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CD Release Party Tickets Now On Sale
Tickets for our CD release party at the Cedar Cultural Center
on Friday, December 14th, are now on sale! Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 the day of the show.
Advance tickets can be purchased online through TicketWeb or
from one of these fine retail establishments:
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FRP on The Current
We were excited to be invited back to the studio at Minnesota Public Radio's
89.3 The Current, for an interview and performance on The Morning Show
with Dale Connelly and Jim Ed Poole.
Click here to read the full story and listen to the archived broadcast.
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FRP's 3rd Annual Holiday Show
Saturday, December 9th - Doors 7PM / Show 8PM
at the Cedar Cultural Center
416 Cedar Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN / 612-338-2674 [directions]
Tickets: $10 / $12 door - purchace online | ticket outlets
We are excited to be back at the Cedar Cultural Center on Saturday, December 9th
for our 3rd annual Holiday Show! As in previous years, you can expect an entertaining
evening of original acoustic string band music, set in a festive, seasonal atmosphere;
complete with holiday sing-a-longs, games and raffles, and of course, the ever popular
six-foot chicken!
Sharing the bill with FRP this year is Joy Kills Sorrow, a very exciting band of young acoustic
musicians from Boston. Featuring Minnesota's own Joe Walsh, the first ever mandolin
student at the prestigious Berklee School of Music, and 2006 national flatpicking
champion Matthew Arcara, Joy Kills Sorrow blends traditional and contemporary
influences with original compositions and age-old melodies, creating a sound that
is inherently American and uniquely their own.
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FRP nominated for MMA
We are very excited to announce that Free Range Pickin' has been nominated
for the 2006 Minnesota Music Award for Bluegrass Artist/Group of the year by
the Minnesota Music Academy. It is a real honor to be a part of such a stellar
group of nominees which includes our friends: Monroe Crossing, Jack Norton &
the Mullet River Boys, Pert' Near Sandstone and Trampled by Turtles
For more information check out: http://www.minnesotamusicacademy.org/
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FRP live on MPR
Free Range Pickin', joined by fiddler Zack Kline, went in-studio with Dale Connelly
and Jim Ed Poole for a live performance and interview on MPR's Morning Show
on 89.3 The Current.
For those of you who missed the broadcast, here's a live version of FRP's
Let's Take The Long Way recorded during the show:
Let's Take the Long Way (Ihrig, BMI)*
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Bluegrass Unlimited Review!
We're excited to announce that a review of our self-titled CD was featured in the
national music magazine Bluegrass Unlimited! This is one of the premier trade publications
in the world of bluegrass music and we are very honored by this thoughtful review.
Click Here to read the review.
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FRP on the Indie Charts
We're very excited to announce that our brand new self-titled CD appears
on the Freeform American Roots Chart compiled by 3rd Coast Music Magazine!
Just one month after its release, our new CD was ranked 24th on a chart
based on air play by independent radio DJs from across the country. According to 3rd Coast:
"FAR charts are compiled from reports sent in by actual DJs with freeform
(i.e. no playlists) radio shows on public, college and community stations round the country
(and world). Each of them lists the six albums they took most pleasure in playing, one of
which can be their Album of the Month (designated by a * and their initials)."
Special Thanks to the Amazing Johnny Timewarp for his "*" and initials! His show Dark Side of the Highway can be heard Sunday's from 2-4 PM on WFCS 107.7 FM in New Britain, CT.
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FRP featured on two local releases
Music from Free Range Pickin' is featured on a couple new local releases:
Two studio tracks off of our latest album are a part of a compilation
CD entitled Friendship's Road - Minnesota to Asia, Tsunami Disaster Relief.
A benefit album with proceeds going to the American Refugee Committee (ARC).
Click Here for more info
FRP has also contributed a live track to Beaner's Central's latest One Week Live
CD which was recorded during an annual event celebrating the opening of this
wonderful acoustic venue in Duluth, MN.
Click Here for more info
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