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Mountain Home artists pick up 16 IBMA Nominations

Posted on: August 17th, 2011 by 1 Comment

Crossroads would like to congratulate our Mountain Home recording artists on picking up seventeen nominations in the final round of this year’s IBMA Awards.

The Boxcars

  • Album of the Year, The Boxcars
  • Entertainer of the Year
  • Gospel Performance of the Year, In God’s Hands
  • Instrumental Group of the Year
  • Emerging Artist of the Year
  • Instrumental Performance of the Year, Jumpin the Track
  • Fiddle Player of the Year, Ron Stewart
  • Banjo Player of the Year, Ron Stewart
  • Mandolin Player of the Year, Adam Steffey

Balsam Range

  • Album of the Year, Trains I Missed
  • Song of the Year, Trains I Missed
  • Emerging Artist

Crowe, Lawson, Williams

  • Special recording of the Year, Prayer Bells in Heaven
  • Gospel Performance of the Year, Prayer Bells in Heaven

Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver

  • Vocal Group of the Year

Darin and Brooke Aldridge

  • Emerging Artist of the Year

Balsam Range #1 Bluegrass Single for May and June

Posted on: June 13th, 2011 by No Comments

 

The title track from Trains I Missed has landed Balsam Range at the top of the National Bluegrass Survey’s single chart for two consecutive months.
Since Trains I Missed came out last September, this Mountain Home artist has quickly climbed into the Bluegrass charts. Beginning at the first of this year, they’ve received top spots on Sirius XM’s Bluegrass Junction’s most played albums and single charts, and topped the March Bluegrass Music Profiles chart.
Balsam Range’s previous release, Last Train to Kitty Hawk (2009), also saw its title track garner #1 success.

 

This is the first time a Mountain Home recording artist has spent two consecutive months at the top of the National Bluegrass Survey chart.

 

Mountain Home Music Label Tops the Charts With Dual #1s From The Boxcars and Balsam Range

Posted on: April 29th, 2011 by No Comments

ARDEN, N.C., April 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Mountain Home Music, a division of Crossroads Entertainment & Marketing, Inc., celebrates the very rare occurrence of garnering two #1 Bluegrass chart toppers in the same month.

Bluegrass Unlimited magazine, which publishes the definitive radio airplay charts for Bluegrass music, has announced their May 2011 charts.

Trains I Missed by Balsam Range tops the BU Singles Airplay Chart for the month, while The Boxcars’ self-titled CD takes the #1 slot on the Album Airplay Chart.

Live video performances of each band plus a supergroup performance of both bands together are available for streaming and download here.

Balsam Range and The Boxcars are distributed by Crossroads Distribution, Select-O Hits and Syntax Distribution. The albums are available in CD and digital formats.

Media Contact:
Ty Gilpin
Crossroads
828-684-3066 x320
ty.gilpin@crossroadsmusic.com
http://crossroadsmusic.com

About Balsam Range:
Balsam Range is a five-member bluegrass group from Haywood County, North Carolina. Their members are fiddler and tenor singer Buddy Melton, veteran mandolin player Darren Nicholson, acclaimed guitarist Caleb Smith, bassist and Southern Gospel Hall of Fame member Tim Surrett, and banjo player and Grammy® Award-winner Marc Pruett. Balsam Range burst onto the bluegrass scene in 2007 and has steadily compiled an impressive list of radio hits and appearances at prestigious venues.

About The Boxcars:
The Boxcars launched in 2010, making waves with IBMA award-winning instrumentalists, accomplished vocalists, and a quickly filled schedule, including dates at many of the largest Bluegrass festivals. Their members — Adam Steffey, Ron Stewart, John R. Bowman, Keith Garrett, and Harold Nixon — created the band after stints in several prestigious groups, including Alison Krauss and Union Station, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, the Isaacs, and J.D. Crowe and the New South.

