Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
By Cheryl Chumley, Manassas Journal Messenger, Va. Jul. 13--The theme of vacationing in this day and age of high-cost fuel and tightening discretionary dollar budgets doesn't have to be "stay home," according to information from the Prince William Library System.
Idolator (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
High gas prices bring the pain to Nashville acts big and small: "To illustrate the situation touring artists now face, [booking agent Keith] Case recalls a recent Ralph Stanley swing into Texas. 'It was just a straight run, not a lot of geography,' he explains. 'He went from home [in southwest Virginia], played three dates that were all closely routed in Texas. He came back and his [roundtrip] fuel...
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Last month I wrote about a recent release, Music of Coal: Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields from Lonesome Records. I just experienced another of their releases, Let It Shine by a young group of very talented artists who call themselves The Midnight Ramblers. These four young artists perform together as another outstanding bluegrass group from Southwest Virginia. ...
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
in post A man in Kentucky sure is lucky . . . from Setting The Woods On Fire .
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
* The Lincoln County Independence Day Celebration features three days of free events beginning today with a 6 p.m. concert by R.D. Clay, The Midnight Rider Band and Footlights feat. Bucky Rakes. On Friday, a gospel sing runs from 1 to 5:45 p.m.
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Keith Case & Associates and Columbia Artists Management are now accepting dates for a package show featuring bluegrass icon Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys and family supergroup Cherryholmes. The twin billing will offer dates from fall 2008 through the summer of 2009. For more details, contact Keith Case in Nashville (615-327-4646) or Toby Tumarkin in [...]
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
The Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center will offer free music lessons to students ages 10 to 18 as part of its annual Passing the Pick and Bow program. Classes this summer begin on Monday, July 7th and will last until Friday, August 8th. Lessons will be available in the towns of Clintwood and Clinchco and include clawhammer-style banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, dulcimer, and singing...
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
The 2008 series of Bluegrass Nights At The Ryman begins this Thursday, June 26. The annual summer series of shows staged at the so-called mother church of country music, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, will include appearances by Vince Gill, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Ralph Stanley and Rhonda Vincent. Scruggs will open the series on June 26 with [...]
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Clintwood, VA -- The Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center will offer free music lessons to students ages 10 to 18 as part of its annual Passing the Pick and Bow program. Classes this summer begin on Monday, July 7th and will last until Friday, August 8th. ...
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Last night my wife and I were talking about my former life as a crew member for country singer Lorrie Morgan. I don’t know how we got on the topic, but the conversation naturally turned to a discussion of Keith Whitley. We ended up on YouTube watching Whitley videos. I happened across this one of Keith [...]
O B L I Q U I T Y (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
This week, I want to enable you to check out new music by two gentlemen who are impeccable singer/songwriters. They both deliver their first full debut albums this week. George Stanford’s debut is entitled ‘Big Drop’ (iTunes Link). Some of you may have been introduced to Stanford with an earlier EP simply entitled ‘The [...]
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Come August, you'll be able to catch shows by bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, country boy group Emerson Drive and hip hop/reggae artist Sean Kingston -- they're all part of the Alaska State Fair entertainment lineup, which was released this morning.
Entertainment - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
The Stanhope House, a popular northern New Jersey venue for blues and rock music, is about to close its doors, its Web site has disclosed....
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
The Stanhope House, a popular northern New Jersey venue for blues and rock music, is about to close its doors, its Web site has disclosed.
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
Come August, you'll be able to catch shows by bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, country boy group Emerson Drive and hip hop/reggae artist Sean Kingston -- they're all part of the Alaska State Fair entertainment lineup, which was released this morning.
