Dehlia Low-down (May)::: Home Town Show!
Asheville…we miss you…
…so we’re coming back home this Friday for our annual Grey Eagle show on May 28th! It’s been a busy month full of unbelievable experiences…you can read more about Merlefest and Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival here, but sufficed to say that both festivals were first class. Thanks to all of our old friends who turned out for our sets and new friends we met along the way!
If you are here in Asheville, tune in to WNCW 88.7FM (or online at WNCW.org from anywhere) at 4pm on Thursday for a live preview in Studio B of what we will be showcasing at the Grey Eagle. We have a quiver of new songs on tap as well as some of the old favorites. The Grey Eagle show will begin at 9pm and advance tix are $8 ($10 at the door). Visit www.thegreyeagle.com if you want to reserve your advance tix. We hope to see you there and thanks in advance for helping us spread the word!
Monday, May 31, 2010
The Gettysburg Review by Anya Hinkle
Greatest Hits II: Gettysburg
As if Merlefest wasn’t exciting enough, soon after recovering from the Wilkesboro chaos we piled back into the Lowmobile for a trip up to Gettysburg, PA for their semiannual bluegrass festival. By some stroke of luck we were placed within a lineup that was populated with some of our all-time favorite musicians, all scheduled to appear May 16th 2010. As we traveled across the picturesque rolling countryside, feeling a bit haunted by the bloody history of the area, we considered important questions like “what should I say to Allison Kraus if I get to meet her” (the best answer, we decided, was that, well, you say it best when you say nothing at all).
Compared to Merlefest, Gettysburg was more than an order of magnitude smaller in terms of audience, with a single stage and a more approachable, relaxed atmosphere. The festival is a family-run affair, and the Winklemans have been in the bluegrass festival business since 1979. Their brand new stage was beautiful and set at the base of a hillside that made for a natural amphitheater for the audience, seated in lawn chairs. The elder Winkleman explained the history of the property and the festival and festival staff and volunteers provided delicacies like French press coffee and chocolate doughnuts (which were actually provided expressly for Ron Thomason who shared).
Despite the star-studded lineup, the atmosphere was relaxed in the backstage area. We warmed up as Dry Branch Fire Squad played their old favorites and, not wanting to interrupt their awesome playing with our pre-set plucking, we escaped to the campground where the kind folks at C32A took care of us as they have for the Rangers and Shannon Whitworth in past years. The soundman listened to a description of our stage plot like a waiter at a nice restaurant taking orders, no notes needed. We walked up to the stage and everything was in place, line check, then ready to go!
It is always interesting to play in different parts of the country, and I was really interested to watch the faces of the audience as we played. Bluegrass is changing so much and there are so many types of fans that like different types of music: die-hard, straight-ahead bluegrass, progressive slick Nashville bluegrass, experimental adrenaline-charged, jam-oriented music, and slow acoustic country crooning, and combinations of these styles. I honed in on the folks that seemed to be digging the original songs, the gritty singing, and the combination of new and old that we seem to bring together. It’s fun to share what we’re doing with people in a different region, because the southeast, and southern Appalachians specifically, seems to have such a rich diversity of acoustic roots music that people in other regions go nuts over. After an hour long set we left the stage and headed to the merch table and stood there shook hands and signed cds for over AN HOUR. We were absolutely blown away by the line of people that were waiting to talk to us. The people at Gettysburg clearly love the music and are keen to support the musicians.
The most exciting part of the day included meeting and watching some of our favorite musicians of all time. Seldom Scene took the stage and we had the pleasure of a delightful conversation with resophonic guitarist Mike Auldrige who complimented Aaron on his playing and me on my boots. Auldrige assumed the role of being a very down-to-earth mentor and was quite encouraging and inspiring. Then hanging out with Travis of the Stringdusters and watching them put on a great show, as usual. Finally we all took a break in anticipation of Allison Kraus and Union Station’s set in the evening. Jerry Douglas made his way backstage, set his dobro down and pulled out a fat cigar. Stig lit it for him and he and Aaron got to talk dobros. While Aaron was trying to contain his awe and excitement, Jerry asked him if he’d like to play his dobro. The picture is absolutely priceless. Then Ron Block walked backstage and stepped squarely on Stig’s foot, which Stig enjoyed immensely. Finally, Allison appeared in a flowing dress, surrounded by an entourage of people…I don’t know who cause we were all looking at Allison. And then Tony Rice materialized and they all proceeded to the green room.
