2017 Jake Landers Bluegrass Concert
The Claire Lynch Band
Long recognized and praised as a creative force in acoustic music, Claire Lynch is a pioneer who continually pushes the boundaries of the bluegrass genre. Her career has been decorated with many accolades including two Grammy Award nominations, six International Bluegrass Music Association awards and the prestigious United States Artists Walker Fellowship.
Jake Landers
Co-Founder of the “Dixie Gentlemen”, Landers has performed with Bill Monroe’s “Blue Grass Boys” and at the Grand Ole Opry. He is an award-winning songwriter. “Walk Softly On This Heart of Mine” sold 22 million copies for the Kentucky Headhunters and was nominated for a Grammy for Ricky Skaggs and the Dixie Chics. Landers has been inducted into the Alabama Bluegrass Hall of Fame and recognized as a Music Achiever in the Alabamba Music Hall of Fame.
Iron Horse
This group has a new sound for Bluegrass and they always perform with a spirit and sense of style that pays the most gratifying compliment to acoustic and bluegrass lovers; a warm mixture of family influence, belief in God, and an unwillingness to deny their creative urges.
Carl Jackson
Carl Jackson has received multiple Grammy awards and is two-time SPBGMA songwriter of the year. Jackson will also be hosting our free songwriter workshop at 5 p.m. at the Ritz Annex, 109, W. Third St., Sheffield.