Band News: O'Brother Soundtrack Comes to Didmarton!

We are very pleased to announce that the Nashville Bluegrass Band will be headlining Didmarton Bluegrass Festival in September 2006. It has been our intention to bring a major name to the UK since we set our strategy after moving to the new site at Kemble in 2004.

The NBB have a long history (see the full biog below) and we are privileged to get these boys across the Atlantic to perform for us. They will be playing in the concerts and band members will be taking part in workshops. We also intend to stage a meet the band session. Please note the band will not be performing anywhere else in the UK. So your only chance to see them is at Didmarton. Put the dates in your diary now!



Nashville Bluegrass Band

America's coolest bluegrass band just got cooler. With its members performing on the wildly successful film soundtracks O Brother Where Art Thou and Down from the Mountain and with a scintillating new lineup, The Nashville Bluegrass Band has become the acoustic-music group to watch in the new millennium.

With two Grammy Awards, two Entertainer of the Year honors from the International Bluegrass Music Association and four wins as IBMA's Vocal Group of the Year, The Nashville Bluegrass Band is no stranger to acclaim. But as it heads into the production of its 10th album, the group is primed for still greater accomplishments.

Although as classic-sounding as any bluegrass group alive, the NBB's repertoire is laced with blues tunes and songs from African-American gospel tradition, as well as material from the traditional bluegrass songbag.

It is one of the few bluegrass bands that's had videos in heavy rotation on CMT. Its members are on call session musicians for Nashville's mainstream stars. Its nine albums have virtually defined a modern bluegrass sound.

The band's members come from all points on the compass. Mike Compton is from Mississippi. Pat Enright is from Indiana. Alan O'Bryant hails from North Carolina. Stuart Duncan is from California. And Dennis Crouch is from Arkansas. They've joined together under a name that salutes their adopted hometown to create an all-American sound. Their talents have been celebrated, literally, around the world. But their appeal is as basic as a small-town general store.

Text taken from the Sugar Hill website

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