A bluegrass pioneer best known for penning the classic song "Steel Rails," Louisa Branscomb has built an impressive career as a songwriter, singer, teacher, and multi-instrumentalist since the '70s. One of the earliest banjo-playing frontwomen in bluegrass music, she led the band Boot Hill throughout the '70s before maintaining dual careers as a psychologist with a focus on teaching creativity and an in-demand songwriter whose songs have been widely recorded. Since Alison Krauss and John Denver made "Steel Rails" a Grammy-winning hit in the '90s, Branscomb has released several...