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PBS has posted online video of the July 4 performance by Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers at the Capitol Fourth celebration in Washington, DC. They were given a lengthy spot on the program, and played three numbers before the large crowd in attendance, not to mention a huge national television audience tuned in watching [...]
Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers are in Washington, DC for an appearance on tonight's PBS television spectacular, A Capitol Fourth. They will perform three songs on the program, which airs live from the Capitol grounds at 8:00 p.m. (EDT), including one Steve wrote especially for this show. It's called Me And Paul Revere, and [...]
A few weeks back, we reported that Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers would be performing on the July 4 celebration at the US Capitol in Washinton, DC. In that report, Graham Sharp of the Rangers mentioned a new song Steve had written for the occasion. That song, Me And Paul Revere, has now been [...]
In a move that is likely to surprise no one, Steep Canyon Rangers have signed with Rounder Records. This follows their recent involvement with Steve Martin, both performing with him on the road and recording his most recent project, Rare Bird Alert, in close collaboration. The Rangers plan on returning to the studio in October, [...]
A music video has been released on CMT for the song Jubilation Day from Rare Bird Alert, the recent CD from Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers. It's a clever take on the song, using animation similar to the cover drawing with the various band members' heads supplanted onto the heads of various bird characters. [...]
Tonight's (5/11) poetry celebration at the White House, which will include an appearance by Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers, will be broadcast live online. Rangers' banjo man Graham Sharp told us that they were asked to perform an arrangement they created with Martin of an Auden poem set to bluegrass. This event will be [...]
This Wednesday, Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers will pay a visit to our nation's capital, where they are scheduled to perform at the White House. We heard this morning form Graham Sharp, who plays 'second banjo' on the Martin/Rangers show, who said that he just found out about the DC gig when he and [...]
Steve Martin has released a music video for the song Jubilation Day, one of several comic songs on his new album, Rare Bird Alert, produced as a collaborative project with Steep Canyon Rangers. It was shot during the early touring in support of the new CD in March, mixing live stage footage and backstage shots. [...]
Steve Martin caught the music and media world unawares with his 2009 album, The Crow. It featured him on banjo, along with a bevy of country, folk and bluegrass icons on 15 new songs Martin had written. Martin also sang many of those new compositions, and his many fans from the comedy and film worlds [...]
Steep Canyon Rangers will mark their 10th Anniversary tomorrow evening (1/21) with a special concert at the Orange Peel Social Aid & Pleasure Club near their home in Asheville, NC. Joining them in celebrating this milestone will be artists from two opposite ends of the bluegrass spectrum: first generation pioneer Curly Seckler and jam grass [...]
