Interested in a finely crafted, six-string beauty? Want to help out a Floyd music school that teaches mountain music styles? Luthier Jackson Cunningham and Handmade Music School have teamed up for just those sorts of things.
The nonprofit music school hopes to sell 800 tickets at $25 a pop to fund programming at the organization, which does traditional music and dance lessons, workshops and camps.
Cunningham, an Oregon native, moved to Southwest Virginia to learn his craft from the likes of Audrey Hash Ham (Albert Hashâs daughter), Mac Traynham, Wayne Henderson and the late Arthur Conner. He has been building his Cunningham guitars for 15 years in Grayson County.
Article Contributed by IVPR | Published on Wednesday, April 21, 2021
DelFest, the beloved genre-spanning festival brainchild of McCoury Music and High Sierra Music is pleased to announce additional acts for its 13th annual festival, once again taking place in beautiful Cumberland, Maryland, on Sept. 23-26.
Announced today, festival hosts The Del McCoury Band and The Travelin’ McCourys, will be also joined by Railroad Earth, Béla Fleck My Bluegrass Heart feat. Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Mark Schatz, and Bryan Sutton, Cabinet, the Seldom Scene, Hawktail and Jacob Jolliff Band.
“We are so glad that many acts were able to move with us to this fall, and glad that more friends have agreed to join us. I feel like we ve got a little something for everyone here, and the best news is, we aren t quite finished yet,” says Ronnie McCoury of the lineup and fall festival. “I know one thing is for sure, this DelFest is going to mean more to me and my family than any of the
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THURSDAY, APRIL 15
News-Press “Spot of the Week.” Interested readers and supporters of the Falls Church News-Press can join the staff at a restaurant in or around the City of Falls Church to celebrate the paper’s weekly publication. Learn how to become a member of the News-Press, get a chance to purchase one of the paper’s books, “The Front Page: The First Five Years: 1991 – 1996” or just get to know members of the staff better. This week the News-Press will be at The Casual Pint (6410 Arlington Blvd. Suite E, Falls Church) from 6 – 8 p.m.
ANNAPOLIS â Singer-songwriter Stephen Kellogg takes the stage at Rams Head On Stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 16.
BBC Radio has called New England native Stephen Kelloggâs music âbeautifully crafted songs from a master singer songwriter.â
In the past decade, Kellogg has performed more than 1,500 concerts around the world, raised thousands of dollars for causes close to his heart, been named Armed Forces Entertainer of the Year and earned a Grammy nomination with guitarist Robert Randolph for Best Contemporary Blues Record.
In 2003, he founded Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, which went on hiatus in fall 2012. His latest solo album is âObjects in the Mirror,â released in November 2018.