Balsam Range http://balsamrange.com Last Train to Kitty Hawk Thu, 17 May 2012 17:11:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Fun Recording the New Album Papertown http://balsamrange.com/2012/05/fun-recording-the-new-album-papertown/ http://balsamrange.com/2012/05/fun-recording-the-new-album-papertown/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 17:11:54 +0000 Tim Surrett http://balsamrange.com/?p=1095

If you want to know what it’s like being in the studio with us, here is a peek at our process.

We don’t have any fun at all!

We can’t wait for you to hear this new album. Hear it first as a member! www.balsamnation.com

]]> http://balsamrange.com/2012/05/fun-recording-the-new-album-papertown/feed/ 1 Monthly Music Mania http://balsamrange.com/2012/05/monthly-music-mania/ http://balsamrange.com/2012/05/monthly-music-mania/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:49:35 +0000 Tim Surrett http://balsamrange.com/?p=1090 read more]]> As part of your participation in the Balsam Nation Community, we are going to get you a new recorded song per month, each month, for a year!
Caleb and Darren have been coming up with ideas for what to record. Check out their suggestions but be sure to let us know what you would like us to record. Just post your own suggestions here!

Remember, membership for Balsam Nation is limited so if you want a new Balsam Range song each month over the next year, sign up now at www.balsamnation.com.

]]> http://balsamrange.com/2012/05/monthly-music-mania/feed/ 5 Introducing Balsam Nation http://balsamrange.com/2012/05/introducing-balsam-nation/ http://balsamrange.com/2012/05/introducing-balsam-nation/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 15:09:35 +0000 Tim Surrett http://balsamrange.com/?p=1085 read more]]> Let us introduce you to Balsam Nation:

What is Balsam Nation?

Balsam Nation is Balsam Range + YOU.

We’re from the mountains of North Carolina but we free range from the Smokies to the Rockies…From the Plains of Texas to Boston Common and beyond. We’re an ever-growing family made up of millworkers, railroad hands, foot soldiers, church house preachers and schoolhouse teachers; we’re fireman and policemen, doctors and lawyers, jokers and joggers, clowns and cloggers. We’re lumberjacks and well drillers, number crunchers and burger grillers!

We’re the post office, the paper mill, the bowling alley and the beauty parlor. We’re college kids and grandkids, and the parents and grandparents. We’re renegades, retirees, republicans and democrats. We’re hillbillies and rednecks, hunters and fishermen. We’re autoworkers and steelworkers. We’re Balsam Nation, no matter what we do for a living or where we happen to live.

We are the music of family and faith, of fun and friends. We Are Balsam Nation!

Member Benefits

Your one-year Balsam Nation membership (July 1, 2012—June 30, 2013) includes:

  1. The New Album, Papertown: We’ll send you our new CD before anyone can purchase it. OR choose to download it with the artwork and get it even earlier. (Learn more…)
  2. Monthly Music Mania: Twelve MORE new songs, delivered to you digitally here on this site, one per month. (Learn more…)
  3. Music Video: Download your very own copy of our new single-song video. (Learn more…)
  4. reLIVE: EVEN MORE music! We will record one of our concerts this year, live, and will make it available to you here on this site as a download, only for members of Balsam Nation. (Learn more…)
  5. Member Hangouts: Come hang out with us backstage before select live shows. (Learn more…)
  6. Mobile App: New Balsam Nation Mobile App (iPhone / Android). Chat live with other Balsam Nation members and the band at shows. (Learn more…)
  7. Pick With the Band®: Download Papertown, minus one instrument (your choice), so you can pick along with us. (Learn more…)

Not only will you receive all this, but you will also be supporting Balsam Range directly as we tour and share the music that you already love with new fans all over the world.

If you’re among the first 1,000, you will get a free video download of Balsam Range’s first live performance of “Wide River,” a song from Papertown!

Join today!

]]> http://balsamrange.com/2012/05/introducing-balsam-nation/feed/ 27 Willow Oak Music Park…Here We Come!! http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/willow-oak-music-park-here-we-come/ http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/willow-oak-music-park-here-we-come/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:21:48 +0000 Darren Nicholson http://balsamrange.com/?p=1077 read more]]> We had an amazing time in SC this week!!  The morning TV show was great and the Chapman Cultural Center and the crowd was electric!! Packed house and they could not have made us feel more welcome.If you you like IIIrd Tyme Out, David Parmley, James King, Michelle Nixon and having a great time at a bluegrass festival then go with us!  Great setting to bring family, friends, and have a blast!  We’re looking forward to hearing all our pals. Our first set is 3pm 4/28.

Willow Oak  Park luegrass Festival – Roxboro NC, April 28th. 

   

 

With IIIrd Tyme Out, Michelle Nixon, James King, David Parmley & More!!

