Tag: BGS Presents
GIVEAWAY – Win tickets to Shakey Graves @ the Wiltern (LA) 12/4
BGS Takes Britain with the Long Road Festival
Britons, rejoice. We know it’s not been an easy year for you, what with Brexit, and Prince Harry being taken off the marriage market. But we have good news. The first-ever BGS event hits the UK this summer, and it’s going to be, as they say over there, bloody brilliant.
BGS’s overseas debut follows the launch this week of the Long Road, a major new festival taking place September 7-9, 2018. A celebration of everything Americana, the Long Road is set to bring a slice of the South to the English countryside. For three days, the elegant grounds of Stanford Hall — a 17th-century stately home in Leicestershire — will rock out to the sounds of dozens of country and roots artists, including Lee Ann Womack, the Wood Brothers, Parker Millsap, and the Lone Bellow. And, when it’s not too busy, it’ll be doling out bourbon, moonshine, and Southern cooking, and inviting you to swim in its beautiful lake.
On Sunday, September 9, BGS will takeover the Long Road’s Honky Tonk stage to celebrate some of the fiercest females in modern roots music. The all-female line-up includes artists making waves on both sides of the Atlantic. From the U.S., we’ll be bringing you Ashley Campbell, Angeleena Presley, and Amythyst Kiah, while breakthrough British acts Danni Nicholls, Cardboard Fox, and the Worry Dolls will be flying the home flag. Look out, too, for Australian singer/songwriter Ruby Boots.
This is a thrilling — dare we say, pivotal — time for American music in the UK. The Long Road is one of three brand new festivals celebrating roots music to open this summer, including the Black Deer Festival, headlined by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. In August, Rhiannon Giddens will curate the Cambridge Folk Festival for the first time, and the Guardian recently reported that this year’s Country 2 Country festival, at the O2 arena, has enjoyed a four-fold increase since it began in 2013.
With so much good stuff happening just a plane ride away, BGS has exciting plans to bring you more great music both from and in the UK. Keep your eyes peeled for future announcements.
GIVEAWAY – Win tickets to the Campfire Caravan at Lincoln Hall (Chicago) Nov. 4
GIVEAWAY – Rodney Crowell at the Troubadour in LA 5/9
The Essential Linda Ronstadt Playlist
Linda Ronstadt is one of our most beloved artists here at the BGS, a timeless talent who defied genres and broke barriers throughout her 44-year career. Born in Tucson, Arizona in 1946, Ronstadt came from a long line of prominent Southwestern figures, growing up on a ranch with her parents and three siblings. She began her music career in the mid-1960s, fronting the Stone Poneys before striking out after a solo career of her own.
It didn’t take long for Ronstadt to find fame, earning Rolling Stone covers and Grammy Awards in the mid-’70s following the release of landmark albums like Heart Like a Wheel and Simple Dreams. She would go on to collaborate with a who’s-who of popular music across a number of genres, including Neil Young, Phillip Glass, and, as part of their “Trio” project, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton.
Ronstadt continued touring and releasing new music well into the 2000s, eventually announcing her retirement in 2011. In 2013, Ronstadt shared she had been living with Parkinson’s disease and was no longer able to sing or perform.
In advance of our December 11 BGS Presents show “A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF LINDA RONSTADT,” which features performances from Grace Potter, Dawes, Jackson Browne and more, we’ve put together a playlist of 20 songs from Ronstadt’s catalog we consider to be essential listening. If you haven’t purchased tickets for the show yet, act quickly as tickets — which benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research — are going fast. Get them here, and, in the meantime, enjoy some of our favorite Ronstadt songs below.
Announcing the Bluegrass Situation Presents: A Tribute to the Music of Linda Ronstadt
We could not be more excited to to announce a one-of-a-kind event featuring Grace Potter, Jackson Browne, Dawes, Maria Muldaur, JD Souther, I’m With Her & more to celebrate the music of the legendary Linda Ronstadt.
‘The Bluegrass Situation Presents: A Tribute to the Music of Linda Ronstadt’ will take place at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, December 11th at 8:00 p.m.
The show will feature performances by friends and colleagues of Linda including Jackson Browne, Maria Muldaur, JD Souther, and David Lindley, plus contemporary artists influenced by her musical legacy such as Grace Potter, Dawes, I’m With Her (Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan), and Gaby Moreno, all led by the Watkins Family Hour house band featuring Sara & Sean Watkins. SiriusXMJim Ladd will also make a special appearance. Expect some very special surprise guests, and more acts to be announced closer to the event.
All proceeds will benefit The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. Since 2000, the foundation has funded more than $650 million to speed a cure for Parkinson’s disease through an aggressive research agenda and the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson’s today.
“In a time when fierce female artists rule the airwaves, and the blending and crossing of genres is now the norm, there’s one woman who helped start it all,” BGS Executive Director Amy Reitnouer says. “Linda Ronstadt is simply a legend, and we believe her music should be celebrated now, by the people who love and have been influenced by her most, while we can tell her directly.
“The Bluegrass Situation is all about connecting the dots between traditional and modern culture, and Linda’s long-running and multi-faceted career – be it in country twang, torchy rock, traditional trio harmonies, Latin heritage, or any combination thereof – has embodied this idea like no one else’s before or since.”
The event is a co-production of BGS, Goldenvoice, and Red Light Management.
“I used to dig through my parents record collection and gush over Linda Ronstadt records. I am so proud to be a part of this meaningful tribute. I remember listening to her and sensing she was not just a pretty gal singing great songs. I felt like she was speaking directly to me through the music, because it’s not only her voice – it’s her presence. She showed up at a time when the the world needed a proper WOMAN. She is forever woven into the fabric of Rock & Roll history and I can’t think of a better cause or a more worthy human to be honored in such a special way.”
-Grace Potter
“I’ve known Linda Ronstadt since 1966, and in these 50 years we’ve shared so much as Sisters in Music! It is heart-wrenching to think that this mysterious ailment known as Parkinson’s disease has robbed us of her gorgeous, enthralling voice, but I’m happy to report firsthand that it has done nothing to diminish her spirit and keen mind, and I marvel, deeply touched, by the incredible grace and courage with which she faces this challenge. I’m honored to participate in this celebration of Linda’s music, which will benefit the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research to speed a cure for Parkinson’s disease, which can’t come a moment too soon!”
-Maria Muldaur
Tickets go on sale Friday, October 14 via AXS. Special presale starting Wednesday, October 12 for all American Express card members. VIP & Super VIP packages will also be available.
Exclusive BGS pre-sale will be available beginning Wednesday, October 12 for all our newsletter subscribers. Sign up on our homepage now.
BGS Presents the Infamous Stringdusters’ Big Top Halloween (BONUS: Video Premiere)
We're thrilled to announce two back-to-back Halloween shows with the Infamous Stringdusters and Friends on October 28 and 29 at the Fillmore Theatre in Denver, Colorado. "Big Top Halloween" will also feature funky METERS, the Magic Beans, Keller Williams' Grateful Grass, and the Lil' Smokies.
BGS Newsletter subscribers will get an exclusive pre-sale code in tomorrow's email blast. Pre-sale tickets go on sale this Thursday at 10 am, and will be on sale to the public Friday. Sign up here to get on the list.
To celebrate, here's an exclusive new video from the 'Dusters.
See you in Denver!
(Video shot / edited by Land of Sky Media)
