We’re heading out for a couple weeks to some real nice spots. We’ll be at the Lowell Folk Festival and Ossipee Valley in New England, the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville opening for Del McCoury Band and the Newport Folk Festival with Steve Martin, as well several other places from Missouri to Minnesota. When we get back it’ll be about time to set to working on our collaboration album with Steve, then we’ll take a couple days off.
We just got back from the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal, which was the first comedy festival we’ve ever played; it’s kind of like a music festival without music, but lots of funny people.

We’ve just finished a great 3rd tour with Steve Martin and are recollecting ourselves back at home before heading out again. For the past few days we had the pleasure of Tony Trischka’s company. He’ll be producing the upcoming Steve Martin/Steep Canyon Rangers CD; so we played through a bunch of tunes and worked on arrangements and such....very exciting!

Joining us on the last leg of the tour was Abigail Washburn and her wonderful band. Thanks to all of them for their music (and for the world’s greatest bus dance party).

”Deep In The Shade” moved back into the Billboard Top 10 this week, yea...

Hope to see you in July :)
-S.C.R.

We’ve been on the road with Steve Martin for the last week and have had some great stops. There’s been a lot of rehearsing, getting ready for our album and playing some new tunes. One big highlight has been our time spent at Bonaroo; it was great to play some bluegrass for such a big crowd of music-lovers. The Punch Brothers have joined us for a handful of shows and it’s been pleasure getting to hang out and hear those guys. We’ll be traveling the west coast for the next few days before heading back to NC for a little break.

Deep In The Shade has been climbing up the bluegrass radio charts in the last couple months. The album is currently #2 on the Bluegrass Unlimited Album Chart, with Turn Up The Bottle, Have Mercy and There Ain’t No Easy Street all in the Top 30 Singles. Bluegrass Music Profiles has the album #1 for this month with two songs in the Top 10 Singles.
We’re headed out on Thursday for a tour with Steve Martin, including a stop at Bonaroo this Friday.

We had a fantastic, exhausting Memorial Day weekend. After driving through the night Friday from Little Jon’s to Delfest we climbed straight up on the stage and pretty much didn’t stop going until we left on Sunday afternoon. The late night show with the Lee Boys and all didn’t close out until 4 am on Saturday....
Thanks to Del and the Boys and all the folks there for treating us so well.

We’ll be back on the road next Thursday for a handful of shows with Steve Martin.

We’re heading back home after a fine two days at Silver Dollar City in Missouri. Our buddy ’Mountain Dew’ took a few of us out on the Table Rock Lake for some fishing, we rode the roller coasters, and of course there was loads of great Bluegrass...several weeks worth.

This weekend, we’ll be returning to the site of some of our earliest Bluegrass experiences for Little John’s Festival in Snow Camp, NC. From there it’s off to DelFest for Saturday and Sunday. If you haven’t been to these two festivals yet, the perfect time is now.

See you shortly, :)
-S.C.R.

We’ll be appearing on next week’s Prairie Home Companion, May 22, at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, featuring songs off Deep In The Shade. Listen in on your local affiliate.

Thanks to our friends in Beaufort for starting last weekend off right; Chapel Hill...wish we could have hung around, but LEAF sure is a nice place to end up.
We’ll be up in Pinnacle NC this Saturday for the big festival. Bring the family, bring the guitars, just bring it.

We’ll be back in NC for the weekend, from the the beach to the mountains in three days. Downtown Beaufort, NC on Friday night, at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC on Saturday, and the beautiful LEAF Festival in Black Mountain on Sunday.

The latest tour with Steve Martin was a huge success. We had a bus for the first time, so it was pretty much the greatest thing ever. We’ve all been working on material for our album together and can’t wait to get it recorded. Jazz Fest in NO was unbelievable, Austin City Limits, MerleFest, lots of fun along the way. Thanks to everybody who came out and supported us.

Happy Cinco de Mayo,
-S.C.R.

Steep Canyon Rangers are gearing up this week for 3 solo-shows in the Northeast before embarking for the 2nd time as Steve Martin’s band in an 11-day tour across the Midwest beginning April 19. Together, the six musicians will promote the actor/banjoist’s GRAMMY-winning record ”The Crow” (2009), performing original compositions by Mr. Martin along with a few tunes from the Rangers and a few surprises filling out each night’s set.

The Rangers will also tour in June with Steve Martin (including a set at Bonnaroo in Manchester, TN) as well as a few dates in July/August (including a stop at Newport Folk Festival). In October, Steve brings Steep Canyon on board again for a whirlwind tour of performing arts centers and college campuses in California. Stay tuned for updates :)

2010 EARLY SPRING SCHEDULE:

Apr 15 (Rangers) EAST HARTFORD, CT - East Hartford Community Cultural Ctr.
Apr 16 (Rangers) MAMARONECK, NY - Emelin Theatre
Apr 17 (Rangers) LEXINGTON, MA - National Heritage Museum

w/ STEVE MARTIN:
Apr 19 - DETROIT, MI - Max Fisher Orchestra Hall
Apr 20 - MILWAUKEE, WI - Pabst Theatre
Apr 22 - KANSAS CITY, MO - Midland Theatre
Apr 23 - ST. LOUIS, MO - Roberts Orpheum Theatre
Apr 24 - FAYETTEVILLE, AR - Walton Arts Center
Apr 25 - AUSTIN, TX - Long Center for the Performing Arts
Apr 26 - STAFFORD, TX - Stafford Centre
Apr 28 - LAKE CHARLES, LA - Bulber Auditorium @ McNeese State Univ.
Apr 29 - NEW ORLEANS, LA - New Orleans Jazz Fest

Steep Canyon Rangers (SOLO):
Apr 30 - WILKESBORO, NC - MerleFest (Creekside Stage)
May 1 - WILKESBORO, NC - MerleFest (Hillside Stage)

w/ STEVE MARTIN:
May 1 - WILKESBORO, NC - MerleFest (Main Stage)
Full detailed tour schedule here.

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Last year, Steve Martin’s CD ”The Crow” topped
Billboard’s Bluegrass chart for many consecutive months,
with Steep Canyon Rangers’ new CD ”Deep in the Shade” (2009) peaking at #3.

Thanks to all our friends & fans who made the last ”Crow Tour” so much fun :)
We hope to cross paths with you in the exciting months to come!!

Best Wishes,
-S.C.R.