PRESS RELEASE FROM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN:
Barely into her teens, Madison County fiddler Rhiannon Ramsey is already making a name for herself as a veteran of festival stages and dances. Playing with adult musicians is routine for her, and as the name of her group, Rhiannon and the Relics implies, her bandmates have few years on her. Rhiannon and the Relics bring their rollicking renditions of bluegrass and old-time standards to the White Horse Black Mountain on Sunday, July 10 at 7:30 p.m.
As a four year old Rhiannon saw David Holt interview Madison County fiddler Arvil Freeman and fell in love with the instrument. Neither of her parents play music, but there are many instruments around the house for their largely home-schooled progeny to experiment with. Most teachers don’t accept students as young as she was when she started, but she was taken on by Natalya Weinstein of Red June for a couple of years before beginning lessons with Arvil Freeman at age 8.
The Relics are journeyman musicians Craig Bannerman (bass, vocals), Troy Harrison (banjo, guitar, mandolin, vocals), Brian Hunter (guitar) and Mike Hunter (mandolin, vocals). Rhiannon is unfazed by playing with musicians so much older than herself, saying, “It’s a bit weird but then it’s fun. I just like all of it, performing, playing”. She counts regional fiddlers amongst her heroes. “Arvil, of course, Bobby Hicks, Roger Howell”.
Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.
Advance tickets available online at:
http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com
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