Apr 30

Bluegrass on the Grand Ole Opry this week

By Travis Tackett Filed under: Bluegrass News Tagged with:
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This weeks Grand Ole Opry while short on quanity will feature 2 strong Bluegrass Bands, Mountain Heart and The Steeldrivers.

Mountain Heart will play sets both Friday and Saturday night. Their latest release, “Road That Never Ends” on Rural Rhythm Records is currently at # 11 on Roots Music Report’s Bluegrass charts.

Saturday night, The Steeldrivers will be performing material off of their self-titled debut, on Rounder, that is garnering critical acclaim and has launched the seasoned group of Nashville session musicians and songwriters into an in-demand act for the 2008 festival season.

Friday, May 2

  • Mountain Heart — 9:00 - 9:30

Saturday, May 3

  • The Steeldrivers — 7:00 - 8:00
  • Mountain Heart — 8:30 - 9:00 & 11:00 - 11:30

The Grand Ole Opry is broadcast live on WSM 650 AM radio, online at www.WSMonline.com and on XM Satellite Radio (XM 11). All listed times are central time.

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2 Comments so far

  1. Opry this weekend « Ramseyland BLAWG April 30th, 2008 6:10 pm

    […] interested, my son Aaron, will be playing with Mountain Heart (his full-time gig) on the Grand Ole Opry this Friday and Saturday night.  By clicking on “Opry” you can get performance times […]

  2. nickrounder May 12th, 2008 5:02 pm

    Happy Bluegrass Month, I work for Rounder Records, and just wanted to say that we have specials on all bluegrass titles for the month of May, and contest drawings with some great prices at Rounder.com.

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