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Sedona Bluegrass Festival
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Headlining the Sedona Bluegrass Festival is Grammy Winning singer and multi-instrumentalist Tim O'Brien, with the award winning Crystal Creek and Burnett Family Bluegrass Bands. The third Sedona Bluegrass Festival and Residency will take place Wednesday, April 29, through Sunday, May 3, featuring three additional Grammy Award winning acoustic string musicians and guest bands in eleven activities in multiple locations throughout Sedona and northern Arizona. In the 1980s, O'Brien came to prominence as a member of the bluegrass band Hot Rize. As the band developed so did O’Brien’s solo career as a performer, songwriter, and producer. O’Brien won the Grammy in 2006 for Best Traditional Folk Album with Fiddler’s Green, one of 13 records under his own name, and three with his sister Mollie O'Brien. “Tim is a favorite among his fellow musicians and his fans are worldwide," said Chamber Music Sedona artistic advisor Mike Marshall. “We’ve worked together at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival as well as our own band NewGrange. Sedona is in for a real treat,” said Marshall. O’Brien is at a point in his career where you'd think he'd be charging at full speed toward the next big thing, yet O'Brien confounded expectations by doing something else: he took time--and plenty of it--to create the next small thing. His newest recording, Chameleon, is an intimate project that, in its blend of virtuosity, wit and warmth, is unmistakably his. And this time around, it's literally his alone. "Back in January of 2006, I said to myself, I've got to do something different than flying every which way all year," O'Brien recalls. "And when I got the Grammy award in February, it sort of woke me up. It was so validating, because I'd already been feeling that pushing was not getting me anywhere, that I was just getting worn out and disillusioned--and when you get disillusioned doing what I do, something's wrong, because it's a great job. So winning the award was like hearing that I have been doing something that I've got a body of stuff to rest on. And by June, I was telling people that no, I'm not going to be doing as much next year." The Sunday line up includes the Tucson-based Crystal Creek Bluegrass Band, winners of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival 2008 Band Contest. The Flagstaff-based Burnett Family Bluegrass Band, first place winners of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival 2004 Band Contest, will be joining Crystal Creek and O’Brien. The Residency program (April 29 to May 3) includes eleven events, free, paid, special, benefit, educational and the Festival. The resident trio includes of bassist Todd Phillips, guitarist David Grier and mandolinist Matt Flinner who will perform three in-school concerts. The overall schedule includes: Wednesday, April 29: 7-8 p.m. Library Informance, admission 2 cans of food or $5/person to benefit the Sedona Food Bank. Thursday, April 30: 5-7 p.m. Bluegrass BBQ Concert at the Segner Ranch in Mund’s Canyon, admission $50/person; reservations required. Friday, May 1: 4:30-8:15 p.m. 1st Friday Artwalk with the Burnett Family Bluegrass Band, Sedona Historical Museum, Lanning and Ratliff Galleries, El Prado Gallery, and Goldenstein Gallery. Admission is free. Saturday, May 2: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Workshops for mandolin, guitar and bass, Northern Arizona University School of Music, Flagstaff, $20/person; reservations requested. Saturday, May 2: 1:30-4 p.m. Festival Preview with Burnett Family and Crystal Creek Bands at Winslow High School in association with the City of Winslow and Winslow Arts & Culture Commission. Sunday, May 3: Noon to 6 p.m. Sedona Bluegrass Festival, Los Abrigados Creekside, $40/adults, $20/students 10-17, $10/children 3-9 years. “The festival is all about artistic quality, educating listeners about bluegrass, and accessibility,” said Bert Harclerode. "From our school children to visitors, we’re offering multiple points of entry to this wonderful form of American chamber music." Tickets may be purchased in Sedona at Bashas' and Rycus' Corners-VOC, in Cottonwood at Planet Video & Music, and in Flagstaff at Cedar Music and Arizona Music Pro. Tickets may also be purchased on line via paypal. Sunday Festival parking and transportation will be accessed from City lots and the Sedona Roadrunner. Limited parking will be available at Los Abrigados for handicapped and senior citizens. For detailed information call 928-204-2415 or visit www.chambermusicsedona.org. |
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