About Mountain Home:
Mountain Home, a division of Crossroads Entertainment & Marketing, Inc., is one of the top Bluegrass labels in the business, representing such artists as Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, The Boxcars, Balsam Range, and Darin and Brooke Aldridge. Established in 1993, Crossroads is a market leader in the Bluegrass, Southern Gospel, and Performance Track fields.

Bluegrass and Blues: Balsam Range and Harris Brothers release live videos

Posted on: March 11th, 2011 by No Comments

Balsam Range brings another stellar performance for this second installment of videotaped shows live from the Colonial Theater in Canton, North Carolina. Their set from February 19th delivers new songs from the chart topping “Trains I Missed “release as well as crowd favorites from the groups live repertoire. Each video vault performance from the group brings you a new set of fine Bluegrass from one of the country’s finest groups.

Mark down their names—Reggie and Ryan, the Harris Brothers. Their vast repertoire is brought to life by striking sibling harmony, Reggie’s lightning-fast fingers and sultry blues licks, faithfully wed to Ryan’s from-the-gut bass guitar lines. Mix all that together, and the Harris Brothers’ music conjures up the haunting rhythms and reminisces of legendary bluesmen ranging all the way from Blind Lemon to B.B King. But it ain’t all blues, brother! These two road-savvy pickers can just as effectively pull off a Conway Twitty or a Doc Watson-type tune. Originals are also packed in that trademark Harris Brothers’ kickdrum suitcase.

The Crossroads Video Vault features footage on demand from existing live DVDs and from exclusive, professionally recorded live concert footage for rental or download. This cutting-edge innovative technology makes it easier than ever to access your favorite music and bring the venue to you.

The performances are available now here:

http://crossroadsmusic.com/balsam-range/winter-bluegrass-series-at-the-colonial-theatre-2/

http://crossroadsmusic.com/harris-brothers/winter-bluegrass-series-at-the-colonial-theatre-2/


Photo Gallery from Balsam Range videotaping

Posted on: February 24th, 2011 by No Comments

Balsam Range had a professional photographer on site at January’s Winter Bluegrass Series at the Colonial Theatre videotaping. They have just posted a photo gallery on their site, here: http://balsamrange.com/photos/?album=1&gallery=17.

The video rental/download of the Balsam Range segment is here; the Darin and Brooke Aldridge segment is here.

Crossroads Unlocks Live Video Vault

Posted on: January 26th, 2011 by No Comments

At Crossroads, we’re committed to utilizing all of today’s technology to take the Greatest Story Ever Told to more people and places than ever before. We’re also geared to making things better and easier for those we serve! With that in mind, we’ve built the exclusive Crossroads Video Vault, and today we’re giving you the key!

The Crossroads Video Vault offers footage from existing live DVDs and exclusive, professionally recorded live concert footage. We’re launching the vault with two Southern Gospel and two Bluegrass titles.

The Crossroads Video Vault will initially include live versions of NQC Live Vol. 9 (2009) and Vol. 10 (2010). For the last decade, Crossroads and the National Quartet Convention have partnered to offer videos of highlights from live performances by Southern Gospel’s most popular groups. Individual songs or the complete performances can be purchased as view-only streams or downloadable files. This is the first time in the history of the series that web-based delivery is available.

The National Quartet Convention is the largest and most prestigious annual event in Southern Gospel. It was launched in 1957 by J.D. Sumner, James Blackwood, and Cecil Blackwood, in Memphis, Tennessee. Hosted in Louisville since 1993, it remains, in the words of founder J.D. Sumner, “the Granddaddy of them all.”

The Crossroads Video Vault will also initially include two live Bluegrass concerts, featuring Balsam Range and Darin & Brooke Aldridge. Both were recorded at the Winter Concert Series at the Colonial Theater on January 15, 2011, before a sell-out audience. These live concert videos are recorded direct to hard drive with three cameras and live switching. To preserve the live feel of the performances, the concerts are captured in their entirety and delivered unedited. The footage from each performance is a Crossroads Video Vault exclusive, available today for online streaming and download, here.

