The Lovell Sisters
When:
Saturday, May 17th, 2008
8:00 PM (doors open 7:30PM)
Tickets:
$20.00 Donation Adults /
$15.00 Seniors & Kids 16 & under
Tickets on sale NOW. Call 847-573-0443
Where:
American Legion Music Hall
1030 Central Street, Evanston IL
More Information:
Email Chicago Bluegrass
chicagobluegrass.com
Chip Covington @ 847-573-0443

The Lovell Sisters are a young bluegrass phenomenon from Georgia that features tight, soulful harmonies and virtuosic instrumentation. Jessica, Megan, and Rebecca Lovell (ages 21, 18, and 16) began lessons in classical violin and piano at age five and sang frequently as a vocal trio in their church choir. Since forming The Lovell Sisters Band, they have toured from their hometown of Calhoun, GA to perform their brand of bluegrass music in over 24 states, Ireland, and Norway.

Early signs were clear, when the ensemble from Calhoun, Georgia won the “A Prairie Home Companion” teen talent contest in 2005. The Lovell Sisters released their debut album, entitled When Forever Rolls Around , later that year. The project was engineered in Nashville by co-producer, Brent Truitt, who has played mandolin with the Dixie Chicks, Dolly Parton, and Alison Krauss. The album has been very well received.

May 2006, Rebecca became the first woman and youngest contestant to win the MerleFest International Mandolin Competition. But it is harmony, rather than competition, that most distinguishes the group. Whether performing their original compositions or re-envisioning an old standard, The Lovell Sisters blend as only the classic family ensembles can. They provide a breath of fresh air and a sense of reassurance that the music will be in good hands as it gets passed on to the next generation.

Says Jeff Styles of Talk Radio from Chattanooga, TN: “The Lovell Sisters play like pros, sing like angels, look like models, and are one good video away from stardom. Their energy is awesome and nobody in the bluegrass world wants to follow them on stage. They’re better than 99.9 percent of the bands on the radio today, and I don’t expect their eventual success to spoil them. A truly rare thing.”

Opening the show from Chicago is Cù Roì – an band of young artists out of the Academy Of Irish Music that perform deep Celtic sounds with original arrangements. Click their site for more info: http://www.curoiband.com

Bluegrass Legends Concerts

Bluegrass Legends Concerts (Evanston, IL) is the only running bluegrass & acoustic music concert series in the Chicago area that features national headline bluegrass talent. The 2008 spring series marks our 10th year of presenting the nation’s top acoustic bluegrass talent and local folk-roots opening acts in an all-ages non-smoking concert setting for families. Bluegrass Legends Concerts are all about great music in a truly community setting for families, friends, and neighbors.

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The Dixie Bee-Liners “Ripe” (Pinecastle)

On the heels of this week’s release of their new CD, the Dixie Bee-Liners are planning two release parties.

Called “Ripe,” the Pinecastle CD went on sale Tuesday.

The Station Inn, Nashville, Tenn.’s bluegrass Mecca, will host the first CD release party on Friday (April 18). The second party will be held in Bee-Liners’ hometown of Abingdon, Va., on April 21 at The Barter Theatre.

Pinecastle is touting the early acknowledgment the album has achieved. The Dixie Bee-Liners’ first single, “Down on The Crooked Road,” hit No. 1 on the Bluegrass Music Profiles’ Top 20 Singles chart for March and “Ripe” recently celebrated nine consecutive weeks as the No. 1 album on the Roots Music Report Bluegrass chart.

The project also achieved rankings on the Bluegrass Unlimited chart this month.

“Ripe” was produced by lGrammy-winning producer Bil VornDick, who has directed projects for Alison Krauss, Ralph Stanley, Bob Dylan, Jim Lauderdale and James Taylor.

The album includes guest appearances from band alumnus Andy Falco (now with the Infamous Stringdusters), Mark Fain and Andy Leftwich of Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, ex-Grascal David Talbot, and dobro player Travis Toy from Rascal Flatts.