Watching them perform was just an inspiration, they are so polished, so relaxed, never have to tune, and their sound is SO good, in addition to the music that they are playing. They played a lot of their older stuff that really brings you back. All amazing musicians and people, a pleasure to watch and learn from.
We piled back in the car and headed back down the 81 home, a full 8 hours away. Monday morning rolled around and I headed up to my day job in Highlands, NC, Aaron ran the bush hog at the Biltmore, Stig scraped paint off a fire escape turning his arms black, Bryan returned to his middle schoolers and Stacy to her booking and publicity business. There doing your regular job it was simply hard to believe that 24 hours before we were backstage with Allison Kraus, playing in exactly the same stage as they were, the memory of it like some kind of dream.
As if Merlefest wasn’t exciting enough, soon after recovering from the Wilkesboro chaos we piled back into the Lowmobile for a trip up to Gettysburg, PA for their semiannual bluegrass festival. By some stroke of luck we were placed within a lineup that was populated with some of our all-time favorite musicians, all scheduled to appear May 16th 2010. As we traveled across the picturesque rolling countryside, feeling a bit haunted by the bloody history of the area, we considered important questions like “what should I say to Allison Kraus if I get to meet her” (the best answer, we decided, was that, well, you say it best when you say nothing at all).
Compared to Merlefest, Gettysburg was more than an order of magnitude smaller in terms of audience, with a single stage and a more approachable, relaxed atmosphere. The festival is a family-run affair, and the Winklemans have been in the bluegrass festival business since 1979. Their brand new stage was beautiful and set at the base of a hillside that made for a natural amphitheater for the audience, seated in lawn chairs. The elder Winkleman explained the history of the property and the festival and festival staff and volunteers provided delicacies like French press coffee and chocolate doughnuts (which were actually provided expressly for Ron Thomason who shared).
Despite the star-studded lineup, the atmosphere was relaxed in the backstage area. We warmed up as Dry Branch Fire Squad played their old favorites and, not wanting to interrupt their awesome playing with our pre-set plucking, we escaped to the campground where the kind folks at C32A took care of us as they have for the Rangers and Shannon Whitworth in past years. The soundman listened to a description of our stage plot like a waiter at a nice restaurant taking orders, no notes needed. We walked up to the stage and everything was in place, line check, then ready to go!
It is always interesting to play in different parts of the country, and I was really interested to watch the faces of the audience as we played. Bluegrass is changing so much and there are so many types of fans that like different types of music: die-hard, straight-ahead bluegrass, progressive slick Nashville bluegrass, experimental adrenaline-charged, jam-oriented music, and slow acoustic country crooning, and combinations of these styles. I honed in on the folks that seemed to be digging the original songs, the gritty singing, and the combination of new and old that we seem to bring together. It’s fun to share what we’re doing with people in a different region, because the southeast, and southern Appalachians specifically, seems to have such a rich diversity of acoustic roots music that people in other regions go nuts over. After an hour long set we left the stage and headed to the merch table and stood there shook hands and signed cds for over AN HOUR. We were absolutely blown away by the line of people that were waiting to talk to us. The people at Gettysburg clearly love the music and are keen to support the musicians.
The most exciting part of the day included meeting and watching some of our favorite musicians of all time. Seldom Scene took the stage and we had the pleasure of a delightful conversation with resophonic guitarist Mike Auldrige who complimented Aaron on his playing and me on my boots. Auldrige assumed the role of being a very down-to-earth mentor and was quite encouraging and inspiring. Then hanging out with Travis of the Stringdusters and watching them put on a great show, as usual. Finally we all took a break in anticipation of Allison Kraus and Union Station’s set in the evening. Jerry Douglas made his way backstage, set his dobro down and pulled out a fat cigar. Stig lit it for him and he and Aaron got to talk dobros. While Aaron was trying to contain his awe and excitement, Jerry asked him if he’d like to play his dobro. The picture is absolutely priceless. Then Ron Block walked backstage and stepped squarely on Stig’s foot, which Stig enjoyed immensely. Finally, Allison appeared in a flowing dress, surrounded by an entourage of people…I don’t know who cause we were all looking at Allison. And then Tony Rice materialized and they all proceeded to the green room.