Balsam Range is a five-man Bluegrass supergroup from Haywood County, North Carolina. They bring a vibrant energy and diverse influences to offer a fresh Bluegrass sound in their chart-topping studio albums and engaging live concerts.

Darin and Brooke Aldridge, the Sweethearts of Bluegrass Music, front a six-piece band that is quickly rising to the top of Bluegrass music. They hail from Cherryville, North Carolina.

Future concerts in this series are expected to feature The Harris Brothers and The Boxcars.

With the launch of the Crossroads Video Vault, Crossroads is using cutting-edge innovative technology to make it easier than ever before to access your favorite music, and bring the venue to you.

So call some friends, pop some corn, and open the Crossroads Video Vault!

In the Studio: Balsam Range records “Mary’s Little Lamb”

Posted on: December 7th, 2010 by No Comments

Balsam Range was recently in the studio to record a track, “Mary’s Little Lamb,” for A Mountain Home Christmas.

New Christmas Project: A Mountain Home Christmas

Posted on: November 19th, 2010 by No Comments

A Mountain Home ChristmasCrossroads Music’s bluegrass label, Mountain Home Music, just released a new three-song Christmas project, titled A Mountain Home Christmas.

Three of the Bluegrass groups on the label, Balsam Range, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, each stepped into the studio in November to cut Christmas singles—just in time for the holidays. Doyle brings us a sentimental song, “It’s Christmas Time,” sung in four part harmony with Doyle taking the lead vocals. Balsam Range adds a sweet ballad, “Mary’s Little Lamb,” and Darin and Brooke Aldridge bring back a driving Country Gentlemen tune “Christmas Time Back Home,” reworked to include some pleasant musical surprises.

All these tunes are available for purchase as digital downloads here; they can also be heard on the Sirius/XM station Bluegrass Junction.

Crossroads Congratulates IBMA Award Nominees

Posted on: August 19th, 2010 by No Comments

August 18, 2010 (Arden, NC) – Congratulations to Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver for their final ballot nomination in the Vocal Group of the Year as well as the Gospel Performance of the Year category for Light on My feet, Ready to Fly. The title track is currently climbing in the Bluegrass Unlimited Chart and we thank IBMA member voters for recognizing Doyle this year.

Also nominated this year is Balsam Range in the IBMA’s Emerging Artist of the Year category. The title track to their album, Last Train to Kitty Hawk was #1 on the BU chart last year and the band’s new release, Trains I Missed, will be available September 21st on the Mountain Home label.

Other exciting nominations include Adam Steffey for Mandolin Player of the Year and Ron Stewart in two individual musician categories, Banjo Player and Fiddle Player of the Year. Great job Adam and Ron!

Thanks to all of the voters for supporting these to fine groups and players.

Crossroads/Mountain Home at IBMA

Posted on: October 15th, 2009 by No Comments

I had a great time representing Crossroads/Mountain Home at this year’s International Bluegrass Music Association’s yearly conference in Nashville, Tn. Highlights included seeing a great showcase Monday night of our newly signed artist, Darin and Brooke Aldridge, visiting with Andrea Roberts and Jessie Law from the Andrea Roberts Agency, and catching up with former Mountain Home Recording artists The Lonesome River Band, New Found Road and Dale Ann Bradley. It was also great to see our friend and Horizon Recording Artist Doyle Lawson who is making plans for an upcoming Gospel release in 2010! I also attended the IBMA’s yearly awards ceremony at the Ryman Auditorium on Thursday, October 1st. The company was not nominated for a particular award as in years past but it was a pleasure to sit in the historic Ryman and watch performances by some of the best in the Bluegrass world.
The week rounded out on Friday and Saturday, October 2nd and 3rd, with Bluegrass Fan Fest. The weekend included performances by the top new and established acts in the industry including Doyle Lawson and my good friends and Mountain Home Artists, Balsam Range. What a great performance!
Thanks for the great week folks and see you next year.
Here is a video highlight of Darin and Brooke Aldridge at their Monday night IBMA selected showcase.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4iUylW15EU