Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News: Levon Helm with Special Guests at The Ryman April 21

BMNN wrote: on Mar. 15, 2010:

Nashville, TN -- Levon Helm will bring his heralded Ramble on the Road back to the Ryman Auditorium on Wednesday April 21, 2010. Helm's first Ramble at the Ryman in July of 2007 marked one of the most remarkable comebacks of our time and was picked as Best Show of the Year by the Nashville Scene. In 2008, the Ramble kicked off the Americana Music Festival and Conference and Rolling Stone described his performances as the "Jam of the Year".

Since that first memorable July night in Nashville, Levon Helm has produced two albums (Dirt Farmer and Electric Dirt), won three Grammy Awards, including the first ever Best Americana Album Grammy for his most recent Electric Dirt, and garnered the prestigeous 2008 Americana Artist of the Year award.

Based on the traveling minstrel shows he experience in his youth, Helm has invited some of the most notable artists in the land to join him on stage at the Ramble. Special Guests for the April 21st show include Gillian Welch and the Dave Rawlings Machine, Rodney Crowell and Sam Bush with more guests and surprises to be announced at a later date. Past Rambles at the Ryman have included artists Emmylou Harris, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Sheryl Crow, John Hiatt, Buddy Miller, Ricky Skaggs, Delbert McClinton, Steve Earle and Allison Moorer, Fred Carter Jr, just to name a few.

The Americana Music Association is a professional non-profit trade organization whose mission is to promote awareness, provide a forum, and advocate for the creative and economic vitality of the Americana music genre. The Association produces a weekly radio chart and events throughout the year including the annual Americana Music Festival and Conference which will take place September 8-11, 2010 in Nashville, TN. Americana Music Festival and Conference Registrations are now available by calling the Americana Music Association office at (615) 386-6936 or through the store at www.americanamusic.org.

Tickets are on sale now and priced at $65, $45.50 and $27.50 and available at all Ticketmaster locations, the Ryman Box office and www.Ryman.com.

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