This bluegrass family includes Samantha, age 11, with vocals and violin; Zeb, 15, with vocals and guitar; dad Bud on bass; and mom Laine chiming in occasionally for three-part harmony. These popular entertainers from North Carolina now have their first release on Mountain Roads Recordings, “Comin’ On Strong.”
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Cost $8 CHM Members $10 non-members.
Adventure beckons with Mark Daniel magical storyteller’s READasaurus program Expedition: READasaurus! Join Mark, Steggie the Stegosaurus and Hemi the Rabbit as they prepare to embark on an odyssey, delving into great books! The Expedition set is designed around a magical Smithsonianesque Museum Curator’s office. With old and new classics like the much loved Skippyjon Jones and Flat Stanley, this promises to be a fun and exciting adventure.
$5 per household (2 adults & youth under 18 years old)
From Asheville, North Carolina, Steep Canyon Rangers have built a reputation as an engaging acoustic quintet seasoned by constant touring. Before being nominated for 2 International Bluegrass Music awards in 2008 (including Album of the Year, ”Lovin’ Pretty Women), the Rangers were named ’Emerging Artist of the Year’ in 2006 at the IBMA awards ceremony in Nashville, TN. The group has been regularly featured on the Grand Ole Opry, as well as major U.S. Bluegrass and Americana music festivals such as MerleFest, Telluride, Grey Fox, DelFest and RockyGrass.
"Fraser appeared in his favoured current pairing with the young American cellist Natalie Haas, continuing to pursue their resurrection and reinvention of the classic musical marriage between big and small fiddles, a familiar feature of Scottish music in the 18th century. The duo’s near-telepathic interplay was dazzling both for its breathtaking technical prowess and its boundless dynamism, be it in tunes from that same golden era, the age of Burns and Gow, or Fraser’s own memorable compositions." - Sue Wilson, Hi-Arts Journal
Funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission which received support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the CHM Leadership Circle: