Author: Editor

For any of you that live in south Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Atlanta/north Georgia regions, I would like to invite you out to the 6th Annual Ellijay Bluegrass Festival featuring Hardline Drive & 6 more top-drawer bands Saturday, June 6, 2009 2 pm – 10 pm

Tickets $10, children under 12 free

6th Annual Family fun event at the Lion’s Club Pavilion,
1729 South Main Street,
Ellijay, GA 30540

Coolers, picnics and lawn chairs are welcome. There are no concessions at the festival site. We encourage you to enjoy the local restaurants.

This is a smoke-free and alcohol-free event. Sorry, no pets.

For more information check out

www.georgiamountainmedia.com

Singer songwriter Donna Ulisse will be a special guest on Live at 9, on the CBS affiliate WREG, channel 3 in Memphis this Friday morning, May 15, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. Ulisse will be interviewed and perform with part of her band The Poor Mountain Boys.

The TV appearance will be to promote her show later that evening at 7:30 p.m. with the full band in Covington, TN at the beautiful historic Ruffin Theater.  There is no admission charge for the show and first responders for the community will be honored on this evening by the mayor of Covington.  Donna and her band will be performing songs off her 2007 release “When I Look Back” as well as her current CD “Walk This Mountain Down”.

If you live in west Tennessee, hope you can make it to the show! For more information go to www.donnaulisse.com 

Shufflefoot is a bluegrass/gypsy/americana band trying to spread the acoustic word in Sin City.  We’re looking for some eager ears to take a listen. Please check out our profile at www.myspace.com/shufflefootdrift

This is an honest plea for feedback, let us know what you think!

Peg and Skip Elia of Homespun Bluegrass have a new single that is a must download for anybody that has family serving overseas.  Peg wrote it for her grandson who was serving at the time in Iraq.  Go to www.homespunbluegrass.com to download a copy.

Acoustic Blue is proud to announce the release of their third recording project entitled, “This Is Now”. The 15 song recording has some great material on it, ranging from songs written by members of the band like, “Carved Into A Stone” and “Best Of Her” to some great traditional numbers like, “I’ll Break Out Again Tonight” and “I’d Rather Be Alone”. The highlight of the album for the band was being honored to have their good friend, Smokey Greene, featured on the song “Don’t Tell Mama”. Between Corey Zink’s lead singing and Smokey’s recitation, it will just tear your heart out.

The band put a lot of thought into the song selection in hopes that there would be something for everyone to enjoy on it. The recording is available for purchase from Acoustic Blue’s official website, www.acousticblueonline.com and will soon be available from CDBaby and ITunes, as well as other locations.

FASTFORWARD is finishing up 2nd cd guest jesse mcrenalds/banjo driver ron rigsby old songs with rendition of pretty woman other old songs ricky reece mandolin/fred duggin guitar/johnny bellar dobro,bass/rickywreece@yahoo.com/615 374 8318/booking for 2009/2010/we have won 40 band contest tv commercial honest abe log homes on cmt/fox tv/other networks /650 am nashville wsm/eddie stubbs doin the voiceover won of his best voiceovers.websites too see  fastforward on video myspace.com/rickyreece/myblog/ utube.com/maskoby channel facebook/rickyreece/ johnnybellar.com.thanks  ricky reece.

The Urban Monroes, a fast-paced highly energetic bluegrass band from Portland, OR playing traditional and original material would like to introduce itself to everyone reading Bluegrass Today.

We would like to invite any bluegrass deejays that received Acoustic Rainbow Vol. 33 to check out the band’s version of “Time of Your Life” that was included on that CD. Poetman Records/Acoustic Rainbow has been producing radio compilations for worldwide distribution for many years. Previous releases have included songs from Del McCoury, Mountain Heart, and Pat Flynn just to name a few. The current release includes tracks from David Grisman and Pete Seeger and we are very pleased to be included in this volume. We hope you’ll give it a listen if you haven’t already done so. Our album is currently featured on the front page at worldwidebluegrass.com and you can hear us played there every day.

