In 2006, The Mountain Music Project traveled to Nepal to document and support traditional Gandharba musicians, the "wandering minstrels of the Himalayas." In addition to our charitable efforts supporting local musicians (organizing music festivals and master classes, recording elder musicians, and helping Nepali musicians find work teaching in local orphanages, we recorded a CD of Nepali and American folk songs (with collaborations from several talented bluegrass and old-time Appalachian musicians back home). We also shot and edited an hour-long documentary film exploring the surprising connections between these two distant, yet similar cultures.
When folk musician John McCutcheon got his first guitar he pedaled down to his local public library in search of an instruction book and stumbled upon Woody Guthrie Folksongs. Thus began a lifetime of instruction that comes full-circle in his 35th recording, This Land: Woody Guthrie's America.
Nashville, TN (November 14, 2011) – The award-winning incomparable Janie Fricke is putting a bluegrass spin on several of her well-known hits with her latest album Country Side of Bluegrass to be released January 24, 2012.
With Steve Gulley making the jump to Dale Ann Bradley's band, Alan Bibey now reigns as the sole founding partner with Grasstowne. He, Gulley and Phil Leadbetter formed the group in 2006 after they each made the decision to leave their respective performing vehicles. Phil left in 2010 to pursue other interests, and is now focused on beating cancer.
Jackson, KY -- A Bluegrass and Gospel concert to be held in Jackson, KY is sponsored by and willbe benefitting the LBJ Elementary School Cheerleaders. The concert will be held at LBJ Elementary School, Sunday November 20, 2011 at 2:00pm. Tickets are $15.00 all children age 12 and under are admitted to the concert for free. The cheerleaders will also have a concession stand and will be cooking up soup beans and cornbread among many other items. LBJ School is located on Jett Drive just off of Highway 15 in Jackson, KY. The concert will feature Larry Sparks and his band The Lonesome Ramblers. Also appearing will be the Morehead State University Mountain Music Ambassadors under the direction of Raymond McClain.
Toronto, Ontario -- Blending elements of folk, bluegrass, Americana and swing, coupled with exquisite three-part vocal harmonies, the Toronto-based Good Lovelies have already won over the hearts and minds of their countrymen (and women). Now, with the release of their new CD, Let The Rain Fall, (distributed by Six Shooter Records/ADA) and upcoming tour dates, they plan to follow suit in the U.S. The Good Lovelies are Caroline Brooks, Kerri Ough and Sue Passmore, who combine their love for these rootsy musical styles with an inherent wit and a pinch of sassiness to create a sound that has been delighting crowds in the Great White North ever since they joined forces in 2006
Chicago, IL -- Top Chicago Bluegrass outfit Henhouse Prowlers are partnering with the Greater Chicago Food Depository to present The Bluegrass Pitch-In at Mayne Stage on Friday, Nov. 25 at 8 PM CST.
The Big Daddy Bluegrass Band rides again! It has been five long years since the Big Daddy Bluegrass Band has taken the stage. They make their return on February 11, 2012 at the Visulite Theater in Charlotte, NC, for the debut of the new lineup which features some of the premier acoustic musicians working today. The band performs at Pisgah Brewing Tap Room on Saturday, Feb. 12m $10 advance/$13 doors.
See the Smokies' most spectacular light display and a lineup of live Christmas shows that celebrate the true meaning of Christmas, all at Dollywood. Dollywood's Smoky Mountain Christmas began November 5 and runs through Decemmber 30th.
Bluegrass singer songwriter Donna Ulisse is rushing two Christmas songs to radio. They are being offered digitally to fans as well through her website only for now but they will soon also be available on iTunes, Rhapsody and Amazon.com. The songs are titled You Cannot Stay Here and You Will Be Delivered and are written about the biblical story of the Christ child’s birth. Ulisse recently shared how this happened so quickly.
Napa California-based music Education and Technology Company ArtistWorks Debuts ArtistWorks Drum Academy with Virtuoso Drummers Billy Cobham, Thomas Lang and Luis Conte ArtistWorks Drum Academy Debuts on December 8th 2011 Featuring Unique 2-Way Video Exchange (Los Angeles, CA) Napa California-based music education company ArtistWorks will premiere the ArtistWorks Drum Academy (ADA) with the debut of online schools from three of the world's most accomplished, respected and talented drummers: world-renowned jazz and drumming legend Billy Cobham, drumming superstar/producer Thomas Lang, and Latin Percussion Icon Luis Conte.
