Steve Martin Banjo Award Goes To Sammy Shelor

Sammy Shelor

News from New York Times. Banjo player and sometimes actor and comedian Steve Martin has announced that Lonesome River Band’s Sammy Shelor is the second winner of the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass, which comes with $50,000 payment courtesy of Steve Martin as well as a bronze sculpture created by the [...]

Music From The Crooked Road

Crooked Road Tour

The mountain music of Virginia was featured in the ensemble show, Music from the Crooked Road that recently toured the U.S. The show is sponsored by the National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) and the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation and was a delight to see and hear with a barrage of top notch bluegrass talent [...]

Sammy Shelor – Virginia Music Hall of Fame

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Sammy Shelor, member of the bluegrass group Lonesome River Band will be inducted into the Virginia Music Hall of Fame during the association’s 10th Annual Jumpin’ Bluegrass Festival to be held from 17th to 20th September, 2009 at the Chesterfield, Virginia County Fairgrounds. Sammy Shelor joins a long list of previous Hall of Famers including [...]