Friday May 14, 2021

7:30pm

Balsam Range

North Carolina’s own Balsam Range has become one of the most award-winning acts in bluegrass, with 13 IBMA awards and 8 critically-acclaimed albums to their credit. Balsam Range has left audiences spellbound while headlining major festivals and selling out venues from coast-to-coast, including multiple appearances at the Grand Ole Opry. The band released two chart-topping singles in 2020 - “The Richest Man” and “Grit & Grace.” The latter, written in a surprising collaboration between singer Buddy Melton’s mother, Ann, and the powerhouse team of Milan Miller and Beth Husband, is an emotional meditation on meeting hard times with perseverance and spiritual courage — “one part moxie [and] another part mettle,” as it’s put in the song’s soaring chorus. In addition to being named IBMA’s 2018 Entertainer of the Year, Balsam Range vocalist Buddy Melton won IBMA’s Male Vocalist of the Year and bass player Tim Surrett won IBMA’s Bass Player of the Year that same year. And in 2016, banjo player Marc Pruett was a recipient of the prestigious North Carolina Heritage Award. The five original members of Balsam Range—Buddy Melton (fiddle, lead and tenor vocals), Darren Nicholson (mandolin, octave mandolin, lead vocals, baritone and low tenor vocals), Dr. Marc Pruett (banjo), Tim Surrett (bass, dobro, baritone and lead vocals), and Caleb Smith (guitar, lead & baritone vocals)—are all acoustic musicians and singers from western North Carolina. They thoughtfully and respectfully adopted the name of a majestic range of mountains that surround part of their home county of Haywood, NC where the Great Smoky Mountains meet the Blue Ridge, the Great Balsam Range. PineCone is committed to removing barriers to help make our programs as accessible and welcoming as possible. To learn more, request accommodations or discuss your needs for this or any upcoming PineCone events, please e-mail Jamie (communications@pinecone.org) or call PineCone's Box Office at 919-664-8333.

Balsam Range

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