We’re proud to announce that Steep Canyon Rangers have been nominated for 2 International Bluegrass Music Awards: Album of the Year (”Lovin’ Pretty Women”) and Gospel Performance of the Year (”Be Still Moses”). It’s quite an honor to be chosen as finalists alongside some of the finest bands around. Congratulations to all of this year’s nominees!...We’ll see you at the awards show!

-SCR

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To read the full IBMA press release and nominations, follow the link below:

After some repair of the S.S. Steep Canyon, the Rangers are ready to roll again; Thursday, we return to the Rams Head in Annapolis, MD for a show we will headline starting at 7pm. Get your tickets now, as pre-sales going fast!

Friday & Saturday, The Rangers perform in MAINE at ”The Grass is Blue” Festival taking place at Stonehedge farm in the town of Gray.

Bridgewater, NJ hosts its music series at Duke Island Park on Sunday 8/17; Steep Canyon Rangers in the Garden State!

Hope to see you at the show!
-SCR

We’ve only got a month to go until Mountain Song and all the preparations are underway. This year’s music is about as good as it gets; Sam Bush, Tim O’Brien, Cherryholmes and SCR. For advance tickets and more visit www.mountainsongfestival.com. We hope to see you there.

We’ll be in Pigeon Forge this Friday with David Grisman, and plenty of other great bands. Saturday is back at one of our favorite spots, The Soapbox in Wilmington, NC (see left for more details), and our annual show in Greenville, NC at the Toyota Ampitheater (Town Commons) will be on Sunday.

Stay cool...
-SCR

While The Rangers are in New York this weekend for the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, then off to Cleveland, TN for the White Oak Mountain Bluegrass Festival, they can also be heard all over the Universe on XM Satellite Radio, with the live show premiering Friday, July 18, 2008. (Check airing schedule here).

Also, don’t miss the online feature of Steep Canyon Rangers in this month’s issue of Bluegrass Now Magazine!



Read the article at http://www.bluegrassnow.com

The Rangers leave for NY this week to play 2 days (3 sets) at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, one of the best of its kind. We’ll play on the Masters Stage in a workshop-style performance on Thurday at 3pm, and then a few hours later on the Main Stage (6:40pm).

We wish we could stay the for the whole party, but after a Noon-time set at Grey Fox on Friday a Chattanooga whistle will call us back down South; if you live in East Tennessee, catch Steep Canyon Rangers at White Oak Mountain Bluegrass Festival located at the Tri-State Exhibition Center in Cleveland on Saturday July 19th.

We hope to run into you this weekend! - Travel Safe.
-SCR

The Rangers will be joining some of our favorite groups, including the Del McCoury Band, Larry Keel and Natural Bridge, and IIIrd Tyme Out for a 4th of July celebration at Snowshoe Mountain in West Virginia; it’ll be a great time in a beautiful place.

Here in Asheville we’ve been busy rehearsing new material and getting things in order for Mountain Song Festival in September - talk about a good time, that’s the one.

Have a safe and festive weekend, as always you can follow us around and share your stories at the CMT.com Bluegrass blog.

-SCR

The week is finally here...that Steep Canyon Rangers make debut performances at Telluride Bluegrass Festival! --- Our main set on Sat. is early (11:45am) so don’t miss it if you’re in Colorado, but also check out our ’NightGrass’ show at Las Montanas Saturday night starting around 10pm. There’ll will be a lot of great bands to hear and a lot to do around town --- We’re all looking forward to having a blast. Be sure to bring banjos and fishing poles.

See you in the mountains!

-SCR

The Rangers are heading over to Nashville this Friday the 13th for a performance at the Station Inn. We hope you’ll stop in!

Also this weekend, Steep Canyon returns to Dumplin Valley for JuneFest 2008 at the old farm site in Kodak, TN (Click left sidebar for more info). Don’t forget to visit our tour page to see some of the exciting shows coming up this summer (YES, Telluride!! Grey Fox!!)

Travel safe, and stay in the shade.
-SCR

We’ve just joined a running blog over at the CMT website; we will have updates and pictures from the road every week or so. The site is http://blog.cmt.com/category/bluegrass and features a half dozen or so bands.

In other news, we’re looking forward to Appalachian Uprising this Saturday - the night show includes ourselves, Larry Keel and Natural Bridge and Mr. Sam Bush. We’ll also be at the NC State Fair in Raleigh for a big show Sunday night. Hopefully there will be a corn shucking contest; Woody still has a little room left on his trophy shelf.

Hope to see you this weekend :)
-SCR

We’re heading North again, this time towards the nation’s capital for a Last-day-of-May show with Seldom Scene at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. We love those guys and can’t wait to see them on Saturday. First, though, we’ll stop Thurs. in Syria, VA for 2 sets at Graves Mtn. Festival of Music. Cheers to Mark Newton and the gang; they always throw a great festival. Friday, Steep Canyon will perform in Lewisburg, WV at The Wild Bean and on Sunday you can catch the band in another intimate setting at Coffee East in Easton, MD.

Lookin’ forward to the picking :)
-SCR

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Steep Canyon Rangers are the cover story in the May/June issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles magazine. Pick up a copy to check out the full article, or learn more at:
www.bluegrassmusicprofiles.com