoury on mandolin, and Mike Bub on bass. Definitely a new standard album.
Skaggs & Rice - This isn't recent (1980), but is considered a timeless tribute album consisting of 10 standard Bluegrass duets by Tony Rice and Ricky Skaggs.
Everything by the Bluegrass Album Band - Once again, the B.A.B. records aren't recent, but at least give a 2nd generation slant on the standard tunes. Tony Rice, J.D. Crowe, Bobby Hicks, Jerry Douglas, Doyle Lawson, Todd Phillips, and more.
Chris Eldridge & Michael Daves have been putting out some Stanley Brothers covers on SoundCloud.
The Earls Of Leicester (Lester) - Possibly the best for last. This is a supergroup made up of Jerry Douglas on dobro, Barry Bales on bass, Tim O'Brien on mandolin, Charlie Cushman on banjo, Johnny Warren on fiddle, and Shawn Camp on guitar/lead vocals. This is a straight up Flatt & Scruggs tribute band: everything from the arrangements to the bowties. They have an album coming out in September.