Tag : Louisa Branscomb

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High Lonesome Releases Self-Titled Debut Album

Nancy Posey
While Chuck Sitero has been fronting High Lonesome in various iterations for a while, the bluegrass band’s self-titled first album came together as the band itself gelled. Hailing from outside Atlanta, Sitero and his wife headed to Colorado during the beginning of Covid. “We realized we were not going to......
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SONGS MOVE MOUNTAINS: SONGWRITER RETREAT AND CONCERT @ BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC

Nancy Posey
After more than thirty years of songwriting retreats at Woodsong Farm in Georgia, veteran songwriter and writing instructor Louisa Branscomb is bringing her unique model of songwriting instruction to Black Mountain, NC, with a spring retreat and concert, “Songs Move Mountains.” The retreat will take place Thursday March 30, 2023,......
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SPBGMA’S HIDDEN TREASURES @ MUSIC CITY SHERATON

Nancy Posey
The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA) convened this past weekend at the Sheraton Music City, bringing together bluegrass legends, up-and-comers, and fans young and old. Highlights of the event include the band contests and the SPBGMA awards show on Saturday night. This year’s show featured......
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LOUISA BRANSCOMB: GONNA LOVE ANYWAY

Nancy Posey
At this point in Louisa Branscomb’s full career as a songwriter and performer, it should come as no surprise that the theme of resilience runs through her twelfth album Gonna Love Anyway, released in July 2019 on Compass Records and co-produced by Branscomb and Missy Raines.  Louisa Branscomb has been making......