This'll be a quickie compared to last week's MerleFest post mortem...just want to make you music lovers aware of enticing opportunities for the next few weeks. Sometimes I fall way short of posting everything worthy of your ear so it would be a good idea to check in regularly with Jon Baliles' excellent cultural calendar The Weekly Rant. Take a look and tell me there's nothing going on in town....what a difference a few years can make.
We've got something for you for the next four days in a row starting with Thursday (tonight) at Ashland Coffee & Tea whose big time springtime lineup continues with the great singer/songwriter Slaid Cleaves with our own multi-everything musician Charles Arthur opening.
Friday night marks the 12th annual Hoedown In the Garden at St. Joseph's Villa featuring the Lonesome River Band. This benefit starring our banjo hero Sammy Shelor from Meadows of Dan and the latest evolution of LRB started at Lewis Ginter way back when and has moved to the spacious grounds of the Villa on Brook Road. Tickets are $75 but include a tasty hot buffet and open bar so it's a good deal for all. Call Katie Chandler at 200-1617 to get yours.
Saturday raises some conflicts I'll leave to you to resolve. Starting at 3pm is the Richmond Rotary's City Slickers Bluegrass Festival with area fixtures Jackass Flats, Special Ed & The Short Bus and the man, the myth, Dr. Ralph Stanley & His Clinch Mountain Boys. The day long fest is outdoors at the Science Museum on West Broad and you can get tickets here.
If you finish up in time, you might still catch good pals Chris Fuller and Frank Coleman creatively filling an open date at AC&T. Or you could opt for equally good pals Malcolm Pulley, Danny Hughes, Richard Ward, Rusty Farmer and Jackie Frost at the Shady Grove Coffee House in Glen Allen. Tickets here.
Still with me? A wonderful and inspiring way to spend Mother's Day might be to take a road trip to the unlikely music venue of Fork Union Military Academy to hear the incomparable harmonies of The Isaacs. Best part is, since you'll have to burn a little gas to get there, the concert is FREE and starts at 4pm. If you've never witnessed this amazing family band, this would be a sure bet for Sunday. Get more info and directions here.
Back to Ashland for another visit with super singer John Cowan and his band on Thursday, the 15th and Asheville, NC's solid Steep Canyon Rangers the very next night. Former Wayback and fab fingerpicker Stevie Coyle does a house-style concert at the Positive Vibe Cafe on Forest Hill on Saturday the 17th. Later on, newgrass king Sam Bush heads back this way for a Friday Cheers appearance on Brown's Island on May 23rd. Hate to miss that one, but we've had tickets to see the Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile at The Birchmere that same night for months now. I know you'll tell me what we missed.
Still to come...our yearly ride up the Old Blue Ridge Turnpike to Graves Mountain Lodge for the 16th annual Festival of Music May 29-31. Another great lineup not to mention late night jams in the campground and the cabin and the most comfortable comfort food to be found anywhere.
Finally a couple of mid-June happenings...a lucky Friday the 13th on the tracks at the Science Museum will mark the joyous return of the leaner, meaner Waybacks from San Fran along with the Grammy-winning Americana guru Jim Lauderdale. Tix at Plan 9 or online at TicketsToBuy. The next night E minor and I are looking forward to helping lead-friend George Turman and his merry minstrels put on the 10th Anniversary Among Friends Concert at AC&T. New tunes being rehearsed as we speak along with tasty previously-roasted chestnuts. It should be big fun.
And do tune in faithfully to Page Wilson's Out O' The Blue Radio Revue on WCVE-FM from 8 to 10 every Saturday night. He'll be previewing many of the shows mentioned here and many others. And soon we'll be bringing you the first of our JAMinc/In Your Ear Studio A concerts with John Cephas and Eliza Lynn recorded last Thursday. Stay tuned.
This tantalizing menu of music will only continue with your support. So go to some shows!
It's the least we can do...
Thanks Mom...and thank yours, even if she's not around. Where would we be?
TT
We've got something for you for the next four days in a row starting with Thursday (tonight) at Ashland Coffee & Tea whose big time springtime lineup continues with the great singer/songwriter Slaid Cleaves with our own multi-everything musician Charles Arthur opening.
Friday night marks the 12th annual Hoedown In the Garden at St. Joseph's Villa featuring the Lonesome River Band. This benefit starring our banjo hero Sammy Shelor from Meadows of Dan and the latest evolution of LRB started at Lewis Ginter way back when and has moved to the spacious grounds of the Villa on Brook Road. Tickets are $75 but include a tasty hot buffet and open bar so it's a good deal for all. Call Katie Chandler at 200-1617 to get yours.
Saturday raises some conflicts I'll leave to you to resolve. Starting at 3pm is the Richmond Rotary's City Slickers Bluegrass Festival with area fixtures Jackass Flats, Special Ed & The Short Bus and the man, the myth, Dr. Ralph Stanley & His Clinch Mountain Boys. The day long fest is outdoors at the Science Museum on West Broad and you can get tickets here.
If you finish up in time, you might still catch good pals Chris Fuller and Frank Coleman creatively filling an open date at AC&T. Or you could opt for equally good pals Malcolm Pulley, Danny Hughes, Richard Ward, Rusty Farmer and Jackie Frost at the Shady Grove Coffee House in Glen Allen. Tickets here.
Still with me? A wonderful and inspiring way to spend Mother's Day might be to take a road trip to the unlikely music venue of Fork Union Military Academy to hear the incomparable harmonies of The Isaacs. Best part is, since you'll have to burn a little gas to get there, the concert is FREE and starts at 4pm. If you've never witnessed this amazing family band, this would be a sure bet for Sunday. Get more info and directions here.
Back to Ashland for another visit with super singer John Cowan and his band on Thursday, the 15th and Asheville, NC's solid Steep Canyon Rangers the very next night. Former Wayback and fab fingerpicker Stevie Coyle does a house-style concert at the Positive Vibe Cafe on Forest Hill on Saturday the 17th. Later on, newgrass king Sam Bush heads back this way for a Friday Cheers appearance on Brown's Island on May 23rd. Hate to miss that one, but we've had tickets to see the Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile at The Birchmere that same night for months now. I know you'll tell me what we missed.
Still to come...our yearly ride up the Old Blue Ridge Turnpike to Graves Mountain Lodge for the 16th annual Festival of Music May 29-31. Another great lineup not to mention late night jams in the campground and the cabin and the most comfortable comfort food to be found anywhere.
Finally a couple of mid-June happenings...a lucky Friday the 13th on the tracks at the Science Museum will mark the joyous return of the leaner, meaner Waybacks from San Fran along with the Grammy-winning Americana guru Jim Lauderdale. Tix at Plan 9 or online at TicketsToBuy. The next night E minor and I are looking forward to helping lead-friend George Turman and his merry minstrels put on the 10th Anniversary Among Friends Concert at AC&T. New tunes being rehearsed as we speak along with tasty previously-roasted chestnuts. It should be big fun.
And do tune in faithfully to Page Wilson's Out O' The Blue Radio Revue on WCVE-FM from 8 to 10 every Saturday night. He'll be previewing many of the shows mentioned here and many others. And soon we'll be bringing you the first of our JAMinc/In Your Ear Studio A concerts with John Cephas and Eliza Lynn recorded last Thursday. Stay tuned.
This tantalizing menu of music will only continue with your support. So go to some shows!
It's the least we can do...
Thanks Mom...and thank yours, even if she's not around. Where would we be?
TT
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