Watching them perform was just an inspiration, they are so polished, so relaxed, never have to tune, and their sound is SO good, in addition to the music that they are playing. They played a lot of their older stuff that really brings you back. All amazing musicians and people, a pleasure to watch and learn from.
We piled back in the car and headed back down the 81 home, a full 8 hours away. Monday morning rolled around and I headed up to my day job in Highlands, NC, Aaron ran the bush hog at the Biltmore, Stig scraped paint off a fire escape turning his arms black, Bryan returned to his middle schoolers and Stacy to her booking and publicity business. There doing your regular job it was simply hard to believe that 24 hours before we were backstage with Allison Kraus, playing in exactly the same stage as they were, the memory of it like some kind of dream.
Merlefest Musings... by Anya Hinkle
Merlefest…this is the life.
We pulled into Wilkesboro, the band van packed to the gills with instruments, dresses, button down shirts, boots, and anticipation about the long weekend of Merlefest appearances. John Adair and the Merlefest organizers put together a great smattering of sets on some of the best stages for us, including the Americana and Cabin stages, as well as some of the smaller and more intimate stages. We started at North Wilkes Middle School auditorium, perhaps our most challenging sound environment and audience for the weekend. The middle schoolers liked the fast songs and generally enjoyed being out of class for the afternoon, were excited about music and about having visitors, and knew that violins were “fiddles” and that our band was missing a vital component of the bluegrass sound: a banjo! So, basically well-educated kids.
We spent Thursday evening getting our bearings and figuring out that, unlike most festivals where you have long walks to parking, concessions, and stages, that we could simply call a phone number and a golf cart would come whizzing over to drive us where we needed to go! This was quite a revelation and probably the person most appreciative of that service was our bass player, Stig. And I’ll tell you, watching Merlefest from the stage, from backstage, and from the golf cart was an experience I’ll never forget. So many incredible musicians to see, so many music lovers, so many of our die-hard fans, and the circus that it all was absolutely overwhelming and delightful at the same time.
For us, the story of Merlefest was mostly that of getting up early and trying to get awake and together enough to be ready to play and sing before 10am. We’re early risers in general, but it is a challenge to get that focused and sharp so early in the morning! Early sets on the Americana and Austin stages kept us from staying out too late and, although crowds swelled by afternoon, we had great enthusiastic crowds for those early sets as well. Possibly the most fun we had was an afternoon set indoors at the Lounge to a packed audience who either wanted a break from the heat and sun or just really wanted to see Dehlia Low. By the end of the set we were just cruising through and having fun.
All of our sets benefited tremendously from the help of Norm, our sound engineer, from Norm’s River Road House in Nashville who ran sound for all of our sets. Still recovering from a week-long cold and suffering from the residuals, I was amazed that Norm could get the mic just right to help me get the vocals full and strong even though my voice wasn’t at 100%. And the blend that he was able to achieve among our instruments allowed us to play at our best. A good sound engineer is such an important element, and with decades of experience, Norm knows just how to get sound right.
Aside from seeing friends and family who were cheering us on the whole way through, meeting and watching our idols on stage and in the artist hospitality area, and performing with some of the best sound equipment and staff we’ve ever worked with, the true highlight was 30 minutes on the Cabin Stage on Sunday afternoon. This was a set we had been anticipating since October 2009 when John Adair sent us our performance schedule. We had timed out the set to be within the rigid time limit and had been practicing the set for a month.
