Country music icon Hank Williams Jr. will team up this spring with Jamey Johnson, Eric Church, and The Grascals for an outing dubbed the “Rowdy Friends Tour 2010.”
“The tour is scheduled to commence April 2nd in Charleston, WV with shows each weekend throughout April,” says Vector Management’s, Ken Levitan.
The tour’s initial round of dates will kick off April 2nd, with additional shows spread over the weekends of April and more dates announced. Currently confirmed shows are listed below, and more will be added, according to organizers.
April 2 – Charleston, WV
April 3 – Louisville, KY
April 9 – Bossier City, LA
April 10 – Lafayette, LA
April 17 – Pikeville, KY w/ The Grascals only
Tickets for the shows announced will go on sale Saturday, January 30 at 10:00 am at all venue box office locations as well as TicketMaster locations.
Hadley Music Group singer songwriter has been in the studio once again with guitarist and producer Keith Sewell. This time she is working on her first gospel/spiritual CD Read more…
Dailey & Vincent are proud to welcome the multi-talented Christian Davis on bass vocals and guitar. Davis will perform his first shows with the band this weekend: Read more…
Music artists are now providing the voices for GPS systems. Rapper Snoop Dogg is one of the first “voice skins” giving turn-by-turn directions for TomTom GPS systems that are available for about $13.
At the recent Consumer Electronics Show, another company Gracenote previewed its CarStars offering which has artists such as Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz and Train’s Pat Monahan as “entertainment guides” in the car who can announce songs, create playlists, recommend music, and announce new releases. The rollout starts later this year, and Gracenote is recruiting new voices.
If you’re interested, contact carstars@gracenote.com.
Pete Wernick (“Dr. Banjo”) announces the release of a two-hour instructional DVD, Make Up Your Own Banjo Solos, Vol. 2, (Homespun). Volume 2 is a follow-up Read more…
Rural Rhythm Records is proud to announce the upcoming April 13, 2010 album release of “CAROLINA HURRICANE” by bluegrass band, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road. Read more…
Rural Rhythm Records recording artists, The Bartley Brothers, are please to announce the addition of Josh Hymer on banjo and vocals. Josh has worked with such Read more…
Rural Rhythm Records recording artist, The Bartley Brothers, are excited to announce that they will be represented by the MLB Music Agency for exclusive representation Read more…
Richard Hurst, organizer of the Ulster American Folk Park’s award-winning Annual Appalachian & Bluegrass Music Festival has resigned from the position of Chairperson of the European Bluegrass Music Association [EBMA]. Taking up the post in May of 2008 he strived to build upon the invaluable work carried out by his predecessor Paolo Dettwiler. Read more…
On January 16th, The Grascals will take part in the grand celebration of the new country music destination Country Crossing in Dothan, Alabama. The band will perform a FREE concert in the Country Crossing Party Pavilion at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.