Hiltons, VA -- Bands with the ETSU Bluegrass and Country Music Program have performed at the Fold since the beginning of the program at ETSU in 1982. The ETSU program has grown so popular that students travel from all over the world to study there. There are now almost twenty different bands maintained by the program. ETSU’s bands have performed in Japan, Belgium, and Russia. Some of the finest students the Bluegrass and Country Music Program has to offer will be performing with the ETSU Old Time Band. Saturday, November 19th, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Virginia, will present a concert by the ETSU Old Time Band. Admission to the concert is $7 for adults, $1 for children 6 to 11, under age 6 free.
Scott Holstein found himself, in the Spring of 2009, making a move to the "Music City" Nashville, Tn. After years of road gigs and paying his dues along side the "Legends" of the music business, He felt he had enough under his hat to focus on his own recording career.A multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who's silent career had mostly consisted on others music endeavors kept busy as a "sideman" and "frontman" through the years but Holstein had his own bigger picture in mind! He was encouraged to make the move from industry professional and Grammy Award winning Producer/Engineer/Musician Randy Kohrs, after the two met at a festival, near Macon Ga. Randy Kohrs was producing great Bluegrass records and recording on hit sessions from Tom T. Hall, Dolly Parton and Dierks Bentley to Hank 3!
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band will reunite with Soviet-era rock pioneer Pete Anderson on November 14th, when Pete makes a cameo performance appearance with them at the Emporia Granada Theater in Emporia, Kansas. During the height of the Cold War, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band became the first American band to tour the U.S.S.R., playing 28 sold-out shows. The story of this unusual East/West friendship shows how the power of music can change the world, a featured subject in the new documentary film "Rockin' The Kremlin," directed by four time Emmy Award director Jim Brown, due for May 2012 release.
Grand Ole Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame member Vince Gill will host the America's Opry Weekend Thanksgiving Special slated to air on radio November 23 through November 27. The radio programwill celebrate Thanksgiving and the beginning of a music-filled holiday season, with Gill playing some of the year's biggest hits about life, home, and thanks. The America's Opry Weekend Thanksgiving Special will also contain cuts from Gill's new release, Guitar Slinger, and several of his all-time holiday favorites, including some he'll be singing with his wife Amy Grant on the couple's 2011 "Twelve Days of Christmas" tour.
In 2006, The Mountain Music Project traveled to Nepal to document and support traditional Gandharba musicians, the "wandering minstrels of the Himalayas." In addition to our charitable efforts supporting local musicians (organizing music festivals and master classes, recording elder musicians, and helping Nepali musicians find work teaching in local orphanages, we recorded a CD of Nepali and American folk songs (with collaborations from several talented bluegrass and old-time Appalachian musicians back home). We also shot and edited an hour-long documentary film exploring the surprising connections between these two distant, yet similar cultures.
When folk musician John McCutcheon got his first guitar he pedaled down to his local public library in search of an instruction book and stumbled upon Woody Guthrie Folksongs. Thus began a lifetime of instruction that comes full-circle in his 35th recording, This Land: Woody Guthrie's America.
Nashville, TN (November 14, 2011) – The award-winning incomparable Janie Fricke is putting a bluegrass spin on several of her well-known hits with her latest album Country Side of Bluegrass to be released January 24, 2012.
With Steve Gulley making the jump to Dale Ann Bradley's band, Alan Bibey now reigns as the sole founding partner with Grasstowne. He, Gulley and Phil Leadbetter formed the group in 2006 after they each made the decision to leave their respective performing vehicles. Phil left in 2010 to pursue other interests, and is now focused on beating cancer.
Jackson, KY -- A Bluegrass and Gospel concert to be held in Jackson, KY is sponsored by and willbe benefitting the LBJ Elementary School Cheerleaders. The concert will be held at LBJ Elementary School, Sunday November 20, 2011 at 2:00pm. Tickets are $15.00 all children age 12 and under are admitted to the concert for free. The cheerleaders will also have a concession stand and will be cooking up soup beans and cornbread among many other items. LBJ School is located on Jett Drive just off of Highway 15 in Jackson, KY. The concert will feature Larry Sparks and his band The Lonesome Ramblers. Also appearing will be the Morehead State University Mountain Music Ambassadors under the direction of Raymond McClain.
