Concerts

When: Friday, January 6, 2017 Time: 7:30 Pm Where: Virginia High School, 1200 Long Crescent Dr., Bristol, VA Cost: $26.42 (tax included) For Info: (828) 275-8650 This is the first show of the Rex Gearheart Memorial Bluegrass Concert Series! Tickets: General admission tickets may be purchased at Virginia High School, Bristol Virginia Public Schools Board

If You Like: Dr. John, James Brown, Allen Toussaint, Jim Croce, Ray Charles From his debut as a jazz influenced blues-based artist to his evolution into a pop music iconoclast, singer-songwriter A.J. Crocehas traveled a circuitous musical road. In celebration of his career, A.J. Croce just re-released his highly successful album, That’s Me in the

According to RollingStone, Wyoming native Luke Bell “plays classic honky-tonk with a wink and a yodel that summons the sleeping ghosts of country better than any voodoo spell ever could.” Nashville’s The Farmer & Adele bring country-western cowboy swing and high lonesome together in a way that hearkens back to the heyday of Gene Autry

If You Like: Ricky Skaggs, Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Tony Rice A True American icon and the most awarded band in the history of bluegrass. For more than fifty years,Del McCoury's music has defined authenticity for hard core bluegrass fans as well as a growing number of fans among those only vaguely familiar with the

If You Like: Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, John Prine, Jim Lauderdale, Darrell Scott John Cowan, also known as the “Voice of Newgrass,” has been singing his heart out for thirty-five years, and his soaring vocals have only improved with time. A true innovator, John applies his powerful pipes to genres from country, bluegrass, and gospel

If You Like: Yonder Mountain String Band, Greensky Bluegrass, Leftover Salmon, Steep Canyon Rangers, Railroad Earth At the helm of today’s bluegrass advancement stands The Infamous Stringdusters. Composed of Andy Hall (dobro), Andy Falco (guitar), Chris Pandolfi (banjo), Jeremy Garrett (fiddle), and Travis Book (upright bass), this acoustic quintet combines a collective skillset seldom rivaled,

If You Like: Jason Isbell, Townes Van Zandt, Dave Rawlings Machine, Hayes Carll, John Prine, Steve Earle Fresh off the success of his recently released album, Single Mothers, Justin Townes Earle announced the companion album Absent Fathers to be released January 13, 2015. Also comprised of 10 tracks, Absent Fathers was recorded alongside Single Mothers

If You Like: Elephant Revival, The Punch Brothers, everybodyfields, Jill Andrews, The Stray Birds Lean in to Mandolin Orange’s new album, “Blindfaller,” and it’s bound to happen. You’ll suddenly pick up on the power and devastation lurking in its quietude, the doom hiding beneath its unvarnished beauty. You’ll hear the way it magnifies the intimacy

Let the warm sounds of the horn, oboe, flute and bassoon croodle your soul in the corner of your mind. This winter, the Paramount Chamber Players present for the first time a concert without strings, an experiment of sound and color, temperament and tempest. The piano remains as a consistent texture while the violin is

February’s Bluegrass Revival Concert series event features the outstanding Bluegrass band, Sideline, with special guests and opening act, True Grass. Doors Open: 6pm True Grass: 7pm Sideline: 8pm Ticket Cost: $20.00 (General Admission Seating) For more information on Sideline, check out their website,www.sidelinebg.com.

No sky is bluer, no air crisper, no leaf greener than after a storm, and Travis Tritt is adding a musical addendum to that list with the release of The Calm After .... Part metaphor and surprisingly literal, the title is reflective of a fresh and focused start for one of the most successful and