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Birthplace of Country Music Alliance Unveils Banjometer

The Birthplace of Country Music Alliance unveiled a "Banjometer" on the side of the proposed Cultural Heritage Center building, corner of Cumberland and Moore Street's , Bristol, VA this morning.  This banjometer will serve as an indicator of just how far the organization has come in the past year in raising funds for the Cultural Heritage Center  and what a short distance we have to go; only $3.6 million left to raise.

Birthplace of Country Music @ The Paramount Presents Riders in the Sky for Concert and Workshop

The Birthplace of Country Music Alliance proudly presents the Riders in the Sky, Saturday March 27, 2010 at The Paramount Center for the Arts in historic downtown Bristol TN/VA for a concert at 7:30pm and workshop at 3:00pm.

For thirty years Riders In The Sky have been keepers of the flame passed on by the Sons of the Pioneers, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, reviving and revitalizing the genre.

$2.5 Million in Federal Funds Advances Birthplace of Country Music Cultural Heritage Center

On the morning of January 15, 2010, Congressman Rick Boucher made an announcement of $2.5 million in federal funding for the Birthplace of Country Music Cultural Heritage Center.  The full text of the announcement can be found on Congressman Boucher's website or below.  You can also see video of the announcement on Congressman Boucher's You Tube channel at www.youtube.com/CongressmanBoucher

Birthplace of Country Music Alliance Offers Limited Number of Patron’s Benefits Packets with Purchase of Winter Series Tickets

The Birthplace of Country Music Alliance begins a new series, Birthplace of Country Music @ The Paramount starting in January 2010.

Tickets on Sale for Blue Highway

Tickets are currently on sale for Blue Highway and the ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band as part of Birthplace of Country Music @ The Paramount series.  This event is April 24th , 7:30pm.  For more information contact The Paramount box office at 423.274.8920 or www.etix.com

STILL INSIDE: THE TONY RICE STORY

The highly anticipated authorized biography of acoustic guitar legend Tony Rice is now in the final stages of production and will be released within a couple months! 

Many consider Rice the greatest acoustic guitar player of all time. Still Inside: The Tony Rice Story, written by Tim Stafford and Caroline Wright, delivers Tony’s incredible tale in his own inimitable words, with anecdotes and observations from his friends, family, fans, and fellow musicians.

Cadillac Sky Coming to the Paramount!

"I'm nearly speechless. This is the most innovative and original sound since the first notes of bluegrass passed Bill Monroe's lips."- The Rick Marino Show 103 WKDF Nashville - Angela “Their live shows are a marvel of emotion and razor-sharp focus..."- Cybergrass

The 4th Annual The Fiddlers of Madison County

For centuries, literally, folks have been following The French Broad River into Madison County to hear the finest in traditional music.  Cecil Sharp found ballad singers in Hot Springs, Bascom Lamar Lunsford searched over the hills and hollers for banjo players and buck dancers and anyone having a house party or a barn dance was hunting up a fiddler to liven up the festivities.  This tradition continues every Spring in downtown Marshall where our finest fiddlers come together for a concert to benefit The Madison County Arts Council.  On March 13 ol

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