The Cabin Stage is located adjacent to the main stage with the same audience that occupies a lawn about 2 football fields in size and can accommodate tens of thousands of spectators. The performers on both stages are broadcast onto the Jumbo-tron screen by the main stage. We arrived early and were actually able to do a line check. We hung out in the “backstage” of the cabin waiting for our set, jumped up and down to calm the nerves, ran through some raucous bluegrass standards at top speed, pondered the significance of the “Jerry Douglas Doorway” (did he hit his head there once?), drank water and coffee, (and then of course) visited the bathroom, and finally, FINALLY, it was time to take the stage.
I couldn’t watch the Jumbo-tron and tried to pretend it wasn’t there as we launched into “Yellow Mountain” and I just tried to focus on ANYTHING but the thousands of people milling around on the lawn. Our closest friends had gotten the front chairs and were providing an excellent line of familiar faces and loud, spirited cheering. Sweat poured down our bodies in the hot sun as we squinted at the crowd. I sang my heart out in Ola Belle’s “Undone in Sorrow” just absolutely amazed to hear my own unaccompanied voice wafting across the field, in disbelief: how is this happening? As Aaron and Bryan took out the set with the last notes of “Tellico” I tried to savor the final moments on that stage and performing at such a wonderful festival.
The Cabin Stage performance finished, we floated through the rest of the day just relishing the last of our experience at Merlefest and reflecting on our marvelous fortune of having been asked to be a part of it. For those of you that were there to share it with us, it meant so much to see you there and we sincerely thank you for all the support, we couldn’t have done it without you. Keep in touch!
We pulled into Wilkesboro, the band van packed to the gills with instruments, dresses, button down shirts, boots, and anticipation about the long weekend of Merlefest appearances. John Adair and the Merlefest organizers put together a great smattering of sets on some of the best stages for us, including the Americana and Cabin stages, as well as some of the smaller and more intimate stages. We started at North Wilkes Middle School auditorium, perhaps our most challenging sound environment and audience for the weekend. The middle schoolers liked the fast songs and generally enjoyed being out of class for the afternoon, were excited about music and about having visitors, and knew that violins were “fiddles” and that our band was missing a vital component of the bluegrass sound: a banjo! So, basically well-educated kids.
We spent Thursday evening getting our bearings and figuring out that, unlike most festivals where you have long walks to parking, concessions, and stages, that we could simply call a phone number and a golf cart would come whizzing over to drive us where we needed to go! This was quite a revelation and probably the person most appreciative of that service was our bass player, Stig. And I’ll tell you, watching Merlefest from the stage, from backstage, and from the golf cart was an experience I’ll never forget. So many incredible musicians to see, so many music lovers, so many of our die-hard fans, and the circus that it all was absolutely overwhelming and delightful at the same time.
For us, the story of Merlefest was mostly that of getting up early and trying to get awake and together enough to be ready to play and sing before 10am. We’re early risers in general, but it is a challenge to get that focused and sharp so early in the morning! Early sets on the Americana and Austin stages kept us from staying out too late and, although crowds swelled by afternoon, we had great enthusiastic crowds for those early sets as well. Possibly the most fun we had was an afternoon set indoors at the Lounge to a packed audience who either wanted a break from the heat and sun or just really wanted to see Dehlia Low. By the end of the set we were just cruising through and having fun.
All of our sets benefited tremendously from the help of Norm, our sound engineer, from Norm’s River Road House in Nashville who ran sound for all of our sets. Still recovering from a week-long cold and suffering from the residuals, I was amazed that Norm could get the mic just right to help me get the vocals full and strong even though my voice wasn’t at 100%. And the blend that he was able to achieve among our instruments allowed us to play at our best. A good sound engineer is such an important element, and with decades of experience, Norm knows just how to get sound right.
Aside from seeing friends and family who were cheering us on the whole way through, meeting and watching our idols on stage and in the artist hospitality area, and performing with some of the best sound equipment and staff we’ve ever worked with, the true highlight was 30 minutes on the Cabin Stage on Sunday afternoon. This was a set we had been anticipating since October 2009 when John Adair sent us our performance schedule. We had timed out the set to be within the rigid time limit and had been practicing the set for a month.
