Mountain Heart, one of the most exciting young acts in country music is back by popular demand at the Paramount. Winners of the 1999 International Bluegrass Music Association “Emerging Artist of the Year” Mountain Heart promises to thrill audiences with their music. Producer Mark Bright, who has also worked with the multi-platinum Rascal Flatts, Blackhawk, Carrie Underwood, Sara Evans and Jo Dee Messina says “I idolize these guys and their musicianship.” With a shared attitude of adventure, a fierce devotion to their mission and fire in their fingers, this is a concert not to be missed.
Voted the 2006 Best Emerging Artist by the IBMA, Steep Canyon Rangers will take the stage with Mountain Heart. Steep Canyon Rangers was born in the stairwells and kitchens of Chapel Hill, NC and showcases varied musical backgrounds in it’s members. Mike Guggino, Charles Humphrey, Woody Platt, Nicky Sanders, and Graham Sharp have become favorites on the bluegrass circuit, gaining a wide following among the Americana and rock n roll crowds as well. Get your tickets early and don’t miss two of the top musical groups in the nation.
January 28, 2007
3:00 p.m. Gospel $12
7:30 p.m. Bluegrass $18
The Fisk Jubilee Singers from Fisk University in Nashville, TN will be the premier act in the 2007 Unity in Community series. This Fisk Jubilee Singers: Singing Our Song is a project by the Tennessee Arts Commission under the American Masterpieces initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts. The African American spirituals are masterpieces in every sense, artistically profound and enormously influential.
These talented young men and women are an American a cappella ensemble that performs spirituals originally sung by slaves prior to the Civil War.
The first group of Singers arranged the music and took it on the road beginning in 1871. November 16 of that year marked one of the first public performances of the secret music African Americans sang in the fields and behind closed doors for generations. All but two, of the original group, were former slaves and according to musicologist and former Jubilee Singers Musical Director Horace C. Boyer, “They said you could hear the soft weeping…and I’m sure that the Jubilee Singers were joining them in tears, because sometimes when you think about what you are singing, particularly if you believe it, you can’t help but be moved.” Thanks to the efforts of that first group of Fisk Jubilee Singers, the public was introduced to a new genre that remains a vibrant musical tradition today.
November 5, 2006 marked yet another milestone for the Fisk Jubilee Singers as they were inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, TN along with Reba McEntire, Roy Orbison, Ronnie Milsap, Boudleaux and Felice Bryant and Maestro Kenneth D. Schermerhorn.
February 1, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Tickets: $15
Rhonda Vincent and Williams & Clark Expedition Having been raised on bluegrass and making her first stage appearance at age five with her family's band the Sally Mountain Show, Rhonda Vincent has become one of the most acclaimed and popular figures in today's bluegrass scene. The recipient of numerous International Bluegrass Music Association awards and Society for Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America awards, Vincent has built a remarkable career based on equal measures of pure, natural talent and tireless dedication. Not only is Rhonda Vincent an acclaimed singer and songwriter, but a multi-instrumentalist playing mandolin, fiddle, guitar, and most anything else with strings. When speaking of her music, Vincent said “I always hope to have a good balance of everything - from in-your-face bluegrass to softer acoustic country sounds.”
Opening for Rhonda Vincent is Williams & Clark Expedition. Nominated for “Emerging Artist of the Year” in 2005 by the International Bluegrass Music Association, this band has become one of bluegrass music’s most requested groups in the genre.
February 2, 2007
8:00 p.m.
$25 reserved, $100 patrons
Back by popular demand, the five man ensemble of Old Crow Medicine Show will once again rock the Paramount Center for the Arts. Mountain music revivalists Old Crow Medicine Show spin traditional folk and bluegrass with a rock & roll attitude. Critter Fuqua (vocals/banjo/resonator guitar), Kevin Hayes (guitjo), Morgan Jahnig (upright bass), Ketch Secor (vocals/fiddle/harmonica/banjo), and Willie Watson (vocals/guitar/banjo) may specialize in rags, hollers, and pre-World War II blues but they were weaned on Nirvana and Public Enemy.
Old Crow electrifies audiences with their talent and abounding stage presence, perfectly meshing blues, folk, bluegrass and country into their own brand of American music. Originally from North Carolina, Old Crow made their Grand Ole Opry debut on the Ryman Auditorium stage in 2001, receiving a standing ovation. Their national television debut followed in 2002 on CMT's Grand Ole Opry Live. According to NBC’s Matt Lauer, Old Crow Medicine Show is “The Rolling Stones of bluegrass”.
February 10, 2007
8:00 p.m.
Tickets $25
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