This just in from the good folks at FloydFest as it heads toward its 15th run, July 27-31, 2016. FloydFest 16~Dreamweavin’ will host for the first time the Gregg Allman Band and Warren Haynes and his Ashes and Dust tour, among many others. And just in case you haven’t heard, USA Today named FloydFest among its “Top 10 Southern Events” in October: “FloydFest is a world music and art festival that has gained esteem for only selling a limited quantity of tickets. The goal: to provide the best music festival possible. For four days every July near Floyd, Virginia, you can hear music from reggae to Yiddish to Appalachian, and also see arts and crafts, take yoga, hear poetry and storytelling and more. Every year has a unique theme that shapes the offerings.”
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The Rives Theatre offers two holiday shows you won’t want to miss
This show is sold out! But tickets are still available for the New Year’s Eve show with Yarn and The Morgan Wade Band!
If you missed Mountain Heart’s Josh Shilling and Left Hip Pocket perform their Allman Brothers Tribute set at Rooster Walk 7, you won’t want to miss the Day After Christmas Party at The Rives Theatre in uptown Martinsville, Virginia.
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The Rives Theatre offers two holiday shows you won’t want to miss
If you missed Mountain Heart’s Josh Shilling and Left Hip Pocket perform their Allman Brothers Tribute set at Rooster Walk 7, you won’t want to miss the Day After Christmas Party at The Rives Theatre in uptown Martinsville, Virginia. Continue reading
Will Overman Band kicks off album campaign, video release on Wednesday, Dec. 23
If you’re in the Norfolk, Virginia, area and you’re looking something to do the eve of Christmas Eve, give yourself the gift of music and head over to hear the Will Overman Band and Nate Sacks and LifeHack perform at Work Release, 759 Granby St. Doors open at 7 p.m. with the music starting at 8. Tickets for the all-ages show are $10 presale and $12 at the door. Find more info and tickets here: https://willovermankickstart.splashthat.com Continue reading
Lineup announced for 43rd annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
From the folks on Planet Bluegrass as of 12:23 this morning: Continue reading
NASCAR, Wrestling and The Avett Brothers
The following was originally posted on my Huffington Post blog here.
Dolph Ramseur isn’t the most likely person to manage The Avett Brothers.
Ramseur had no musical background — other than being an appreciative listener — when he started Ramseur Records in Concord, North Carolina. In fact, until July 2000 his instrument of choice was a tennis racquet.
“I taught tennis at country clubs including Forsyth Country Club, and I was the tennis director for Hanes Park in Winston-Salem from 1993-95,” he said. “But I was always fascinated by music. I don’t play, I’m just a really big fan.”
So how does a country club tennis pro learn to promote musicians? Ramseur says he had some of the best teachers in his backyard, namely NASCAR, the National Wrestling Alliance and Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling and WBTV.
Chris Lane, Dustin Lynch to appear Sunday at the Cone Denim Entertainment Center
Country fans, listen up: If you like Chris Lane‘s breakout hit “Broken Windshield View,” you can catch him opening for Dustin Lynch on his “Hell of a Night Tour” at 8 p.m. Sunday at the Cone Denim Entertainment Center, 117 S. Elm St., Greensboro. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tyler Rich is also scheduled to perform.
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Range of acts heading to The Harvester Performance Center in 2016
An eclectic mix of music is on tap for 2016 at The Harvester Performance Center in downtown Rocky Mount, Virginia.
FloydFest announces additional acts for 2016
This just arrived in my inbox from the folks at FloydFest:
“We promised a month of book-ended artist announcements, and we are here to deliver on the dream, welcoming favorites old and new, and weaving some world textures into the pattern — announcing, for FloydFest 16:
Leftover Salmon, Keller Williams with More Than a Little+, Femi Kuti & Positive Force, Greensky Bluegrass, Bombino, Love Canon String Band, Liz Vice, Los Colognes, Seth Stainback & Roosterfoot, Mingo Fishtrap, Polyrhythmics, Caravan of Thieves, Dead Winter Carpenters, TigermanWOAH!, These Wild Plains, Dirty Bangs, Cask Mouse, and Cactus Attack!
Plus: Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, Nahko and Medicine for the People, Railroad Earth, Shakey Graves, The Wood Brothers, Elephant Revival, Anders Osborne, Pimps of Joytime, Rich Robinson, Monophonics, Otis Taylor Band, The Larry Keel Experience, Con Brio, The Legendary Shack Shakers, Head for the Hills, Honey Island Swamp Band, The Congress, Banditos and Dustbowl Revival.
And there is more to come — all you midnight riders are going to love the pending Dec. 10 announcement! ”
Want to learn more? Visit www.floydfest.com
Jeff Austin Band, Tab Benoit among headliners announced for Rooster Walk 8
The Jeff Austin Band and Tab Benoit will headline Rooster Walk 8 Memorial Day Weekend, May 26-29, 2016, at Pop’s Farm in Axton, Virginia, just outside Martinsville, organizers announced today.
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