The Cabin Stage is located adjacent to the main stage with the same audience that occupies a lawn about 2 football fields in size and can accommodate tens of thousands of spectators. The performers on both stages are broadcast onto the Jumbo-tron screen by the main stage. We arrived early and were actually able to do a line check. We hung out in the “backstage” of the cabin waiting for our set, jumped up and down to calm the nerves, ran through some raucous bluegrass standards at top speed, pondered the significance of the “Jerry Douglas Doorway” (did he hit his head there once?), drank water and coffee, (and then of course) visited the bathroom, and finally, FINALLY, it was time to take the stage.
I couldn’t watch the Jumbo-tron and tried to pretend it wasn’t there as we launched into “Yellow Mountain” and I just tried to focus on ANYTHING but the thousands of people milling around on the lawn. Our closest friends had gotten the front chairs and were providing an excellent line of familiar faces and loud, spirited cheering. Sweat poured down our bodies in the hot sun as we squinted at the crowd. I sang my heart out in Ola Belle’s “Undone in Sorrow” just absolutely amazed to hear my own unaccompanied voice wafting across the field, in disbelief: how is this happening? As Aaron and Bryan took out the set with the last notes of “Tellico” I tried to savor the final moments on that stage and performing at such a wonderful festival.
The Cabin Stage performance finished, we floated through the rest of the day just relishing the last of our experience at Merlefest and reflecting on our marvelous fortune of having been asked to be a part of it. For those of you that were there to share it with us, it meant so much to see you there and we sincerely thank you for all the support, we couldn’t have done it without you. Keep in touch!
Dehlia Low-Down:: April 2010
Hey there friends and fans,
We wanted to send a quick update to let you know about some exciting events happening at the end of this month!
So far, April has been very good to us, we just returned from Pennsylvania, an exceptionally friendly and beautiful state. We got to travel and perform with one of our favorite bands and our good friends, The Shannon Whitworth Band. http://shannonwhitworth.net/
We've also celebrated the birthdays of both Anya and Aaron this month! Our live recording is almost complete... well maybe half way... we hope to have it out by the end of May, we'll keep you posted! We also just got the final cut of our DVD from our Jammin at Hippie Jacks performance last May, soon to be released on PBS... more info to come about that soon.
Okay onto the other exciting things...
April 24th Nashville, TN 3rd Annual Norm's River Roadhouse Bluegrass Festival
http://www.myspace.com/normsriverroadhouse Line up: David Grier, Bearfoot, Matt Flinner Trio, and us!
April 25th Viia Rica, GA Bluegrass Springfest
http://www.villaricaparks.com/index.php This event is free and family friendly!
And then there is MERLEFEST!!!!!!! http://www.merlefest.org/
We are so excited to be performing at Merlefest, and can't wait to get there!
Well, we hope spring is warm and beautiful where ever you are, and that April has been as good of a month for you as it has been for Dehlia Low. As always, thank you for your support and encouragement!
Sincerely,
Stacy and the rest of Dehlia Low
We wanted to send a quick update to let you know about some exciting events happening at the end of this month!
So far, April has been very good to us, we just returned from Pennsylvania, an exceptionally friendly and beautiful state. We got to travel and perform with one of our favorite bands and our good friends, The Shannon Whitworth Band. http://shannonwhitworth.net/
We've also celebrated the birthdays of both Anya and Aaron this month! Our live recording is almost complete... well maybe half way... we hope to have it out by the end of May, we'll keep you posted! We also just got the final cut of our DVD from our Jammin at Hippie Jacks performance last May, soon to be released on PBS... more info to come about that soon.
Okay onto the other exciting things...
April 24th Nashville, TN 3rd Annual Norm's River Roadhouse Bluegrass Festival
http://www.myspace.com/normsriverroadhouse Line up: David Grier, Bearfoot, Matt Flinner Trio, and us!
April 25th Viia Rica, GA Bluegrass Springfest
http://www.villaricaparks.com/index.php This event is free and family friendly!
And then there is MERLEFEST!!!!!!! http://www.merlefest.org/
We are so excited to be performing at Merlefest, and can't wait to get there!
