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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

Darin and Brooke Aldridge CD release Party, Stunning in the Sun

Posted on: August 1st, 2011 by No Comments

Darin and Brooke, along with sponsors Choice USA, distributor of Sun Drop, held a mini music festival at the Cleaveland County Fairgrounds in Shelby, NC to celebrate the new Mountain Home Music release, So Much In Between, which finds its official street date August 16, 2011. The event also included multiple vendors and an emerging artist stage that hosted amateur and professional bands, as well as a student band instructed by Darin Aldridge.

Although complicated by an unseasonably high heat index and an eventual lightning threat that prevented the concert from going to its full length, the band commanded a stellar performance with ideal sound and execution that resulted in a CD quality concert experience.

With finely rehearsed arrangements and vocal harmonies rivaling the best in the music world, the group offered select singles from the new release as well as songs from the band’s prior releases and a healthy mix of Bluegrass classics.

By dusk, many local fans and regional attendees braved the heat to hear and see a spectacular night of music.

Darin & Brooke Aldridge host CD Release Party

Posted on: July 28th, 2011 by No Comments

Darin & Brooke Aldridge will headline an event on Saturday at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds in Shelby, NC launching their new CD, Somewhere In Between. The gates will open at 4:00 P.M. There will be a stage for emerging artists, fair food vendors, and even a fireworks display. Darin & Brooke and their band will debut the songs from the new CD at 8:00 P.M.

They are making numerous radio and television appearances this week promoting the release and event, including the Charlotte Today Show, WGWG’s Pickin’ on the Porch with Steve Leatherwood, WHOS, WCSL 1590 AM, WBT’s Keith Larson Show, and WBT’s Bluegrass on Broad concert series.

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.

Darin & Brooke Aldridge – Live Concert streaming tonight

Posted on: February 24th, 2011 by No Comments

Darin & Brooke Aldridge will be performing on Music City Roots in Nashville, Tennessee this evening. The show will be streamed live at 8 PM ET/7 PM CT here. Also appearing are The Grascals, Miss Tess and The Bon Ton Parade, Raul Malo, and the Matt Flinner Trio. Peter Cooper will host the evening.

If you can’t make it this evening, be sure to check out the professionally recorded video they released last month, Darin and Brooke: Winter Bluegrass Series at the Colonial.


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!

Christmas Greetings from Darin & Brooke Aldridge

Posted on: December 1st, 2010 by No Comments

Darin and Brooke Aldridge were in the studio recently, cutting a song for this year’s new Christmas sampler, A Mountain Home Christmas. Here’s a video of the group having some (unintentional) fun in the studio, and cutting the track:

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/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

Darin and Brooke Aldridge: New Project, New Label, New Booking Agency

Posted on: September 22nd, 2009 by 1 Comment

Big things are in store for one of the fastest rising groups in Bluegrass, Darin and Brooke Aldridge. Darin and Brooke are excited to announce their new self titled CD on the Mountain Home Music label, a division of Crossroads. The long awaited follow up to their all gospel recording I’ll Go With You, this new project  is set to be a groundbreaking recording.  Co-produced by Jerry Salley, the release promises a fine mix of fresh secular and Gospel tracks recorded by David Rhyne in Dallas, NC and mastered by Van Atkins at Crossroads. Darin comments on the new release, “Brooke and I are very excited about working with the folks at Mountain Home who we feel are a perfect match for us. We are especially thrilled with the new CD. The songs we chose reflect our diverse influences but we render them in our own unique style.  We want this album to appeal to traditional listeners but also cross over into other markets for folks in search of a fresh new sound.”

The release date for the album titled Darin and Brook Aldridge  is scheduled for early 2010 but you can hear a preview soon from your favorite Bluegrass and Gospel radio programmers.

In addition to the new album and label move, Darin and Brooke have also recently signed a booking agreement with Andrea Roberts Agency working with Jessie Law as their principle agent and ARA rep.  Andrea comments, “I am so excited to have Darin & Brooke Aldridge in The Andrea Roberts Agency “family”.  I think that Brooke is one of the most refreshing, heartfelt voices that I’ve heard in a long time and Darin is a wonderful instrumentalist and singer.   If you take those elements, add an outstanding group of musicians playing with them and the fact that the entire band is made up of fine folks, it’s a combination that can’t be beat!  I expect big things in the future for Darin & Brooke Aldridge and I’m so proud to be working with them.”

Brooke and Darin would like to invite everyone to come by and visit with them and maybe even do some pickin’ at their booth #89 in the main exhibit hall at this year’s IBMA business conference. They are also featured in several IBMA showcases this year. Their official IBMA showcase is Monday September 28th at 9:30 pm in the main ballroom of the Nashville Convention Center. Other IBMA showcases include; September 29th at the Hadley Music Group Showcase at 1:25 am, room 103 in the Nashville Convention Center and September 30th at the Good Home Grown Music Showcase at 11:25 pm, room 210 in the Nashville Convention Center

Here is a sneak preview of the song “Let’s Not Go There” from the new project, written by Tom T. and Dixie Hall! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1CFecOr8dc

Also visit: www.darinandbrookealdridge.com

crossroadsmusic.com

www.andrearobertsagency.com