Bluegrass
Acoustic Shock FRI 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 0:30 RSL HALL The Bluegrass Sessions
Acoustic Shock / Karen Lynne SAT 11:30 AM 11:45 AM 0:15 BIG TOP Sing Us A Song
Acoustic Shock SAT 4:00 PM 4:55 PM 0:55 RSL HALL Bluegrass Workshop
Acoustic Shock SAT 7:30 PM 8:20 PM 0:50 BOWLING CLUB Saturday Bluegrass
Department of Bluegrass SAT 12:00 PM 12:25 PM 0:25 MARQUEE WIN 4 Discovery
Department of Bluegrass SAT 10:30 PM 11:30 PM 1:00 BOWLING CLUB Saturday Bluegrass
Department of Bluegrass SUN 12:00 PM 12:55 PM 0:55 RSL HALL Bluegrass Workshop
Department of Bluegrass SUN 3:15 PM 3:50 PM 0:35 FESTIVAL PUB Farewell Toast
Dogwater FRI 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 0:30 RSL HALL The Bluegrass Sessions
Dogwater SAT 8:30 PM 9:20 PM 0:50 BOWLING CLUB Saturday Bluegrass
Dogwater SUN 11:20 AM 11:55 AM 0:35 FESTIVAL PUB Recovery not Discovery
Dogwater SUN 5:30 PM 6:10 PM 0:40 BIG TOP Folk Alliance Farewell
The
Greencards will be playing the Family Hotel on Wednesday 21st and
Thursday 22nd and proud to be
joined by Rod McCormack on guitar. these are very early details
but we'll be counting on making these
shows a bluegrass blast...
!! NEWS FLASH !!
The Davidson Brothers have finished recording their new album,
"STAY ALL NIGHT," and are set to release it in October 2003.
Expect to hear some fresh bluegrass, western swing and blues.
"Blistering bluegrass and masterful playing from two of the hottest
young pickers in the land" - Lee Kernaghan, August 2003
NEW COUNTRY ALBUM FOR KAREN LYNNE
2003 brings forth a real treat with the release of SECOND WIND, the long
awaited solo album from Karen Lynne. The album is in fact her fourth album
(the previous two being collaborative offerings) but being her first solo
album in four years it has taken some time, and is definitely worth the
wait. To say this album is her "career" album is a fact even more remarkable
given that it comes so closely on the heels of her critically acclaimed
bluegrass album BLUE MOUNTAIN RAIN, a highly successful foray into bluegrass
music (with Martin Louis & Sydney bluegrass band Acoustic Shock). This album
achieved 3 chart hits, no less than 9 Award nominations and an award win for
Best Independent Release in this year's Victorian Country Music Awards.
SECOND WIND, however, is a return to a country music format and most
surprisingly it even edges into some mainstream country with tracks such as
Rodney Crowell's This Man I Love and the Kim Richey/Al Anderson penned Heart
Of A Heartache but there is still plenty of traditional country there also
to keep her long time supporters happy. There are 14 tracks encompassing a
variety of styles and a good balance of tempos from the very traditional,
almost bush ballad sound of The Outback's Been Getting the Rain (penned by
Pat Drummond) to the strong contemporary feel of This Man I Love; from the
gentle acoustic, almost blue-grassy feel of the title track Second Wind to
the almost retro country swing of I'll Just Pretend, a song that you'd swear
came from the long lost era of Patsy Cline and such singers with that famous
country cry in their voices.
Once again the album contains a healthy share of Australian penned songs
including a choice few from Karen's own hand - co-writes with previous
collaborator Heather Field and also with Mark Selby, Ashley Gorley and Keith
Anderson. Produced by HERM KOVAC, the album has a beautifully warm and
polished sound which compliments but does not overpower the gentle
vulnerability of Karen's superb vocals and an extra richness of flavour has
been given by adding vocal collaborations with well known Australian male
vocalists, Bill Chambers and Grant Richardson, with an equally pleasing
result.