Well, we hope spring is warm and beautiful where ever you are, and that April has been as good of a month for you as it has been for Dehlia Low. As always, thank you for your support and encouragement!
Sincerely,
Stacy and the rest of Dehlia Low
Dehlia Low-Down::: Feb/March 2010
March Low Down
The snow has almost completely melted…I can still see it clinging to the highest mountains around Asheville, but I think we might actually be done with winter weather. As we move into March we have a whole bundle of exciting little things to share, and so we wanted to pop in and say hey.
We’ve been working on a live album for those of you that have worn out the EP and ‘Tellico.’ We recorded our Down Home show from back in February and will also be recording at the end of the month at a great new venue in Staunton, VA, called the Mockingbird. Our producer and engineer for the project is Russell Anders, a talented soundman, engineer, and wonderful friend who also engineered and mixed ‘Tellico’. With some luck, look for the disk to be available sometime in May! We are taking suggestions for any album title except “Dehlia Low-Live,” submit your requests on our Dehlia Low Facebook Fan Page. What? You’re not a fan yet? Well by all means, join us! http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/#!/pages/Dehlia-Low/25031814598. This is a great clearinghouse for thoughts and ideas relating to all things Dehlia Low.
We are excited to be making our first appearance in my home state of Virginia on March 26th and 27th. (Technically every venue we’ve played in Bristol has been on the Tennessee side of State Street, so this is truly the first time we’ll crack our cases open there.) First stop: my hometown, Blacksburg, on Friday the 26th. We’ll be at the Palisades Restaurant (www.thepalisadesrestaurant.com) in Eggleston, adjacent to an extremely beautiful stretch of the New River. We have all my friends and family on publicity so we’re hoping that our first appearance in the New River Valley will be a blast. Then off to Staunton’s historic downtown and the newly opened roots music venue and restaurant the Mockingbird www.mockingbird123.com on Saturday the 27th. From what we gather, this is THE place to hear music in the Charlottesville area and are really looking forward to playing there, seeing old friends and making new ones
Lastly, our dear friend Hippie Jack has finished editing a video of our performance at his wonderful festival Jammin’ at Hippie Jack’s last year (www.myhippiejack.com). The video will release in May and is be part of his syndicated series that will distributed to PBS affiliates nationwide. If you want to see this show, get in touch with your local PBS station and be sure that they carry his show Jammin’ at Hippie Jack’s! If they don’t, please request it (instructions are at: www.myhippiejack.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1306&Itemid=662)!
We’ll be in touch again soon to keep you up to date with exciting Dehlia Low happenings leading up to MERLEFEST 2010!!! In the meantime, stay in touch!
Anya and DL
The snow has almost completely melted…I can still see it clinging to the highest mountains around Asheville, but I think we might actually be done with winter weather. As we move into March we have a whole bundle of exciting little things to share, and so we wanted to pop in and say hey.
We’ve been working on a live album for those of you that have worn out the EP and ‘Tellico.’ We recorded our Down Home show from back in February and will also be recording at the end of the month at a great new venue in Staunton, VA, called the Mockingbird. Our producer and engineer for the project is Russell Anders, a talented soundman, engineer, and wonderful friend who also engineered and mixed ‘Tellico’. With some luck, look for the disk to be available sometime in May! We are taking suggestions for any album title except “Dehlia Low-Live,” submit your requests on our Dehlia Low Facebook Fan Page. What? You’re not a fan yet? Well by all means, join us! http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/#!/pages/Dehlia-Low/25031814598. This is a great clearinghouse for thoughts and ideas relating to all things Dehlia Low.
