Darling Boy to appear on Song of the Mountains March 3
TriCities.com - May 19, 2012
Rodney Dillard and the Dillard Band will headline the concert on March 3 rd which will also include musical performances by the "Close Kin Project" and "Bobby and Blue Ridge Tradition". Rodney Dillard has had a long varied career.
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Asheville area performing arts calendar for the coming week
Asheville Citizen-Times - May 19, 2012
Jamie Laval Celtic concert with guitarist David Brown and flutist/bagpiper EJ Jones, 7:30 pm Feb. 23-24, Transylvania Community Arts Council, 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. $15, $8 students. 884-2787 or www.brownpapertickets.com.
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Acoustic Guitars (over £500)
miPRO - May 19, 2012
MI Pro analyses the higher end of the acoustic guitar market and finds some real beauties to recommend. Entry-level models will do the numbers, but to attract the serious buyers, feed the desires of those who may not yet be able to afford them and add
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Guitarist gets his inspiration from the mountains
Daily Mail - Charleston - May 19, 2012
Born in Manassas, Va., and raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains region of Virginia, Keel's music is a blend of what he calls "new and old mountain music." "I get a lot of inspiration from the mountains and writing music of my own," said Keel,
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Operation Finally Home nears completion
Jefferson Post - May 19, 2012
and earn a chance at a Big and Rich signed guitar at the same time, by registering for Log Homes of America's Big and Rich guitar raffle. The event follows October's “Red, White, and Blue Ridge Poker Run,” that drew riders from across the high
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Core Bites: Lauren Pelon to perform at BRCC
BlueRidgeNow.com - May 19, 2012
The Arts and Humanities Series at Blue Ridge Community College will present "The Living Roots of Music" by Lauren Pelon from Minnesota at 7:30 pm today in Thomas Auditorium in the Sink Building on the Henderson County campus. Pelon will perform music
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Asheville area performing arts calendar
Asheville Citizen-Times - May 19, 2012
The King Bees and Beverly “Guitar” Watkins, 7:30 pm today, Hayes Performing Arts Center, US 321, Blowing Rock. Part of the Winter Blues Festival. $20. www.hayes center.org. Lauren Pelon, “The Living Roots of Music” 7:30 pm today, Blue Ridge Community
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Going Out; Feb. 3
BlueRidgeNow.com - May 19, 2012
Aidai Saxophone Quartet from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, will perform at 7:30 pm Tuesday in Thomas Auditorium at Blue Ridge Community College. Admission: $10, students $3. Info: Kevin Ayesh, 828-694-1860.
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Heather Berry and Tony Mabe Liven the Carter Fold February 18th
Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News - May 19, 2012
Heather Berry grew up in Sherando, Virginia, which is located at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in central Virginia. She got her first experience singing in front of a crowd in her grandfather's church in Waynesboro, Virginia, at age five.
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Fire in the Kitchen to perform at St. Patrick's Day Bash in Big Stone Gap
Kingsport Times News - May 19, 2012
Instrumentation of the ensemble includes hammered dulcimer, Irish flute, Irish whistles, classical flute, Irish bodhran, guitar, bass and banjo. Members of the group are natives of Washington County, Va. Fire in the Kitchen has performed at venues such
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