By BluegrassJournal
July 28, 2010
Snow Camp, NC., — Lil John’s Mountain Music Festival is ready to kick off their annual Labor Day Weekend Bluegrass Festival set for September 2, 3 & 4. In addition to a great lineup of Bluegrass Artists for this year’s Lil John’s Mountain Music Festival, attendees will find plenty of vendors, concessions and a fishing pond to wet a line in….
By BluegrassJournal
May 24, 2010
Coeburn, VA., — Dr. Ralph Stanley’s Memorial Weekend Bluegrass Festival, located between Coeburn and McClure, Virginia will be presented with a banner acknowledging this festival’s recent inclusion as a Crooked Road Affiliated Partner. As an Affiliated Partner, Dr. Ralph Stanley’s Memorial Weekend Bluegrass Festival…
By International Bluegrass Music Museum
March 22, 2010
Owensboro, Ky.—The International Bluegrass Music Museum is pleased to announce a new benefit concert series to be held at the Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky and beginning this month. ‘Musicians for the Bluegrass Music Museum’ was conceived and organized by Ernie Evans, guitarist for Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike, a longtime supporter of the Museum and its programs….
By Travis Tackett
February 26, 2010
Benson, NC., — The James King Band will be the headliner for a pair of shows in Benson, NC on Saturday, March 13. Showtimes are 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Advance tickets are available for $10 a head ($12 at the door) and all seats are general admission. For tickets call…
By Dan Tackett
August 17, 2009
Powerhouse tenor singer Kevin Prater has left the The James King Band, a group Prater has been associated with for the past 11 years.
Mandolin player Ron Spears has taken Prater’s place in the band lineup. Spears left Special Consensus a couple of years ago and did an extremely short stint with Doyle Lawson…