The Time Jumpers will perform on the Grand Ole Opry and Kick off the Opry Plaza Parties on Saturday, May 24

The Grand Ole Opry will celebrate the arrival of the summer season with plenty of Bluegrass in store on this weekends Opry. Friday night’s lineup will feature The Whites and Mountain Heart. Saturday evening’s shows will feature Bobby Osborne, Jesse McReynolds, Mountain Heart, The Time Jumpers and The Whites.

The Time Jumpers will also be kicking off the season’s Opry Plaza Parties with a 5:30 P.M. performance in Front of the Opry House. For more information on the Opry Plaza Parties lineup read our Bluegrass Bits and Pieces from May 21.

Friday, May 23

• The Whites — 8:00 - 8:30
• Mountain Heart — 8:30 - 9:00
• Riders in the Sky — 9:00 - 9:30

Saturday, May 24

• The Time Jumpers — 7:00 - 7:30 & 11:00 - 11:30
• The Whites — 7:30 - 8:00 & 9:30 - 10:00
• Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press — 7:30 - 8:00
• Mountain Heart — 8:00 - 8:30 & 10:00 - 10:30
• Riders in the Sky — 8:30 - 9:00
• Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys — 8:30 - 9:00

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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Dailey & Vincent are featured in the June 2008 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited.

Nashville, Tenn. — Acclaimed Rounder Records duo Dailey & Vincent top the Bluegrass Unlimited National Bluegrass Survey album chart in the June issue with their self-titled debut release. The album first appeared on the chart in April at #4.

When it was released in January, Dailey & Vincent debuted at #2 on Billboard’s Top Bluegrass Albums chart. It has remained in the top 5 on that chart for 10 of the 15 weeks since its release. Dailey & Vincent also tops the XM Bluegrass Junction Top 40 Albums chart for the month of May, reflecting airplay during the month of April.

Several tracks from the album are also generating significant airplay. The very moving “More Than a Name on a Wall,” written by Jimmy Fortune and John Rimel, is at #3 this week on the Count Down Yonder Weekly Top 17 Songs of SIRIUS Bluegrass, based on listener requests. The song was a hit for the Statler Brothers in 1989 and is a fitting Memorial Day tribute.

“Sweet Carrie” moves from #9 to #4 on the Bluegrass Unlimited songs chart for June, while it rose from #10 to #6 on the XM Bluegrass Junction Top 30 Tracks for May.

“By the Mark” was a 4-week #1 on the SIRIUS Count Down Yonder earlier this year. This month it moves from #18 to #12 on the Bluegrass Unlimited songs chart.

Dailey & Vincent are also featured on the cover of the Bluegrass Unlimited June issue, with a story written by Jon Weisberger. For more information, visit www.bluegrassmusic.com.

Dailey & Vincent will perform at the Meramec Theatre in Steelville, Missouri, on May 24, followed by three days at the Bluegrass & BBQ Festival at Silver Dollar City in Branson, May 26-28. For additional information and touring updates, please visit Dailey & Vincent online or www.myspace.com/thedaileyvincentband. The duo has also posted blogs for Bluegrass Month on CMT.com, available at http://blog.cmt.com/category/bluegrass.

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Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs and The Carter Family are among the charter inductees to the Blue Ridge Hall of Fame.

Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs and The Carter Family are among the charter inductees into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame, which will hold its first induction gala on June 13.

The ceremony will take place at the Walker Center at Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro,N.C., famed home of MerleFest.

The Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame itself will be housed on the second floor of the Wilkes Heritage Museum in the restored old Wilkes Courthouse in downtown Wilkesboro.

Other charter inductees will include Tommy Jarrell, Dolly Parton,David Johnson, Ralph Rinzler, Ralph Epperson, Wayne Henderson and Sam Love Queen Sr.

“The Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame will honor those involved with music of any kind who were either born or active within the greater Blue Ridge Mountains area, running from north Georgia to northern Virginia, or who contributed to the music associated with traditions of the Blue Ridge, such as ballads, old-time, bluegrass, and gospel,” explained Art Menius, the hall of fame’s first chairman.

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Opry Plaza Parties return to Opry House this weekend.

The Grand Ole Opry will kick off its seasonal Opry Plaza Parties this Saturday night, May 24 with The Time Jumpers. The weekly concert series is held on the plaza of the Grand Ole Opry House every Saturday night during its seasonal run. Among the Bluegrass artists currently booked for the free concert series are 3 Fox Drive (June 14) and The John Cowan Band (June 28). The Full schedule is listed below.

Opry Plaza Party Schedule:

• May 24 - The Time Jumpers
• May 31 - Kieran Kane with Fats Kaplin and Lucas Kane
• Jun 3 (special Tuesday Night Party) - Luke Bryan
• Jun 7 - Sunny Sweeney
• Jun 14 - 3 Fox Drive
• Jun 21 - Kim Richey
• Jun 28 - The John Cowan Band
• Jul 5 - Elizabeth Cook
• Jul 12 - Jypsi
• Jul 19 - Tift Merritt
• Jul 26 - TBA

Bluegrass Calendar of Festivals and Events

• May 22 — The Red Stick Ramblers and Sarah Siskind will play at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville Tenn.
• May 10 - Jun 1 — Bluegrass & BBQ Festival in Branson, MO.
• May 22 - 25 — Bluegrass Pickin’ Time Festival, Dixon MO. featuring David Davis & The Warrior River Boys, The Faris Family, The Larry Stephenson Band, Bluegrass Addiction and more.
• May 22 - 25 — Tri-State Bluegrass Festival, Kendallville, IN featuring Special Consensus, Dan Paisley & Southern Grass, Audio Blaylock, Tommy Webb and many more.

Got an item for the calendar? We’re looking for Festivals, Special events, Jam Sessions, Radio or TV Appearances, etc… If it relates to the world of Bluegrass we want to know about it. Send us the who, what, when and where and any other details you’ve got and we’ll do our best to let everyone know about it. Send your Bluegrass Calendar items to subscriber@bluegrassjournal.com.

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