This Thursday (3/21) Asheville NC Balsam Range + Missy Raines & The New Hip at  The Grey Eagle! Tickets ONLY $10 in adv.!! It’s our last scheduled show in Asheville for a long while so please come be with us!!

03/21/13 Asheville, NC The Grey Eagle 8:00pm. Box office: (828) 232-5800. Address: 185 Clingman Avenue. Venue phone: (828) 232-5800. So honored to have another amazing co-bill show with Missy Raines and The New Hip!!! Missy Raines is the most decorated bass player in the history of the International Bluegrass Music Association- with 7 Bass Player of the Year Awards to her credit. The New Hip, led by multi award-winning bassist Missy Raines, delivers a powerful punch of groove-based (and BASS-ed groove) lines, soulful vocals, and full on funk rave-ups.

03/23/13 Hartsville, SC RenoFest
Admission: $15-$35. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: (843) 332-1600. Address: 212 North 5th Street. Venue phone: (843) 332-1600. Although RenoFest started as a one day concert in 1998, the Hartsville Downtown Development Association (HDDA) upgraded RenoFest to a three-day festival in 2000. RenoFest is now the home of the State Championship Guitar and Banjo Contests. In 2006, RenoFest added the first State Championship Bluegrass Band Contest. Join us in Hartsville for the finest celebration of Bluegrass in the Southeast, and a tribute to one of its biggest artists — Don Reno.

We had a great time WSM, The Grand Ole Opry, WDVX, and The Shed.  To see a boat load pictures from this past weekend on the Opry and more then click HERE.  As we have uploaded an entire album to our Facebook page.

This week is a whirlwind…as we make our way across GA to Charleston SC. Check it and come be with us!!

03/14/13   Athens, GA       The Melting Point w/ John Driskell Hopkins

03/15/13   Bloomingdale, GA      Randy Wood’s Pickin Parlor

03/16/13   Mount Pleasant, SC     Sweet Grass Music Festival

03/17/13   Mount Pleasant, SC     Seacoast Church

FOR MORE INFO SEE CONCERTS PAGE!

We’ll be hitting a Nashvegas hotspot with our pal John Driskell Hopkins (Zac Brown Band) in support of our new collaborative project “Daylight” that has garnered a heaping pile of good mojo lately. Including live appearances with ZBB and a spot on the Grand Ole Opry (March 8th).

In support of the #1 Bluegrass Album “Papertown”.  We’ll also be visiting two of Country and Bluegrass Music’s world famous mainstays in one weekend, The Station Inn and The Down Home!!  We’ve been so lucky and blessed to have the album go #1 this month as well as having four #1 singles in all so far.  I’m sure we’ll do them all.  We don’t get to Nashville or Johnson City much so …COME BE WITH US!!

Coming Up This Week:
Thurs 2/14 - The Basement – Nashville TN w/ JDH
Fri 2/15 – The Station Inn – Nashville TN
Sun 2/17 – The Down Home – Johnson City TN (Weather Reschedule)

Find more info and show details on the concert page HERE!

Hope to see you down the road.

Peace out.

What a fun weekend with our friends in Knoxville TN!!  We had so much fun at The Bijou with the Dismembered Tenesseans, Brand New Strings, and all the WDVX gang. But the crowd was amazing!!  Of course it rolled right over into WDVX’s Blue Plate Special on Sunday afternoon with John Driskell Hopkins.

Later Sunday night we hit the stage at Thompson-Boling Arena with Hopkins and the entire Zac Brown Band.  Big thanks to Zac and John for asking us and all those guys being so supportive of Balsam Range. They’re great people and have really became great friends.  We just finished a recording with John Driskell Hopkins called “Daylight” and Zac is a guest on the CD along with several others.  The song JDH & BR did that featured Zac is called  ”I will lay me down” and to see a video of the live version we just did with  ZBB show in Knoxville click HERE.

Now this Thursday at 11a.m. we’ll be live with John on WNCW 88.7FM.  Playing tracks from “Daylight” and talking about this Friday’s (2/1) show at the ISIS Restaurant and Music Hall in Asheville. To listen online visit www.wncw.org.

NOW MAKE PLANS TO BE AT OUR CD RELEASE PARTY FOR DAYLIGHT…THIS FRIDAY NIGHT!!

John Driskell Hopkins (Zac Brown Band) AND Balsam Range CD Release – Daylight Friday – Feb 1, 2013 at 9:00 PM Isis Restaurant & Music Hall Asheville, NC $12 advance / $15 at the door (cash). General Admission. Tablets of 4 are available with dinner reservations (limited). Seating is available first come first serve. Isis and Handsaw Productions are proud to host John Driskell Hopkins’ Asheville CD release event. John will be joined by Balsam Range. This Saturday’s Winter Concert at the Colonial with Missy Raines has been SOLD OUT!

Excited about WDVX’s World Class Bluegrass Show at The Bijou Theatre tonight (Saturday – 1/26). With The Dismembered Tennesseans and Brand New Strings.

COME ON!!!  We’re gonna be running all over Knoxville this weekend…no telling where we’ll end up with all our friends in town!!

PS- The Down Home show last night in Johnson City was cancelled due to weather. The show has been rescheduled for Sunday evening February 17th. Show time will be 7:30pm.

Just a little obersvation. Anyway…

Hello friends!!  Looking forward to a weekend in TN and hitting the road a lot more in 2013!

We are coming off a really fun weekend of recording the live album for Balsam Nation. And we’re very excited about being in Johnson City and Knoxville this weekend.  Come see us!

