The Southern Gospel Music Association’s (SGMA) announced April 5 the 2012 inductees to the SGMA Hall of Fame. Dr. Jim Goff, induction committee chairman, made the announcements: in the living category, Jim Hill and Buck Rambo and in the deceased category, Charlie Burke, Stuart Hamblen, Geraldine Morrison and Ace Richman.
Nashville, TN -- Rural Rhythm Records is very proud to announce the April 10, 2012 new album release Southern Roots & Branches (Yesterday and Today) by Grammy® award winning artist, Marty Raybon. The upcoming album contains classics from his previous solo albums, new original songs, and a wonderful acoustic version of Shenandoah's big hit and fan favorite "1 Want To Be Loved Like That."
Musician, composer, and educator Mark O'Connor is gaining followers among teachers and students every day with his revolutionary American school of string playing, the O'Connor Method, which the New Yorker calls "an American-grown rival to the Suzuki method." In an in-depth story about O'Connor's approach to music education, CNN featured the violinist and his innovative Method, which focuses on American musical history and vernacular as opposed to the study of European classical pieces emphasized in other programs.
Nashville, TN (April 5, 2012) – Kathy Mattea, the beloved Grammy-winning singer of such classics as "18 Wheels and A Dozen Roses" and "Where've You Been," has signed with Sugar Hill Records. The label has plans to release Calling Me Home, what Mattea describes as a love letter to her home state of West Virginia, later this year.
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Nashville, TN -- Young songwriters will fill the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum's Ford Theater with songs about homework, homesickness, tropical islands and more on Tuesday, April 24, during the museum's annual Words & Music Night. The Words & Music program is made possible by the Country Music Association Endowment for Words & Music. Grammy Award-Winning Vocal Group Diamond Rio will be hosting the event.
Kaneohe, HI -- Bluegrass in the Ko'olaus, a weekend event that features homemade bluegrass and traditional music in a spectacular setting, will take place at Kaneohe's Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden from Friday, April 13 through Monday, April 15. The event, hosted by Bluegrass Hawaii Traditional & Bluegrass Music Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is FREE, though donations are welcome.
Nashville, TN -- Country music Icon Dolly Parton just released her latest project, “An Evening with... Dolly”, which is a two-disc DVD/CD set available exclusively at all Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® locations. In the coming days, you can get some inside details as Dolly will be making numerous television appearances in support of her new album.
International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) award winner Larry Stephenson delivers one of the finest albums of his career on his Compass Records debut What Really Matters. The album comes on the heels of the Larry Stephenson Band’s win for Recorded Event of the Year at the 2010 International Bluegrass Music Awards for his bluegrass star-studded previous effort, 20th Anniversary, Stephenson again teaming up with co-producer Ben Surratt.
Marty McKinney is a bluegrass music Disk Jockey (DJ) and has been playing bluegrass and country music on the radio for almost twenty years. Recently a good friend of his, Carl Jarrell Jr., better known as CJ the DJ, who has also worked in radio for about 25 years, teamed up with the legendary Dr. Ralph Stanley and recorded one of McKinney's songs, titled "Bluegrass Rulz." The song pays special tribute to past, present and future generations of bluegrass music artists. In fact Tuesday, April 3rd, it was the most downloaded song on Airplay Direct.
Nashville, TN -- Award-winning female vocalist, Carrie Hassler will kick off her new album, The Distance at a CD Release Block Party on Saturday, April 28, 2012 in downtown Pikeville, TN at 4:00 pm. The event will include performances by Dale Ann Bradley, Steve Gulley, Harlan, Kentucky based national touring act and fellow Rural Rhythm Records label-mate, Cumberland River, and many more special guests. This free event will take place in downtown Pikeville adjacent to Carrie's family owned restaurant, Little Maggie's
It's a classic "local boy makes good," story. Bryan Sutton, raised in Buncombe County, has enjoyed a career of great success by any measure as a guitarist who has garnered multiple Grammy awards and recorded with the likes of Dolly Parton, Norah Jones and Doc Watson. Most notably, Sutton spent four years as a member of Ricky Skagg's band, Kentucky Thunder, during a time when Skaggs reentered the bluegrass scene after a successful stint in mainstream country music.
On Tuesday, April 3, 2012 the Rex Foundation will release 15 tracks from Run for the Roses – Celebrating the Music of Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter and The Jerry Garcia Band. Recorded at The Fillmore in San Francisco, this special live album features gifted musicians performing new and tribute renditions of long-favorite songs.
Marion, VA -- Song of the Mountains will be taping another episode of the award winning concert series at the Lincoln Theatre in Marion, Virginia on Saturday, April 14th. “This show is a tremendous lineup of talent,” says Tim White the program’s host and executive coordinator. “Our entire lineup is made up of headliners.” states White. Scheduled to appear on the April 14th concert are bluegrass music artists Sierra Hull and Highway 111, Roni Stoneman and Mountain Country which includes her sister Donna Stoneman, Lou Reid and Carolina and the Cockman Family.
Nashville, TN -- Grammy-nominated bluegrass sensation, The Steep Canyon Rangers are anticipating the imminent release of their debut Rounder Records recorded effort “Nobody Knows You.” They are pushing the boundaries of bluegrass and making it accessible to both traditional and progressive audiences of this genre.
