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Mountain Home Music has announced the release, yesterday, of a live album by Balsam Range, Live at the Altamont. It was recorded on January 18th and 19th at Asheville, North Carolina’s premiere listening venue, the historic Altamont Theatre, in Ashville. It includes these requested favorites and previously unrecorded songs: Burning Georgia Down/EMD, Last Train to Kittyhawk, [...]
This past Friday on The Grand Ole Opry, Balsam Range performed with John Driskell Hopkins to promote Daylight, the album they recorded together last year. Hopkins has made his living in music for some time, as both a side man and songwriter, and is in the public eye these days as bass player with the red-hot [...]
Numerous country musicians have made the short leap to bluegrass in recent years, perhaps most notably Marty Raybon and Joe Diffie. These artists had already established careers as vocalists, and simply adjusted their sound for a new audience. Now, another country musician has released a bluegrass project, but in a slightly different manner. Zac Brown [...]
It’s that time of year again, where pundits assess various aspects of the past 12 months. One of the first to do so and publish their list of favourites is PopMatters, the international magazine of cultural criticism. PopMatters’ bluegrass Top Ten listing includes a good sample from mainstream bluegrass with albums from Lou Reid & [...]
John Driskell Hopkins, bass player with the Zac Brown Band, has teamed up with Balsam Range to record an album of his original music, Daylight, which will be independently released on January 22, 2013. The bulk of the music is performed with Hopkins on guitar and vocals, with Balsam Range providing accompaniment. Several guest artists are [...]
Balsam Range has been announced as the newest artist to be represented by Class Act Entertainment. They join such stellar acts as J.D. Crowe & The New South, The Hillbenders and Mountain Home labelmates The Boxcars and Darin & Brooke Aldridge at Class Act. Principal and founder Mike Drudge is delighted to have them on [...]
Balsam Range held their CD release concert for their new album Papertown on Friday, August 10th at the beautiful Colonial Theater in the paper town of Canton, NC. The event was sold out bringing locals and visitors alike to the area to celebrate with the band. Introducing the group were former County Commissioner Mary Ann Enloe [...]
The Balsam Range guys will stop in to the WNCW studios on Saturday to talk with Dennis Jones about their new release, Papertown. Dennis is on each Saturday for Goin' Across The Mountain, which airs in western North Carolina on a number of FM frequencies. He co-hosts with Brad Watson from 11:00 am to 7:00 p.m. [...]
Balsam Range has posted a blooper reel from recent videos they have shot for their new fan site, Balsam Nation. If you are a fan of the band - or just get a kick out of video bloopers - you'll get a chuckle out of this.
Balsam Range has released a video sneak peek at their next album, Papertown, due in late July. It offers a taste of several of the songs, plus some comments from three of the band members congregated in the studio. They discuss the songs chosen for Papertown, including the title track, and share their gratitude that [...]
