Kort | September 30, 2008
This past Saturday I participated in the Flat Rock Music Festival Emerging Songwriter Contest in Flat Rock, NC. What a great festival and beautiful area! The community was named for a granite outcropping that was once used as an Indian ceremonial site. Anyway, I was one of 10 finalists chosen from 287 entrants, and I [...]
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Kort | July 15, 2007
I won!!! I just got back from the Founders Title Folk & Bluegrass Festival in Snowbird, Utah, participating in the Susanne Millsaps songwriter showcase. What a great experience! I enjoyed sharing the stage with talented finalists from all over the country. It was a thrill to win the contest (maybe 3.2 beer isn’t so bad [...]
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admin | June 16, 2007
I am pretty excited to learn that I am one of ten finalists in the Susanne Millsaps Performing Songwriter Showcase. The Showcase will be held on the main festival stage on Saturday, July 14, 2007 as part of the 24th annual Founder’s Title Co. Folk & Bluegrass Festival (www.foundersfestival.org ) at the magnificent Snowbird Resort [...]
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admin | April 7, 2006
191,750….. Well, it sure is hard to believe that we are well into April. A great winter of gigs, new fans and friends and more new tunes. We should find out at the end of this month who wins the best Roots CD of 2005 from Indie Acoustic.com. Stayed tuned. We are also working on [...]
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admin | March 19, 2006
190,000…..The miles keep adding up. “Greetings from McCumberland Gap“, our bentgrass/bluegrass CD was just nominated as a finalist for best CD of 2005 by the Indie Acoustic Project in the Roots category. Go check out www.indieacoustic.com for more info. We are really happy about this. They will anounce the winners next month. Big week of [...]
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admin | April 30, 2005
We are back in Colorado! We had a great tour out west and we’d like to thank everybody in Oregon and California for making it such a good time! We are having some crazy weather in Colorado right now. A bunch of snow and it feels like winter all over again. It’s hard to believe. [...]
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admin | March 20, 2005
……This just in! We have been selected as a finalist in the Susquehanna Music and Arts Festival songwriting competition. We will be performing Saturday, May 6th in Darlington, Maryland, along with the other 9 finalists. The festival is held at the Ramblewood Resort. Also, our album, “Until I Return”, was selected as a finalist for [...]
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