Nashville, TN -- Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent of Dailey & Vincent are proud to announce that Jessie Baker will join the band as banjo player and harmony vocalist. Acclaimed banjoist and vocalist Joe Dean, a founding member of Dailey & Vincent's band, will pursue other endeavors.Jessie Baker
The Southern Gospel Music Association’s (SGMA) announced April 5 the 2012 inductees to the SGMA Hall of Fame. Dr. Jim Goff, induction committee chairman, made the announcements: in the living category, Jim Hill and Buck Rambo and in the deceased category, Charlie Burke, Stuart Hamblen, Geraldine Morrison and Ace Richman.
Nashville, TN -- Rural Rhythm Records is very proud to announce the April 10, 2012 new album release Southern Roots & Branches (Yesterday and Today) by Grammy® award winning artist, Marty Raybon. The upcoming album contains classics from his previous solo albums, new original songs, and a wonderful acoustic version of Shenandoah's big hit and fan favorite "1 Want To Be Loved Like That."
Musician, composer, and educator Mark O'Connor is gaining followers among teachers and students every day with his revolutionary American school of string playing, the O'Connor Method, which the New Yorker calls "an American-grown rival to the Suzuki method." In an in-depth story about O'Connor's approach to music education, CNN featured the violinist and his innovative Method, which focuses on American musical history and vernacular as opposed to the study of European classical pieces emphasized in other programs.
Nashville, TN (April 5, 2012) – Kathy Mattea, the beloved Grammy-winning singer of such classics as "18 Wheels and A Dozen Roses" and "Where've You Been," has signed with Sugar Hill Records. The label has plans to release Calling Me Home, what Mattea describes as a love letter to her home state of West Virginia, later this year.
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Nashville, TN -- Young songwriters will fill the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum's Ford Theater with songs about homework, homesickness, tropical islands and more on Tuesday, April 24, during the museum's annual Words & Music Night. The Words & Music program is made possible by the Country Music Association Endowment for Words & Music. Grammy Award-Winning Vocal Group Diamond Rio will be hosting the event.
Kaneohe, HI -- Bluegrass in the Ko'olaus, a weekend event that features homemade bluegrass and traditional music in a spectacular setting, will take place at Kaneohe's Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden from Friday, April 13 through Monday, April 15. The event, hosted by Bluegrass Hawaii Traditional & Bluegrass Music Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is FREE, though donations are welcome.
Nashville, TN -- Country music Icon Dolly Parton just released her latest project, “An Evening with... Dolly”, which is a two-disc DVD/CD set available exclusively at all Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® locations. In the coming days, you can get some inside details as Dolly will be making numerous television appearances in support of her new album.
International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) award winner Larry Stephenson delivers one of the finest albums of his career on his Compass Records debut What Really Matters. The album comes on the heels of the Larry Stephenson Band’s win for Recorded Event of the Year at the 2010 International Bluegrass Music Awards for his bluegrass star-studded previous effort, 20th Anniversary, Stephenson again teaming up with co-producer Ben Surratt.
Marty McKinney is a bluegrass music Disk Jockey (DJ) and has been playing bluegrass and country music on the radio for almost twenty years. Recently a good friend of his, Carl Jarrell Jr., better known as CJ the DJ, who has also worked in radio for about 25 years, teamed up with the legendary Dr. Ralph Stanley and recorded one of McKinney's songs, titled "Bluegrass Rulz." The song pays special tribute to past, present and future generations of bluegrass music artists. In fact Tuesday, April 3rd, it was the most downloaded song on Airplay Direct.
Nashville, TN -- Award-winning female vocalist, Carrie Hassler will kick off her new album, The Distance at a CD Release Block Party on Saturday, April 28, 2012 in downtown Pikeville, TN at 4:00 pm. The event will include performances by Dale Ann Bradley, Steve Gulley, Harlan, Kentucky based national touring act and fellow Rural Rhythm Records label-mate, Cumberland River, and many more special guests. This free event will take place in downtown Pikeville adjacent to Carrie's family owned restaurant, Little Maggie's
It's a classic "local boy makes good," story. Bryan Sutton, raised in Buncombe County, has enjoyed a career of great success by any measure as a guitarist who has garnered multiple Grammy awards and recorded with the likes of Dolly Parton, Norah Jones and Doc Watson. Most notably, Sutton spent four years as a member of Ricky Skagg's band, Kentucky Thunder, during a time when Skaggs reentered the bluegrass scene after a successful stint in mainstream country music.
On Tuesday, April 3, 2012 the Rex Foundation will release 15 tracks from Run for the Roses – Celebrating the Music of Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter and The Jerry Garcia Band. Recorded at The Fillmore in San Francisco, this special live album features gifted musicians performing new and tribute renditions of long-favorite songs.
Marion, VA -- Song of the Mountains will be taping another episode of the award winning concert series at the Lincoln Theatre in Marion, Virginia on Saturday, April 14th. “This show is a tremendous lineup of talent,” says Tim White the program’s host and executive coordinator. “Our entire lineup is made up of headliners.” states White. Scheduled to appear on the April 14th concert are bluegrass music artists Sierra Hull and Highway 111, Roni Stoneman and Mountain Country which includes her sister Donna Stoneman, Lou Reid and Carolina and the Cockman Family.
Nashville, TN -- Grammy-nominated bluegrass sensation, The Steep Canyon Rangers are anticipating the imminent release of their debut Rounder Records recorded effort “Nobody Knows You.” They are pushing the boundaries of bluegrass and making it accessible to both traditional and progressive audiences of this genre.
Nashville, TN -- Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent of Dailey & Vincent are proud to announce that Jessie Baker will join the band as banjo player and harmony vocalist. Acclaimed banjoist and vocalist Joe Dean, a founding member of Dailey & Vincent's band, will pursue other endeavors.Jessie Baker