Fairbanks, Alaska bluegrass band that veers into alternative country and hillbilly jazz.tracks Alaska’s Rural Delivery bluegrass band has just released its first CD on Tank Farm Records. The CD features 12 songs recorded in the studio, followed by 6 bonus tracks recorded live on February 27, 2007 at the College Coffeehouse in Fairbanks. Rural Delivery is Ben Bragonier on mandolin and vocals, Suzanne Graves on guitar and vocals, Tye Menser on banjo and vocals, Jeff Siniscalchi on mandolin, harmonica, and vocals, and Ken Brown on bass, dobro, and vocals. Bragonier, Graves, and Brown are all primary teachers with the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District in Fairbanks. Until recently, Menser was a public defender in Fairbanks (now living in Olympia, Washington), and Siniscalchi keeps the new hospital on Fort Wainwright physically running. Recorded on a Boss 1600-CD recorder, “Hardly a Town at All” is not a perfect album, nor was it intended to be. Rather than focus on studio perfection, the band tried to capture the “live” feel and emotion that comes across on stage when the band performs publicly. The CD takes its title from a line in one of two original songs written by Brown that are featured on the CD. The cover photo was taken by Bragonier’s wife Carrie, and Bragonier, a talented graphic artist, designed the CD cover and booklet. Rural Delivery plans to tour the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia/Yukon festivals during 2008.