Track snippets from “Ripe” can be heard at www.pinecastle.com.

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Kenny and Amanda Smith kick off Collings Guitar Tour April 20th - May 1st

Award winning Kenny and Amanda Smith will be doing their second Collings Guitar tour from April 20th-May 1st. Each stop on the tour is a product information and performance clinic featuring Collings guitars. Participating dealers are Fretted Instruments, Olde Town Pickin’ Parlor, Telluride Music, Lidgett Music, and Morgan Music.

• Apr 20 — Birmingham, AL - Fretted Instruments 2906 Linden Avenue Homewood, Alabama 35209 - Phone (205) 879-6489
• Apr 24 — Arvada, CO - Olde Town Pickin Parlor 7515 Grandview Ave. Arvada, CO 80002 - Phone (303) 421-2304
• Apr 28 — Teluride, CO Telluride Music Company 201 East Colorado Avenue Telluride, CO 81435 - Phone (970) 728-9592
• May 1 — Lebanon, MO - Morgan Music 689 N. Washington Ave. Lebanon, MO - Phone (800) 869-5559

Bluegrass on the Blueplate

Thurs, April 17, The Carolina Chocolate Drops will be playing their brand of fiddle and banjo music on the blueplate.

“The nuances of piedmont stringband music stem from the demographics of the piedmont and thereby its focus on the banjo as the lead instrument. Among black ensembles, the banjo often set the pace and if a fiddle was present and it often was not, it served as accompaniment and not as the lead instrument as is more common in the Appalachian tradition. A guitar or mandolin would have been rare, but not unheard of, in these bands but the foundation of this tradition lies rooted in the antebellum combination of fiddle and banjo.” The Carolina Chocolate Drops Website

Tuesday, April 22, Bill Mize, a former winner in the National Finger style guitar Competition in Winfield, Kansas, splits the bill withBoogertown Gap, a husband and wife team, will bring to you some Old-Time Appalachian music.

Dale Ann Bradley and Charlie Sizemore drop in on Friday, April 25th for performances on WDVX’s popular “Live in the Studio” lunch hour.

East Tennessee’s Own® WDVX will host several great Bluegrass bands on the Blue Plate Special, an hour long program featuring bands playing live on air, during the month of Arpil. Locals are encouraged to be part of the WDVX studio audience weekdays at noon (Eastern Time) for free performances in downtown Knoxville, Tenn. at the WDVX studios and for those who can’t make it down for a show, listen live on-line.

The WDVX studios are located in the Knoxville Visitor’s Center at the corner of Gay Street and Summit Hill Avenue in downtown Knoxville, Tenn.

Dale Ann Bradley playing Station Inn

Dale Ann Bradley, the reigning 2007 IBMA’s Female Vocalist of the Year will bring her brand of bluegrass to the Station Inn in Nashville, Tenn. on Saturday, April 19. Bradley and company will kick off the show around 9:00pm and cover at the door will run $10 a head. To sample audio clips of Bradley’s latest release, “Catch Tomorrow” visit Compass Records online.

Upcoming Bluegrass Shows at the Station Inn

• Fri. May 2 — Chris Hillman and Herb Pederson - $20
• Sat. May 3 — The Steeldrivers - $12
• Wed. May 14 — Sierra Hull CD Release Party for “Secrets” - $10
• Fri. May 16 — Bradley Walker - $10
• Thu. May 22 — Billy Smith CD Release Show w/Shad Cobb, Dave Talbot, Jon Weisberger, Chris Henry - $10
• Frid. May 23 — 3 Fox Drive - $10
• Sat. May 23 — Jeff White Band - $10
• Wed. May 28 — The Biscuit Burners CD Release Party - $10
• Fri. May 30 — Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time - $10

The Station Inn, located in downtown Nashville, Tenn., is the premier Bluegrass and Acoustic music venue in Music City. Their address is 402 12th Avenue S. Nashville, TN 37203.

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