Toronto, Ontario -- Blending elements of folk, bluegrass, Americana and swing, coupled with exquisite three-part vocal harmonies, the Toronto-based Good Lovelies have already won over the hearts and minds of their countrymen (and women). Now, with the release of their new CD, Let The Rain Fall, (distributed by Six Shooter Records/ADA) and upcoming tour dates, they plan to follow suit in the U.S. The Good Lovelies are Caroline Brooks, Kerri Ough and Sue Passmore, who combine their love for these rootsy musical styles with an inherent wit and a pinch of sassiness to create a sound that has been delighting crowds in the Great White North ever since they joined forces in 2006
Chicago, IL -- Top Chicago Bluegrass outfit Henhouse Prowlers are partnering with the Greater Chicago Food Depository to present The Bluegrass Pitch-In at Mayne Stage on Friday, Nov. 25 at 8 PM CST.
The Big Daddy Bluegrass Band rides again! It has been five long years since the Big Daddy Bluegrass Band has taken the stage. They make their return on February 11, 2012 at the Visulite Theater in Charlotte, NC, for the debut of the new lineup which features some of the premier acoustic musicians working today. The band performs at Pisgah Brewing Tap Room on Saturday, Feb. 12m $10 advance/$13 doors.
See the Smokies' most spectacular light display and a lineup of live Christmas shows that celebrate the true meaning of Christmas, all at Dollywood. Dollywood's Smoky Mountain Christmas began November 5 and runs through Decemmber 30th.
Napa California-based music Education and Technology Company ArtistWorks Debuts ArtistWorks Drum Academy with Virtuoso Drummers Billy Cobham, Thomas Lang and Luis Conte ArtistWorks Drum Academy Debuts on December 8th 2011 Featuring Unique 2-Way Video Exchange (Los Angeles, CA) Napa California-based music education company ArtistWorks will premiere the ArtistWorks Drum Academy (ADA) with the debut of online schools from three of the world's most accomplished, respected and talented drummers: world-renowned jazz and drumming legend Billy Cobham, drumming superstar/producer Thomas Lang, and Latin Percussion Icon Luis Conte.
Hiltons, VA -- Bands with the ETSU Bluegrass and Country Music Program have performed at the Fold since the beginning of the program at ETSU in 1982. The ETSU program has grown so popular that students travel from all over the world to study there. There are now almost twenty different bands maintained by the program. ETSU’s bands have performed in Japan, Belgium, and Russia. Some of the finest students the Bluegrass and Country Music Program has to offer will be performing with the ETSU Old Time Band. Saturday, November 19th, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Virginia, will present a concert by the ETSU Old Time Band. Admission to the concert is $7 for adults, $1 for children 6 to 11, under age 6 free.
Scott Holstein found himself, in the Spring of 2009, making a move to the "Music City" Nashville, Tn. After years of road gigs and paying his dues along side the "Legends" of the music business, He felt he had enough under his hat to focus on his own recording career.A multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who's silent career had mostly consisted on others music endeavors kept busy as a "sideman" and "frontman" through the years but Holstein had his own bigger picture in mind! He was encouraged to make the move from industry professional and Grammy Award winning Producer/Engineer/Musician Randy Kohrs, after the two met at a festival, near Macon Ga. Randy Kohrs was producing great Bluegrass records and recording on hit sessions from Tom T. Hall, Dolly Parton and Dierks Bentley to Hank 3!
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band will reunite with Soviet-era rock pioneer Pete Anderson on November 14th, when Pete makes a cameo performance appearance with them at the Emporia Granada Theater in Emporia, Kansas. During the height of the Cold War, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band became the first American band to tour the U.S.S.R., playing 28 sold-out shows. The story of this unusual East/West friendship shows how the power of music can change the world, a featured subject in the new documentary film "Rockin' The Kremlin," directed by four time Emmy Award director Jim Brown, due for May 2012 release.
Grand Ole Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame member Vince Gill will host the America's Opry Weekend Thanksgiving Special slated to air on radio November 23 through November 27. The radio programwill celebrate Thanksgiving and the beginning of a music-filled holiday season, with Gill playing some of the year's biggest hits about life, home, and thanks. The America's Opry Weekend Thanksgiving Special will also contain cuts from Gill's new release, 