5th Annual Springfest Bluegrass Concert
Springfest to feature five time "Fiddle Player of the Year" Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper along with former "Male Vocalist of the Year," Bradley Walker. Opening will be local favorites Apppalachia.The 5th Annuel Springfest Bluegrass Concert will be held at Hampshire High School on April 4, 2009. Doors will open for the Matinee at 12:00 and it will begin at 12:30pm and end at 4:30. The evening show will begin at 5:30 and end at 10:00 pm. Tickets are $20 for reserved and $15 general admission. Refreshments will be served during intermission in the gym, there will be hotdogs, soups, cakes, brownies and drinks.
The Schedule
12:00 Doors Open
12:30 Appalachia
1:00 - 2:15 Bradley Walker
1 Hour Break
3:15 - 4:30 Michael Cleveland
Second Show:
5:30 - 6:00 Appalachia
6:30 - 7:45 Bradley Walker
1 Hour Break
8:45 - 10:00 Michael Cleveland
You can contact Martin Cecil at304-492-4036 or Ron Miller at 301-707-1078 or Paul Roomsburg at 304-671-8388 for more information.
Bradley Walker
The Nashville Scene called Bradley Walker "arguably the best unsigned singer in bluegrass" in 2003, and while that's no longer true today, it's only because he's no longer unsigned. Releasing his Carl Jackson-produced Rounder Records debut, Highway Of Dreams, in 2006, Walker celebrated with a featured show that fall at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium and a national TV appearance on Jerry Lewis' renowned MDA Telethon that stunned audiences with his rich, country-flavored baritone voice. Born with a form of muscular dystrophy, Bradley's determination first won him fans among bluegrass' most prominent artist - Illrd Tyme Out and the Lonesome River Band among them - and earned him guest appearances on stage and television with them before he launched his solo career. Since then, he's become a favorite of fans across the country for his intimate delivery, winning sense of humor, unmistakable sincerity and pure artistry.
2007 IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year
"...inspirational and heartbreaking, a choice that would make Lefty Frizzel proud." - Brian Mansfield, USA Today
"It has been many years since I have been moved by a debut album the way I am moved by Highway of Dreams" - Robert K. Oermann, Music Row, 2006
"...Walker is a powerhouse...he gets it right every time - Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly, 2006
"...wowing audiences everywhere...Walker seems poised to go as far as he wants." -Chris Neal, Country Weekly, 2007
Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper
Rounder Recording Artist
Award-winning fiddler Michael Cleveland brings dynamic traditional
bluegrass to the stage with his band, Flamekeeper, in a show that will
leave the audience talking. A five-time winner of the International
Bluegrass Music Association's Fiddle Player of the Year award, Mike and
his talented band present a program of tight vocal trios and duos,
blistering instrumentals, and fiddle-and-banjo duets that echo the
first-generation stars of bluegrass. The show is rounded out with Mike's
dry wit and the band's sense of fun.
Considered one of the premier bluegrass fiddlers of his generation,
Mike picked up a fiddle at age four, and his talent was recognized early.
In 1993 he was chosen to be part of the Bluegrass Youth All Stars at the
IBMA’s award show. Later that year Mike made his Grand Ole Opry
debut as a guest of Alison Krauss. His list of guest appearances over the
years is a who's who of bluegrass legends including Bill Monroe, Jim
and Jesse, Ralph Stanley, Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson, Larry Sparks,
Doyle Lawson, and J.D. Crowe.
After high school Mike briefly toured with then-named Dale Ann
Bradley and Coon Creek before joining Rhonda Vincent and The Rage
in 2000. At the 2001 IBMA awards, Mike took his first Fiddle Player of
the Year award, and shared the title of Entertainer of the Year with
Rhonda Vincent and the Rage. In 2002 Mike rejoined The Dale Ann
Bradley Band. That year he won the Fiddle Player of the Year award and
again in 2004.
Mike's first project as a Rounder recording artist, “Flame Keeper,” was
released in February 2002 and was chosen the IBMA’s Instrumental
Album of the Year. In 2004, Mike shared the Instrumental Album of the
Year award with Tom Adams for “Tom Adams and Michael Cleveland
Live at the Ragged Edge,” an album of fiddle and banjo duets. In 2006,
2007, and 2008 Mike took home his fourth and fifth and sixth Fiddle
Player of the Year awards.
Today Mike is a sought-after guest and has performed recently with
Vince Gill, Marty Stuart, The Mark Newton Band, J.D. Crowe and the
New South, Audie Blaylock and Redline, Melvin Goins and Windy
Mountain and The Wildwood Valley Boys. He is also an active studio
musician, and his credits include the 2005 GRAMMY®-nominated “A
Tribute to Jimmy Martin: The King of Bluegrass” and a 2003 GRAMMY®
winner, Jimmy Sturr's “Let's Polka 'Round.”
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