01/25/13 Johnson City, TN The Down Home 8:00pm. Box office: 423-929-1083. For those that can not come out…check out the live webcast information HERE.

01/26/13 Knoxville, TN Bijou Theater – WDVX’s World Class Bluegrass Show 7:30pm. Box office: 865-684-1200.

We’d also like to mention how happy we are to be working with Mike Drudge and Class Act Entertainment out of Nashville TN.  They are doing a great job getting us to different parts of the country, and beyond, so we can come hang out in a town near you.   We’re still doing some great dates in WNC but I thought I’d share of few of the traveling dates so you can see if we’re gonna be near you. And we have a bunch that are still pending. So please keep an eye on the BalsamRange.com Official Calendar for all the updates and current shows near and far.

Here are few road dates to BR’s 2013 itinerary:
Nashville, TN
Fredericksburg, VA
York, PA
Olive Hill, KY
Arlington, TX
Bloomingdale, GA
Mount Pleasant, SC
Auburn, AL
Whitehorse, Yukon (Canada)
Branson, MO
Galax, VA
Brunswick, ME
Grayson, KY
Benton, PA
Russiaville, IN
Wilmington, OH
Springfield, IL

And many more. Please visit the schedule page for the full itinerary.

Have a great week!

Check us out on the radio today!

The new album “Daylight” will be featured on today’s (Wed) “New Tunes at Two” on WNCW 88.7!  The album is John Driskell Hopkins & Balsam Range w/ special guests Zac Brown, Jerry Douglas + more.  We’ll also play an album release show at Isis Restaurant and Music Hall on Friday, Feb 1st!   Listen live online today from anywhere on www.wncw.org at 2pm.

John said it made him blush but check the “Daylight” review in No Depression HERE.

Missy Raines with BR at The Colonial is SOLD OUT!! You can catch us again with her at the Grey Eagle is Asheville on 3/21.

Our next Colonial installments with be with the GREAT Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson, & Jerry Salley on March 2nd and Jim Hurst on April 6th. These are close to sell outs now so get your tickets asap.

THANKS for supporting our concert series!  Now I am off to start rehearsing because we’re recording the live album for Balsam Nation members this weekend.

THANK YOU WINTER CONCERT SERIES SPONSORS!!!

EAT AT: SID’S ON MAIN in CANTON, NC
BUY REAL ESTATE FROM: AMY SPIVEY, REALTOR
PLAY GOLF, EAT AT, STAY AT: THE WAYNESVILLE INN
COFFEE AND MORE: SMOKY MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS (Tickets also available here in Waynesville 828-452-1212)

WE LOVE THESE GOOD FOLKS…THEY ARE LOCAL BUSINESS SUPPORTING THEIR FAMILIES HERE IN HAYWOOD COUNTY!

VERY LIMITED TICKETS LEFT FOR THE GREAT MISSY RAINES!  We are so honored to have another amazing guest come play our Winter Concert Series! Joining us will be Missy Raines and The New Hip!!! Missy Raines is the most decorated bass player in the history of the International Bluegrass Music Association- with 7 Bass Player of the Year Awards to her credit. A former member of the Grammy Nominated Claire Lynch Band, the acclaimed duo, Jim Hurst and Missy Raines, Missy is one of the most popular figures in the bluegrass community and a trailblazer in her field for as long as she’s been playing music. Her rich pedigree in the field reaches from legends such as Mac Wiseman, Kenny Baker, Josh Graves and Eddie and Martha Adcock, to contemporary artists like Peter Rowan, Laurie Lewis, Dudley Connell and Don Rigsby. Missy also toured and recorded with the rootsy, edgy Brother Boys. About the Band: Missy Raines & The New Hip blur the lines between jazz, bluegrass, and rhythm’n’blues- redefining the acoustic/electric/hybrid landscape. Doesn’t matter what you call it. The New Hip, led by multi award-winning bassist Missy Raines, delivers a powerful punch of groove-based (and BASS-ed groove) lines, soulful vocals, and full on funk rave-ups. Balsam Range performs as well on each winter concert date. OUT OF TOWN TRAVELERS CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR: The Waynesville Inn Golf Resort & Spa 176 Country Club Drive Waynesville, NC 28786 Tel: (828) 456-3551 Fax: (828) 456-3555 www.thewaynesvilleinn.com

THANK YOU WINTER CONCERT SERIES SPONSORS!!!

EAT AT: SID’S ON MAIN in CANTON, NC
BUY REAL ESTATE FROM: AMY SPIVEY, REALTOR
PLAY GOLF, EAT AT, STAY AT: THE WAYNESVILLE INN
COFFEE AND MORE: SMOKY MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS (Tickets also available here in Waynesville 828-452-1212)

WE LOVE THESE GOOD FOLKS…THEY ARE LOCAL BUSINESS SUPPORTING THEIR FAMILIES HERE IN HAYWOOD COUNTY!
THANKS Y’ALL…AND HAPPY NEW YEAR AGAIN FROM BR!

Been rehearsing hard on these new Balsam Nation bonus tracks we’re recording for the nation next Monday and Tuesday. Click HERE to find out what new songs we have picked out for you!!  We’ll be corresponding more with you in days and weeks to come to get your help in the creative process.

We strongly urge you, Balsam Nation, to click HERE and let us know which songs you would like for us to record for your live album!! Yes …it’s here. The live album for Nation members will be recorded January 18 & 19 in Asheville, NC at The Altamont Theatre!!!

Get tickets for the live recording HERE.  Join us for two exciting nights of live recording in the gorgeous and intimate Altamont Theatre!