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UPCOMING DATeS |
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| Aug 6 | Denver, CO |
| Aug 7 | Edgewood, NM |
| Aug 11 | Nashville, TN |
| Aug 12 | Nashville, TN |
| Aug 13 | Midway, KY |
| Aug 14 | Henderson, KY |
| Aug 20 | Gettysburg, PA |
| Aug 25 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Aug 26 | Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Aug 27 | Piestany, Slovakia |
| Aug 28 | Zurich, Switzerland |
| Aug 29 | Tschugg, Switzerland |
| Aug 30 | Teufen, Switzerland |
| Aug 31 | Laufen, Switzerland |
"WHATCHA GONNA DO" UPDATE
Our latest CD, Whatcha Gonna Do, was released by Rounder on Sept. 15, and is available for order here.
We've posted some nice comments from Sara Watkins, Emmylou Harris, and Mary Chapin Carpenter here.
The CD is doing well on several fronts:
My Florida Sunshine: #2 on the Chart (June & July, 2010); on the chart for 9 months. Great Day in the Mornin' is also moving up the Song chart.
Whatcha Gonna Do: On the Top 15 Albums chart for 8 months; including #3 in June and #4 in July.
BMP Charts:
Whatcha Gonna Do has regularly appeared on the BMP National Top 10 Bluegrass CD's Chart since Nov. 2009, charting at #2 in April.
My Florida Sunshine has regularly appeared on the Top 30 Hot Singles Chart since Nov. 2009. charting at #1 in March.
PopMatters.com Best of Bluegrass for 2009
The CD is ranked #4 on PopMatter.com's "best of bluegrass" list for 2010.
#11: Country Universe Best Country Albums of 2009
Citing The Woods of Sipsy as "perhaps most impressive" in an "eclectic gathering of well-written material," Country Universe gives Whatcha Gonna Do the #11 slot on its Best of 2009 list.
#26: Huffington Post rated Whatcha Gonna Do as #26 in a section titled "Best CDs of 2009".
photo credit: Mike Melnyk
Listen to Claire's new music!
Click here to stream these songs on MySpace:
~My Florida Sunshine (now #2 on the Nat'l Bluegrass Survey!)
~Face to Face
~Woods of Sipsey
~That's What Makes You Strong (w/ special guest, Jesse Winchester)
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Whatcha Gonna Do
Claire's newest release Order here!
"With an intriguing mix of wide-eyed enthusiasm, wry bemusement and disarming faith, Lynch continues to score big with releases like ... Whatcha Gonna Do. Is she reaching out from a folk base to bluegrass audiences or vice versa? (The answer is: 'Who cares?')"
— Jon Weisberger
Nashville Scene
Read some of the latest Reviews...
Check out some of the recent CLB listeners' comments!
ENTER THE IBMA SWEEPSTAKES!
Click here to enter the IBMA Sweepstakes - prizes include tickets for the IBMA Awards Show at the Ryman Auditorium (Nashville) on Sept. 30, and tickets for FanFfest, Oct. 1-3, Nashville Convention Center. The Grand Prize includes a $500 travel voucher and hotel rooms! You can enter daily through Sept. 3.
COVERED! BLUEGRASS UNLIMITED MAGAZINE
How cool is this? Claire nabbed the front cover of the September issue of Bluegrass Unlimited! Larry Nager did a beautifully written article which is interesting and intelligent. Thanks, Larry!
Winner of "Write Your Life in Six Words" contest announced! And we've posted 50 of the Six Word Bios here.
Thank you for coming to the Official Claire Lynch website! We have lots of information for you here about The Claire Lynch Band and our current happenings. Come on in, look around, enjoy! ---
check out these songS...
from Whatcha Gonna Do, currently on the IBMA awards ballot as nominees on the final ballot for 2010 Awards (click on the title to stream the song; open with Windows Media Player). Or listen to these songs at Claire's MySpace.
My Florida Sunshine (nominated for IBMA Song of the Year)
That's What Makes You Strong - with Jesse Winchester (nominated for IBMA Recorded Event of the Year)
THANK YOU to all of you who have written to me with their congratulations in response to my e-blast about "My Florida Sunshine Moment" (see below) . I'm overwhelmed with "warm fuzzies"! View some of your comments here... And don't forget to enter the IBMA Sweepstakesfor Awards Show and FanFest tickets + more!
August News
My Florida Sunshine: Musings on a Bill Monroe song and the bluegrass life (posted August 19, 2010)
Yesterday, I had the great fun and privilege of co-hosting the press announcements of this year's nominations for the International Bluegrass Music Awards. Standing off-stage, I heard Eddie Stubbs announce that Louise Scruggs would be inducted into the Hall of Fame this year. Earl Scruggs was in attendance, and it really brought home to me how much we all owe that first generation, the ones who created the bluegrass music that brings us all together. As the press conference went on, I heard my co-host, Adam Steffey, announce one of my own songs as a nominee for Song of the Year.
My Florida Sunshine is perhaps one of Bill Monroe's lesser-known songs, but it's a gem. Monroe recorded it 33 years ago, on July 28, 1977, at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet TN - just up the road from me. My own version, recorded for my latest CD, Whatcha Gonna Do, has served The Claire Lynch Band so well: it's had great success on the national bluegrass charts and it's become a favorite with our audiences all across the country. The Song of the Year award goes not just to the recording artist, but also to the songwriter, and I can tell you that it is more than humbling, but also a source of great happiness, for me to see my name next to Bill Monroe's on the IBMA ballot. But here's what I truly appreciate most of all:
The bluegrass life, more so than any awards or chart success, is a profound source of happiness and sustenance for me and so many people I know. Bluegrass music is great music, but it is also much more than music. It's a community, a family, and for many musicians as lucky as I and my band members are, it's a livelihood and a charmed life. Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, and all of those first-generation bluegrass greats created this bluegrass life. For me, the photo, above - with me and my bandmates sitting in the glorious sunshine, sharing our music - captures the essence of the bluegrass life.
I send a huge thanks to IBMA members for the nominations for Song of the Year, Recorded Event of the Year for the Claire Lynch-Jesse Winchester collaboration, "That's What Makes You Strong," and Female Vocalist of the Year. I float a special "thank you" to Bill Monroe for My Florida Sunshine. Deep appreciation and thanks to my amazing band members, Jason Thomas, Mark Schatz and Matt Wingate. Most of all, I send out my gratitude and thanks to the bluegrass music lovers who make "the bluegrass life" possible, and wondrous.
~Claire
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