Charlie Sizemore photo by Señor McGuireCharlie Sizemore may be sizzling on the bluegrass charts for the moment, but he must have ice cold blood running through his veins. Blame it on geography and his itinerary, not the singer’s mood.
Sizemore earlier this month participated in a 3-day Lonely Pines Concert Series, held in the upper stretches of Minnesota, including one gig in Bedmidji, generally regarded as the coldest spot in the continental United States.
The Upper Midwest will get more opportunities to see more of Sizemore and his band next month.
They will appear March 8 in Tawas City, Mich., as part of the Corsair Concert Series. His concert, to start at 8 p.m., will be held in the Tawas United Methodist Church Family Center.
Sizemore is back in the northlands the following week when he presents a 7:30 p.m. concert Thursday, March 13, at Two Rivers High School in Two Rivers, Wis.
The following day, Sizemore heads a bit farther south for an 8 p.m. show at the Evanston, Ill., American Legion Hall as part of the ongoing Bluegrass Legends Concert Series.
On Saturday March 15, Sizemore and band will perform in the heart of Illinois, at The Iron Post in Urbana, home of the University of Illinois. His show starts at 6 p.m.
Sizemore’s latest CD, meanwhile, continues to be much hotter than Bedmidji, Minn., ever dreamt about.
“Good News,” a Rounder Records release, remains at the top of Bluegrass Unlimited’s National Bluegrass Top 15 Album Chart this month and is spending its third month as No. 1 on XM Radio’s Bluegrass Junction Top 40 CDs.