King Wilkie

Burlington, MA - King Wilkie’s song “Wrecking Ball” will be featured on iTunes as the Discovery Download for the week of August 21. The Discovery Download is a highly competitive program that offers a track from an up-and-coming band as a free download to all iTunes subscribers. The band will be featured on iTunes’ homepage as well as on their genre pages.

“Wrecking Ball” is one of eleven original songs from King Wilkie’s “sophisticated and introspective” (Billboard) new album Low Country Suite (Zoë/Rounder Records).

Released June 26, Low Country Suite finds the band incorporating their deeply- rooted study of the past into a new musical framework of their own invention. King Wilkie is currently touring the East Coast and will make stops in Philadelphia, New York and Washington DC where they will perform with label mates Uncle Earl.

King Wilkie is Reid Burgess (Vocals, Mandolin, Ukulele, Organ, Piano, Banjo, Toy Piano, Marxophone), Jake Hopping (Upright Bass, Percussion), John McDonald (Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica), Ted Pitney (Acoustic Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, National Steel Guitar, Electric Guitar), Nick Reeb (Violin, Viola, Accordion, Piano, Kazoo), and Abe Spear (Banjo, Pedal Steel).

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Dale Ann Bradley and Del McCoury will announce the 2007 IBMA nominees at the Country Music Hall of Fame this Thursday, August 16.

Bradley has been nominated several times for female vocalist and won “Recorded Event of the Year” in 2006 for Daughters of Bluegrass’ Back to the Well.

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Ocilla, GA. -The Riverbend Bluegrass band along with Fontanna Sunset, The Wilson Family band and many others will perform during a 2-day benefit concert, Aug. 17^th and 18^th, at Riverbend Bluegrass Park near Ocilla, GA.

All proceeds will got to assist banjo player Larry Jackson who suffered a stroke in June of this year.

Admission is $10 per person and camping is available for $10 per night for 30 amp and $20 for 50 amp hookups. For more information call 229-425-0805 or log on to http://www.riverbendbluegrass.com/ or email the following veniece@alltel.net jimmygay@alltel.net dcagle@alltel.net

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Irvine, Ky - Kindred Records has scheduled an after-hours showcase for its artists, New River Line and The Tommy Webb Band, for Wednesday October 3rd during the IBMA World Of Bluegrass convention at the Nashville Convention Center in downtown Nashville TN.

Tommy Webb’s current single “If It Weren’t for Bluegrass Music I’d Go Crazy” from his CD Eastern Kentucky debuted at #27 this month on Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Singles chart, and is maintaining popularity on Bluegrass Music Profile’s Top 20 chart at #11 for two months consecutively.

America’s Bluegrass Chart has both roster artists in their top ten with New River Line’s single “Scorcher Carroll’s Farm” active at #4 and Tommy’s single at #6.

New River Line has enjoyed much success recently with new member Alex Hibbitts in the lineup and tour dates this year from Prince Edward Island, Canada to St. Louis, Missouri.

Kindred manager Scott Roberts says “Kindred is very proud to make its first appearance at IBMA (World of Bluegrass), and we look forward to meeting new people in the business and helping our artists to expand opportunities for booking and networking. We hope to have a big crowd and lots of interest, and look forward to a good showcase.”

For more information and the latest news visit www.kindredrecords.com, or the artist’s websites at www.thetommywebbband.com and www.newriverlinebluegrass.com.

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