STELLA PARTON PERFORMED FOR DR. RALPH STANLEY’S 81st BIRTHDAY!!

 
KINGSPORT, TN APRIL 12, 2008 –Renowned country singer Stella Parton was a featured performer at Dr. Ralph Stanley’s 81st birthday party Saturday, April 12th at the Meadowview Convention Center. Stella performed with the East Tennessee State University Bluegrass band and sang songs from her Appalachian Blues and Appalachian Gospel cds. Stella said “I was honored to perform for such a special occasion.  Dr. Stanley is one of my very favorite bluegrass artists.  The ETSU bluegrass band was awesome and I had a great time singing with them.” 

Song Garden recording artist back in the studio

April, 2008 (Nashville, TN)  Song Garden recording artist Canaan’s Crossing is back in the studio working on their new project to be released this summer.  The yet untitled project will be their second release for Song Garden Music Group.  Pictured in the photo are Canaan’s Crossing group members Wayne Burgett and Tina Miller, recording engineer Kevin Ward along with Tim Maze, Andy Wilks and Keith Cannon of Canaan’s Crossing.

DAILEY & VINCENT DEBUT AT #4 ON BLUEGRASS UNLIMITED ALBUM CHART

Self-Titled CD Earns More Praise, While “Sweet Carrie” and “By the Mark” Generate Increased Airplay

 

 

NASHVILLE, TENN.  (April, 2008)— Dailey & Vincent have debuted at #4 on the Bluegrass Unlimited National Bluegrass Survey album chart in the April 2008 issue with their self-titled album on Rounder Records.  At the same time, the critically acclaimed disc has spent its seventh week in the top 5 on Billboard’s Top Bluegrass Albums chart, where it debuted at #2.  On the Bluegrass Music Profiles Top 10 Bluegrass CD’s chart for April, Dailey & Vincent is at #2, and on the XM Bluegrass Junction Top 40 albums, it moves to #3 on the April chart (representing airplay during the month of March).

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Song Garden recording artist featured in popular bluegrass magazine

Bluegrass Gospel recording artist Canaan’s Crossing will be featured in the April issue of Bluegrass Unlimited magazine. The article, written by veteran entertainment writer Joe Ross, will give greater insight about the groups venture from their North Alabama beginnings in 1999, their name change from Jordan River to Canaan’s Crossing and their current project “Side by Side”.

Seven Time IBMA Vocal Group of the Year, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Releases Help Is On The Way

Arden, NC - Multi-award winning vocal group, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver has completed work on a brand new recording. Help Is On The Way officially hits stores on Tuesday, March 18 on the Horizon Records label and will be distributed nationwide to retailers by Crossroads Music Distribution.
A deep love for music was instilled in the life of Quicksilver leader Doyle Lawson as a small boy growing up in the hills of East Tennessee. Lawson’s earliest memories center around music and listening to the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday nights. By age 12 he had learned to play mandolin and during his teen years became accomplished in other instruments, as well. By the time he reached his late teens he had his first full-time job playing banjo for Jimmy Martin, and throughout the next 16 years played with a variety of talented musicians before forming his own group in 1979. Over the past three decades, Lawson and his celebrated band have received practically every honor known to bluegrass music, including Vocal Group of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association for the past seven years, as well as IBMA’s Gospel Performance of the Year for the past three years. He is recognized as one of the industry’s most celebrated musicians, having released nearly 40 recordings to date.

Help Is On The Way, recorded during the latter part of 2007 and early 2008, features Lawson on mandolin & vocals, Darren Beachly on guitar and vocals, Carl White on bass & vocals, Josh Swift on resonator guitar and vocals, Joey Cox on banjo and Alan Johnson on fiddle. The recording marks the first collaboration for this particular combination of musicians and vocalists.

“I spend a lot of time collecting and listening to songs as I prepare to make a recording,” Lawson explains. “I review literally hundreds of songs before narrowing it down to 12 or 14 songs. I like for each song to mesh with others and create a collection of songs I feel work well together. There are some new songs, as well as some older songs, but I think they all have a positive message, each in their own way.”