Box office: 336-229-9055. Address: Blalock Dairy Road. Venue phone: 336-229-9055. All-star lineup of top musical acts. One of the top festivals in the entire country. Gorgeous setting in the heart of NC with amazing camping and lodging. Breathtaking property. Come join us for an incredible weekend of fun and music. http://www.willowoakpark.com/schedule.html ]]> http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/willow-oak-music-park-here-we-come/feed/ 3 TV show this week and 2 major events you will not want to miss!! http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/tv-show-this-week-and-2-major-events-you-will-not-want-to-miss/ http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/tv-show-this-week-and-2-major-events-you-will-not-want-to-miss/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:23:26 +0000 Darren Nicholson http://balsamrange.com/?p=1070 read more]]> We have a very exciting week planned!  Because of scheduling craziness recently, we have had to record in shorter blocks of time at night.  But Wednesday evening should wrap it up. We should have all the music on the new BR recording finished!!!  We ‘re super excited about this and we feel it’s our best one yet.  Hope you like it!!

We are also doing a TV show this week and 2 major events you will not want to miss.

April 26th Television Appearance on “Your Carolina”. 

“Your Carolina” is a nationally syndicated TV show and an affiliate of CBS. The morning show is hosted by Jack Roper and Kimberly Kelley. We will perform live and talk about the show that night at the Chapman Cultural Center.

www.yourcarolina.tv/

Chapman Cultural Center – Spartanburg SC, April 26 at 7 p.m.

Balsam Range: Bluegrass Concert Along with Fayssoux and Brandon Turner April 26, 2012  This is a benefit concert for Chapman Cultural Center. Opening the show will be Spartanburg singers Fayssoux and Brandon Turner. Come early for a catered BBQ dinner. Dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 for the concert, or $40 for both the concert and dinner. Event Times: Dinner begins at 5:30PM, the concert begins at 7:00PM

www.chapmanculturalcenter.org

Willow Oak  Park luegrass Festival – Roxboro NC, April 28th. 

With IIIrd Tyme Out, Michelle Nixon, James King, David Parmley & More!!

   
Box office: 336-229-9055. Address: Blalock Dairy Road. Venue phone: 336-229-9055. All-star lineup of top musical acts. One of the top festivals in the entire country. Gorgeous setting in the heart of NC with amazing camping and lodging. Breathtaking property. Come join us for an incredible weekend of fun and music.

http://www.willowoakpark.com/schedule.html

]]> http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/tv-show-this-week-and-2-major-events-you-will-not-want-to-miss/feed/ 4 PlottFest, Grandfather Mountain, Chapman Cultural Center and Syndicated TV! http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/plottfest-grandfather-mountain-chapman-cultural-center-and-syndicated-tv/ http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/plottfest-grandfather-mountain-chapman-cultural-center-and-syndicated-tv/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:44:13 +0000 Darren Nicholson http://balsamrange.com/?p=1067 read more]]> PlottFest – Maggie Valley NC on Saturday, April 21 ALL DAY EVENT

To Benefit Headstart of Haywood County!! April 21, 9am-6pm – $7 adv or $10 gate. Maggie Valley Festival Grounds. Including Great Smoky Mountain Trout & Heritage Festival. Featuring music by Balsam Range (4pm), Mark and Aimee Bumgarner, Milan Miller, The Darren Nicholson Band (1pm) and more. See website to donate, get tickets, or become a Sponsor. Mountain Music Festival Celebrating Western North Carolina’s Heritage Showcasing the official NC state dog, the Plott Hound, Great Smoky Mountain Trout Fishing, Food, Crafts & Clogging Youth Plott Hound Dog Show ♦ Book signing by author Bob Plott

www.plottfest.org

Grandfather Mountain –  Linville NC on Sunday, April 22 at 2 p.m.Grandfather Mountain Nature Museum

A very intimate concert setting in one of the most beautiful locations around. Advance sale tickets for adults ages 13 and up are $25 and children ages four to 12 are $15. Children under four are always free. The ticket price includes all day admission to Grandfather Mountain and admission to the concert. Grandfather Mountain annual pass holders and others who have already purchased admission to the park for the day can buy tickets to the concert online for $7 in advance or at the Nature Museum for $12 the day of the show.

www.grandfather.com

April 26th Television Appearance on “Your Carolina”. 

“Your Carolina” is a nationally syndicated TV show and an affiliate of CBS. The morning show is hosted by Jack Roper and Kimberly Kelley. We will perform live and talk about the show that night at the Chapman Cultural Center.

www.yourcarolina.tv/

Chapman Cultural Center – Spartanburg SC, April 26 at 7 p.m.

Balsam Range: Bluegrass Concert Along with Fayssoux and Brandon Turner April 26, 2012  This is a benefit concert for Chapman Cultural Center. Opening the show will be Spartanburg singers Fayssoux and Brandon Turner. Come early for a catered BBQ dinner. Dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 for the concert, or $40 for both the concert and dinner. Event Times: Dinner begins at 5:30PM, the concert begins at 7:00PM

www.chapmanculturalcenter.org

]]> http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/plottfest-grandfather-mountain-chapman-cultural-center-and-syndicated-tv/feed/ 4 Please join us this week and next for a couple of very special shows! And I’m excited to announce we’re close to finishing the new BR recording!! http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/please-join-us-this-week-and-next-for-a-couple-of-very-special-shows-and-im-excited-to-announce-were-close-finishing-and-releasing-the-new-br-recording/ http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/please-join-us-this-week-and-next-for-a-couple-of-very-special-shows-and-im-excited-to-announce-were-close-finishing-and-releasing-the-new-br-recording/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:48:39 +0000 Darren Nicholson http://balsamrange.com/?p=1060 read more]]> Friday (4/13) We’ll be in Oakboro NC with some of Bluegrass Music’s biggest stars at The Big Lick BG Festival. Including a special tribute to Earl Scruggs. It’s amazing family festival with tickets dirt cheap if you get the early bird discount. Other acts include Lonesome River Band, Junior Sisk, Goldwing Express, Little Roy & Lizzie, and many more. www.biglickbluegrass.com