We are excited to be making our first appearance in my home state of Virginia on March 26th and 27th. (Technically every venue we’ve played in Bristol has been on the Tennessee side of State Street, so this is truly the first time we’ll crack our cases open there.) First stop: my hometown, Blacksburg, on Friday the 26th. We’ll be at the Palisades Restaurant (www.thepalisadesrestaurant.com) in Eggleston, adjacent to an extremely beautiful stretch of the New River. We have all my friends and family on publicity so we’re hoping that our first appearance in the New River Valley will be a blast. Then off to Staunton’s historic downtown and the newly opened roots music venue and restaurant the Mockingbird www.mockingbird123.com on Saturday the 27th. From what we gather, this is THE place to hear music in the Charlottesville area and are really looking forward to playing there, seeing old friends and making new ones
Lastly, our dear friend Hippie Jack has finished editing a video of our performance at his wonderful festival Jammin’ at Hippie Jack’s last year (www.myhippiejack.com). The video will release in May and is be part of his syndicated series that will distributed to PBS affiliates nationwide. If you want to see this show, get in touch with your local PBS station and be sure that they carry his show Jammin’ at Hippie Jack’s! If they don’t, please request it (instructions are at: www.myhippiejack.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1306&Itemid=662)!
We’ll be in touch again soon to keep you up to date with exciting Dehlia Low happenings leading up to MERLEFEST 2010!!! In the meantime, stay in touch!
Anya and DL
Dehlia Low-Down::: January 2010
Happy New Year Friends!
It’s been cold. This comes as no surprise, I'm sure, and Dehlia has been coping by stoking the fire and embarking on marathon practice sessions in preparation for what appears to be a very exciting year for the band!!! Our motivation got a huge jump-start thanks to the incredible response from YOU for WNCW’s new releases of the year…THANK YOU so much for voting us #18 of 2009’s releases, just edged out by Tom Waits! AND in the regional category, for voting us #2 to the Avett Brothers—really an honor y’all, thanks to each and every one of you to take the time to give us a little support.
We’d love to keep you up to date with the developments in our calendar to let you know when we’ll be in your area. You can join our fan page on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Dehlia-Low/25031814598) or simply visit our website at www.dehlialow.com to view our calendar. In the meantime, we will be playing at the Down Home in Johnson City, TN on Saturday the 6th of February to debut some of our new songs and share some of our old favorites! This is our first time at this wonderful venue so if you’re in the area, we’d love to see you there! We’ll be on WETS 89.5 earlier that afternoon during their Studio One spot at 1pm, so we hope you’ll tune in.
If you don’t know this by now, YOU are the reason we are able to do this--thanks to all of you that support bands like us by sending us mail, telling your friends about us, and getting us to come your way to perform. YOU make it possible for real people like us to make live, original music rooted in our southern Appalachian traditions. Yay! We love you!
-DL
P.S. If you're in the Asheville area on February 5th, and want to support one of our favorite artists- check out Shannon Whitworth at the Grey Eagle, show time 9pm. www.shannonwhitworth.net
It’s been cold. This comes as no surprise, I'm sure, and Dehlia has been coping by stoking the fire and embarking on marathon practice sessions in preparation for what appears to be a very exciting year for the band!!! Our motivation got a huge jump-start thanks to the incredible response from YOU for WNCW’s new releases of the year…THANK YOU so much for voting us #18 of 2009’s releases, just edged out by Tom Waits! AND in the regional category, for voting us #2 to the Avett Brothers—really an honor y’all, thanks to each and every one of you to take the time to give us a little support.
We’d love to keep you up to date with the developments in our calendar to let you know when we’ll be in your area. You can join our fan page on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Dehlia-Low/25031814598) or simply visit our website at www.dehlialow.com to view our calendar. In the meantime, we will be playing at the Down Home in Johnson City, TN on Saturday the 6th of February to debut some of our new songs and share some of our old favorites! This is our first time at this wonderful venue so if you’re in the area, we’d love to see you there! We’ll be on WETS 89.5 earlier that afternoon during their Studio One spot at 1pm, so we hope you’ll tune in.
If you don’t know this by now, YOU are the reason we are able to do this--thanks to all of you that support bands like us by sending us mail, telling your friends about us, and getting us to come your way to perform. YOU make it possible for real people like us to make live, original music rooted in our southern Appalachian traditions. Yay! We love you!
-DL
P.S. If you're in the Asheville area on February 5th, and want to support one of our favorite artists- check out Shannon Whitworth at the Grey Eagle, show time 9pm. www.shannonwhitworth.net
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