It has been five years now since the release of her debut album LABOUR OF
LOVE which contained three chart hits and which landed her the first of many
Australian Country Music & other Award nominations and since then Karen has
continued to gain tremendous support from broadcasters and fans alike. This
album is special and shows yet another side of this superb vocalist who
delights in taking us by surprise with her ever-changing style. Kovac's
exceptional arrangements along with Australia's top musicians, Karen's
amazing vocal ability and her very individual approach to even those tracks
we may have heard from other artists, make this album an absolute treat.
SECOND WIND will certainly expand and consolidate Karen's fan base
enormously. It is a beautiful piece of Australian Country Music recording
and it will be one of the major country albums of 2003.
For More Info Contact Karen Lynne Music - (02) 4757 3292 or Shoestring
Records - (02) 4784 1950
http://folk.mountaintracks.com.au/Folk_Australia/art_d.html#dob
31 Oct -
Departmental Bluegrass band - Merry Muse
Folk Club (Canberra)
1 Nov - "Quarterdeck" in
Narooma, South Coast NSW - The Quarterdeck
21 - 23 Nov Karen Lynne & Acoustic Shock Harrietville Bluegrass Convention
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Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
(FOLK SCENE INTERNATIONAL, GERMANY)
Nashville Sessions In Concert,” on RCA Victor. The album was recorded live
at The Ryman Auditorium last year and also features Emmylou Harris, Alison
Krauss, Ricky Skaggs and several other artists.
McReynolds was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2001, but Jim & Jesse had continued to perform, including regular appearances on the Grand Ole Opry.
Jim McReynolds was 75 years old.
market, after a deal fell through, that would have given ownership of the
instrument to a non-profit organization.
fifth president of The United States of America.
Bluegrass Albums will be compiled from SoundScan info
"Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III" on October 1st. The newest volume
was produced by Randy Scruggs and includes performances by Johnny & June
Carter Cash, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Del McCoury Band, Tony Rice,
Tom Petty's on it, too. Now there's a bluegrass icon for you, friends
and neighbours. The original album was released in 1972.
debt. The state of Kentucky has been asked to fork over some tax money to finish the purchase, but the lawmakers haven't come through as yet. You can find out more by visiting www.TheBillMonroeFoundation.com .
WSM/am are blending a higher ratio of
bluegrass music into the station's playlist,
The Nashville legend and home of The Grand Ole Opry promises to
add one or two bluegrass songs per hour, according to The Tennessean.
The
change comes on the heels of one of the station's best Arbitron showings in
years.
business opportunities that should develop from being in a major music business center. Organized in Nashville in 1985, the group moved headquarters to Owensboro, KY shortly afterward. The IBMA expects to make the move to the music business city in early 2003. After being closed for several months while renovations took place, the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky has re-opened. The museum was duded up at a cost of three million dollars.
The Bill Monroe Foundation in America, a group of 16 investors, has bought Monroe's 1923 Gibson F-5 mandolin for a reported $1.125 million.
- An archaeologist has begun a dig in the western Kentucky town of Rosine to try to pinpoint the exact birthplace of Bill Monroe, the "Father of Bluegrass Music." The effort is part of a larger plan to build a Bill Monroe Museum in Rosine that will both honour and document the legendary performer's broad influence on popular music. The specific goal of the dig, according to Campbell Mercer, executive director of the Bill Monroe Foundation, is to date the stone chimney in a house now standing on the farm where Monroe was born on Sept. 13, 1911. "We have reason to believe the interior chimney is 70 to 80 years older than the house," Mercer says. "This would indicate that the house was built around the chimney which belonged first to the cabin in which Bill was born. It is generally thought that the cabin burned down when Bill was five years old. People have always wondered where the cabin was located. We think we'll be able to tell them. "Last week, the Bill Monroe Foundation took title to the famous Gibson F-5 mandolin which Monroe bought in 1943 and used in virtually all his performances and recordings afterward. The instrument, which carried a purchase price of $1.125 million, will be the centerpiece of the new museum. The Bill Monroe Foundation in America, a group of 16 investors, has bought Monroe's 1923 Gibson F-5 mandolin for a reported $1.125 million. America's Country Music Hall of Fame had pursued the mandolin but could not meet the asking price