We would also invite anyone who is interested in hearing more from and about the band on the web to visit www.myspace.com/urbanmonroes or www.urbanmonroes.com. The band’s schedule is listed there and there are a number of wonderful festivals coming up that we’re privileged to part of. If you happen to make it to one of those shows please be sure to say howdy.

Tickets go on sale on Monday, May 11^th for the 4^th Annual Mountain Song Festival held in Brevard, NC. An event inspired by the region’s youth, the festival will once again help fund the Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County and other youth focused organizations, and facilitate educational opportunities for children and adults.

This top-notch festival will again present outstanding talent at the world-renown Brevard Music Center with The David Grisman Quintet, The Seldom Scene, Shannon Whitworth & the Refugees, Town Mountain, and host band Steep Canyon Rangers taking to the stage.

Past Mountain Song Festival entertainers Doc Watson, the Del McCoury Band, IIIrd Tyme Out, Cherryholmes, Tim O’Brien, Sam Bush, Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet, and Claire Lynch have helped to raise funds for the Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County.

With over $100,000 raised for the charity, efforts of the event-organizers to "Go Green" (all vendors use eco-friendly compostable tableware), and surprise guests stunning the crowd (the multi-talented Steve Martin made a surprise guest appearance at the 2008 event, joining the Steep Canyon Rangers on stage to perform several banjo tunes) the Mountain Song Festival is quickly becoming one of the premier family-friendly events to attend.

For more information please visit the Mountain Song Festival web site at www.mountainsongfestival.com.

Runaway Freight will perform on Sutton’s old time music hour on May 9th. The show is recorded for playback on WTKY 101.5 FM in Thompkinsville Kentucky and WANT 98.9FM in Lebanon Tennessee on Sunday afternoon. Sutton’s old time music hour is just over one year old. It is held at the old Sutton general store in historic Granville Tennessee. For more information about Granville or Sutton’s visit  http://www.granvillemuseum.com/ This will be Runaway Freight’s second trip to the show and they are looking forward to performing new material from their latest release,”Hillbilly Bailout,the recession tapes”.

The  Award winning Redhead Express will be appearing at the Mexico, MO veterans home on June the 5th @1:30 p.m this is a free concert open to all Veterans and those who wish to attend.

This is a young family band based out of  Branson Their love of music is very evident and all of the family are egually talented and love to performand meet those that have out to hear them.

They will also be at Hazel Kindred’s Light House Theare in Columbia ,Mo for their latest CD release party this will be @ 7:00P.M. come on out and meet the Walker family AKA The Redhead Express.

They are just back from appearing at the Old  Carter home Place ,The Galax theatre in Va. they were also asked to perform at Reno fest.

There is a rumor that they will be opening for The Steeldrivers later on this year.

This a up beat family band who’s love of music shows in all of their performances.

Kathy Chiavola, Belmont University wrote ” I had the pleasure of working with the RedHead Express in Nasville during the first months of 2008. They are genuine down- to earth people, and a close – knit family. With their warmth and love of music, the RedHead Express are irresistible performers who friends and fans wherever they go.

Gerry Barr of Kearney Christian Church

Write’s” We are in our 14th year of hosting professtional gospel concerts at our Church always Southern Gospel. and always groups. Once in a while a group comes along and hits a home run. The walker family made it a grand slam.

Everyone element of their concert was a pure delight, I would describe their presentation as energetic,fun,and respectfull and worshipful. Their love for God and for each other other shines through every moment, and we look forward to them blessing us again.

Vicli Hilbrich
Activities Direcor
St Marys Manor
Blue Springs,MO.

Write what a class act I was greeted by each member of the family with a warm smile and the unique personallity of this very lovely family. Maturity beyond their years in the children.

The residents and  their family members all spoke of how much they enjoyed them as well the staff.

I would highly recommend this RedHead Express; you will not be disappointed.