Come celebrate with The
Spinney Brothers in an entertaining evening of Traditional
Bluegrass Music
The Spinney Brothers have eagerly
anticipated the release of their latest Project, a Project which
is full of exquisite brotherly harmonies and traditional
bluegrass sound. The Project consists of five original tracks ,
rich traditional bluegrass , quartets and a bit of classic
country.
APPEARING : SPECIAL
GUEST FIDDLER - RON STEWART FORMERLY OF JD CROWE AND THE NEW
SOUTH - NOW WITH THE DAN TYMINSKI BAND
The Spinney Brothers are excited to
say they have just finished recording their new project.
They had a great time working with Ron Stewart of JD Crowe & The
New South. Be sure to watch for it! CD release
Concert will be posted soon.
SPINNEY BROTHERS 4TH ANNUAL
BLUEGRASS IN THE VALLEYS
The Spinney Brothers 4th Annual
Bluegrass in The Valley was a great success. The day
consisted of Special guests Janet McGarry & Wildwood from PEI
. The Spinney
Brothers would like to thank everyone for their part in making
The 4th Annual a great success and a day of memories. Look
forward to seeing everyone at The Spinney Brothers 5th Annual
Bluegrass in The Valley / 2008
The Spinney Brothers: busy, and expecting much more of the
same.
Arts Scene
BY WENDY ELLIOTT
The Advertiser
NovaNewsNow.com
Quite a year
In the last several months, the Spinney Brothers Bluegrass Band
has crossed Canada, performed in Nashville, Tennessee and was
crowned Eastern Canadian Bluegrass Band of the year. Band
members are hopeful that bluegrass music fans are eagerly
awaiting Sunday, Oct. 28 and the fourth annual Bluegrass in The
Valley Concert at Horton High School.
This popular local band has been busy this year. The Spinneys
have been to western Canada three times, Manitoba, Ontario,
Massachusetts, Ohio, Indiana and Missouri. This is in addition
to their busy Atlantic Canadian schedule, which included a
concert date in May with the legendary Ricky Skaggs of the
Grand Ole Opry.
Not about to rest on their laurels, the upcoming months will
see them off to Quebec, Arizona, New York and Texas. Rick
Spinney says, in addition, the band will head into the
recording studio to begin work on their latest and a
much-anticipated CD.
There have been many highlights for the Spinney Brothers in the
past 12 months, but perhaps the biggest was being invited by
the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) to perform
at the World of Bluegrass in Nashville. The Spinney's
represented Canada as only one of just 13 acts chosen as
showcase artists.
As Rick said in a recent interview, “we love traditional
bluegrass music and want to take our music to as many people as
we can. We’re absolutely thrilled to have been given so many
great opportunities.”
At the ECBMA’S in Truro last October, the Spinney Brothers took
home five awards, including Band of the Year, Recording of the
Year (“Here at the Cross”), Male Vocalist of the Year (Allan
Spinney), Banjo Player of the Year (Rick Spinney), and
Individual Entertainer of the Year (Rick Spinney). The band was
nominated for an unprecedented 10 awards at the 2007 ceremony.
Joining the Spinney Brothers on their Oct. 28 show will be
Janet McGarry and Wildwood from Prince Edward Island. McGarry
is a long-time fan favorite on the Atlantic Canadian bluegrass
circuit and the current reigning ECBMA’S Female Vocalist of the
Year. Joining McGarry will be her husband Serge Bernard along
with the Annapolis Valley’s own Roxeen and Ryan Roberts.
Tickets for the Spinney Brothers fourth annual Bluegrass in The
Valley concert can be purchased at CD Plus in the County Fair
Mall, New Minas at $12.50. Showtime is 2 p.m.
Many thanks for sending us a copy of your
stellar and deeply moving new all gospel masterpiece,
"Here at the Cross." There's some truly
powerful music here--propelled by your close, exquisite harmonies
and tough-edged traditional bluegrass sound. There's a real
freshness and excitement to your music--especially when it's sung
with heartfelt conviction and feeling like it is here. I
especially enjoyed your takes on "Will You Miss Me," "Zion's
Hill," "Shouting on the Hills of Glory" and, of course, the
riveting "Sunday Drive" (my favorite of the bunch and an
excellent track to emphasize).
Thanks again for doing it right! I'll be doing my best to spread
the
word in Nashville and in our other syndicated locations.
Dave Higgs
Nashville Public Radio
Bluegrass Breakdown
WOSU 820
,Columbus, Ohio Features TheSpinney Brothers
Rich Baker of WOSU 820 Columbus, Ohio
will be featuring The Spinney Brothers on his
show this Saturday, November 4,2006. If you are home, log into
www.wosu.org
and select listen live WOSU 820 between 6 p.m. and midnight ET
Saturday and Sunday.They will be giving away two cds as gifts to the listeners who
have said how much they enjoy their sound .
www.wosu.org
7pm Atlantic Standard Time
Awards at The 22nd
Annual ECBMA’s in Nova Scotia , Canada, 2006
The
Spinney Brothers Bluegrass Band take home 5 awards at the
22nd Annual Eastern Canada Bluegrass Music Awards show held
at the CEC in Truro on October 21st,2006
The Spinney
Brothers Bluegrass Band, are pleased to announce, that their
current Gospel recording, "Here at The Cross",
was awarded " Recording of the Year" at the recent Eastern
Canadian Bluegrass Music Awards held at the CEC in
Truro,Nova Scotia , Canada October 21,2006 They were also
the winners of the following :
·
Recording of the Year (Spinney Brothers)
·Banjo
Player of the Year (Rick Spinney)
·Male
Vocalist of the Year (Allan Spinney)
·
Individual Entertainer of the Year (Rick Spinney)
CAROLINA CORNER-MAVERICK Magazine Issue #44 March2006 UK
Looking for the latest
bluegrass coming out of North America? Whether you want to
add to your own collection, or turn someone else on to the
latest in that High Lonesome Sound, there are some terrific
new names out there you might want to put on your radar.
Well, new to us at WNCW-FM, anyway. They’ve got new releases
that may just now be introducing them to international
audiences. And, just so you know, they’re not all from
Kentucky or Carolina!
The
CAROLINA CORNER’S first new bluegrass spotlight takes us to
that hotbed of traditional bluegrass: Nova Scotia, Canada?
This province is mostly known for its Scottish-based Cape
Breton style fiddling. But the SPINNEY BROTHERS hail from
here, and although they live across the border and some 2800
kilometers away from the birthplace of bluegrass, these boys
are making some of the freshest, tightest traditional
bluegrass there is. Brothers Allan (guitar) and Rick (banjo)
took to bluegrass as children, and their harmonies echo those
of the Stanleys and other famous brother duos. Gary Dalrymple
(mandolin and fiddle) and Terry Mumford (bass) are also from
Nova Scotia, and round out the current line-up on their
latest CD, "IF IWERE YOUR BROTHER" . It kicks
off with Tennessee Banjo Man (which they learned from
Doyle Lawson), and you’d swear they were from Tennessee
themselves. "IF I WERE YOUR BROTHER" was recorded and produced
at the top-notch Doobie Shea Studios in Nashville, and has
been released on the bands own label.