And get tickets now for only $7 for PlottFest at Maggie Valley Festival Grounds (4/21).  PROCEEDS BENEFIT HAYWOOD CO. HEADSTART!  It’s an all day event starting at 9am. It includes Music by Balsam Range, Mark & Amie Bumgarner, and the Darren Nicholson Band, Fishing, Food, Kids Pedal Tractor Raffle, Trout CATCH Clinic, & Clogging.  And showcasing the official NC state dog, the Plott Hound. With a book signing by Bob Plott. www.plottfest.org

And for those who got tickets, Saturday (4/14) will be so much fun!!  BR with Jeff Foxworthy in Franklin NC is officially SOLD OUT!!!

We appreciate all the support over the past month.  Buddy is on the mend and performing good as ever.  He’s still resting and trying not to over do it.  But we are on the brink of finishing the 4th, and in my opinion, the best recording we’ve ever done.  Hope you like it and can’t wait to see you!!!

]]> http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/please-join-us-this-week-and-next-for-a-couple-of-very-special-shows-and-im-excited-to-announce-were-close-finishing-and-releasing-the-new-br-recording/feed/ 5 Buddy on “Trains I Missed” http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/buddy-on-trains-i-missed/ http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/buddy-on-trains-i-missed/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:44:06 +0000 Tim Surrett http://balsamrange.com/?p=1057 When Buddy stepped on stage with us Saturday for the first time since the accident, it was a magical moment. Here’s a video:

]]> http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/buddy-on-trains-i-missed/feed/ 20 Celebrate Easter with us! http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/celebrate-easter-with-us/ http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/celebrate-easter-with-us/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:09:24 +0000 Tim Surrett http://balsamrange.com/?p=1048 read more]]> Happy Easter Everybody!
We’re looking forward to a great time tomorrow night at the Colonial Theatre in Canton, NC, for the last show in our Winter Concert Series. I really hope you can come be with us. We’re going to present an all Gospel program to celebrate Easter. I’ve spent the majority of my life playing Gospel music, and I’m proud to play in a band that still respects that aspect of the bluegrass music sound. I think you’ll be blessed!
It’s shaping up to be a great night.
Our special guest is David Johnson. David is one of the few studio musicians to be elected to the Hall of Fame. During our nearly 30 years of playing sessions together, I have seen him play acoustic guitars, electric guitars, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, dobro, basses, steel guitar, cello, harmonica, and others that I can’t even remember. Tony Rice told me that David might be the best musician that he had ever seen! David is also a humle man of strong faith, very involved in his home church. He will amaze you, I guarantee it! He will be playing his own music, as well as playing with BR.
Also, our pal Eddie Rose will be there with us. Some of you have seen Eddie with us, filling in while Buddy recovers from his accident and surgery. You can attest to what an amazing singer Eddie is. He has what I call the “Shock and Awe” factor. Eddie is known around here as not only a great singer, but an incredible Bluegrass Gospel singer. He has been a great friend to this band.
Speaking of our Buddy Melton, he is going to do his best to make a short appearence tomorrow night. His recovery has been stunning to watch! The day he was released from the hospital, he was at the studio singing. We were at the studio just last night, and he was playing great fiddle on our new record! We are so thankful for you folks who have sent up thousands of prayers to make this possible.
Tickets for tomorrow night are almost gone, so jump while you can. We have so much to thank God for, and we want you to be there tomorrow night to help us celebrate all of it!

]]> http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/celebrate-easter-with-us/feed/ 3 Thank You http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/thank-you-2/ http://balsamrange.com/2012/04/thank-you-2/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:24:59 +0000 Buddy Melton http://balsamrange.com/?p=1045 read more]]> A great big thanks goes out to all the great people in the world who have lifted me and my family up through this interesting time. Turns out there are still a lot of wonderful people performing acts of kindness everyday and it has meant the world to me.

Who knows how this will all end up with recovery. I may not do somethings as well; but, there will certainly be other things I will do much better. Like, look for the best in everyone and demand the best from myself.

Folks often ask what defines Bluegrass music? It certainly has a great deal to do with its musical interpretations; but after receiving prayers, support and kindness from all over the world…I would easily say now that it is the people that make up the Bluegrass family and community that defines Bluegrass. Good down to earth people with strong faith and belief who are more concerned with others than themselves and who rally around those that are down to lift them up and are prepared to see it through to the end. I am truly blessed to have the greatest friends and family that anyone could ever hope for. You know who you are and I thank you and love you all!!!

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