Archive for July 2007

Dale Ann Bradley Headlines at Spicer’s Lake in OH

Category: Festival News

By Travis Tackett
July 31, 2007

Dale Ann Bradley will headline an evening of Bluegrass and Gospel music Saturday August 4th at Spicer’s Lake in the heart of South Lebanon, OH.
Music get’s underway around 6:30 and will also feature The Katie Penn Band and regional favorites Pineridge.
For tickets or more information call 513-494-2598. You can also visit the Spicer’s [...]

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3rd annual Bluegrass in the Park festival in Atlanta, MI this weekend

Category: Festival News

By Dan Tackett
July 31, 2007

Every once in a bluemoon, a nugget falls from the sky that just can’t be ignored. So it goes with the 3rd annual Bluegrass in the Park festival in Atlanta, Michigan.It’s slated for this weekend, Aug. 3-5, in Briley Township Park in downtown Atlanta. And it sounds like a picker’s party, one that [...]

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McCoury Music Signs IBMA Male Vocalist Winner Larry Sparks

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
July 31, 2007

McCoury Music is proud to announce the signing of bluegrass legend, Larry Sparks. Sparks, winner of the IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year award in 2004 and 2005, is the first artist to join McCoury Music. Del McCoury has always been a big fan of Sparks, noting that “Larry has a style all his own, [...]

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Steve Gulley “Sounds Like Home” (Lonesome Day Records)

Category: CD Review

By Dan Tackett
July 31, 2007

Family, friends and faith abound in Steve Gulley’s new CD, “Sounds Like Home,” on Lonesome Day Records.
Gulley, you will recall, fronted Mountain Heart for the past few years, but is now with a new group, Grasstowne. I always thought his soulful voice simply got buried in the over-the-top musicianship of Mountain Heart, a short-coming [...]

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Central Illinois festival is in heart of Amish country

Category: Festival News

By Dan Tackett
July 30, 2007

Rockome Gardens near Arcola, Ill., will host its 13th annual Bluegrass Music Festival on Aug. 18-19.
The Gardens, a tourist attraction in the middle of east central Illinois Amish country, is 5 miles west of I-57, exit 203.
Concerts will be presented daily rain or shine, from noon to 6 p.m. Scheduled to appear are [...]

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