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3 weeks ago | 
kentucky.com | Walter Tunis
From now until the first seconds of May tick in, the following excuse is officially deemed invalid: “Gee, there’s nothing to do in this town.”For that, thank the organizers of 250Lex, the year-long celebration honoring Lexington’s 250th anniversary. They have dubbed April the Month of Music, and with that comes the goods to back up the billing.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Walter Tunis
From now until the first seconds of May tick in, the following excuse is officially deemed invalid: “Gee, there’s nothing to do in this town.”For that, thank the organizers of 250Lex, the year-long celebration honoring Lexington’s 250th anniversary. They have dubbed April the Month of Music, and with that comes the goods to back up the billing.
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3 weeks ago | 
kentucky.com | Walter Tunis
The last thing Hayes Carll likely expected to collect with his winnings at a card game was an artistic collaborator. But that is, sort of, what happened when one of the most respected new generation American singer-songwriters from Texas squared off with Corb Lund, a performer garnering a similar country-infused reputation as a songsmith from Canada. “I met Corb at a poker game in Dauphin, Manitoba,” Carll said. “It was probably 20 years ago.
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3 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Walter Tunis
Now25+ of the best book deals in Amazon's Big Spring SaleAdd to your TBR pile for up to 56% off. Amazon sales are notorious for offering steep discounts on robot vacuums, Apple devices, tablets, and headphones.
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1 month ago | 
kentucky.com | Walter Tunis
As they head into their 20th year as a band, The Infamous Stringdusters are feeling the tug of multiple bluegrass generations. From the past comes a legion of string music specialists — artists like Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush and the late Tony Rice, all learned in the ways of tradition but eager on recrafting the sounds they grew up on with their own methodology.
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1 month ago | 
kentucky.com | Walter Tunis
The story goes that in the fall of 1994, Thomas Lauderdale — a pianist with an eye toward politics and an ear toward music — found himself the very impromptu show opener at a Portland, Ore., fundraiser featuring the campy cover trio known as the Del Rubio Triplets. He hit the stage with a bassist, a bongoist, a singer and a Betsey Johnson dress. Pink Martini had just entered the room.
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1 month ago | 
kentucky.com | Walter Tunis
An arts-oriented event, program or ceremony seldom achieves longevity, much less notoriety, on the shoulders of one individual. Since its inception 11 years ago, guitarist/educator David McLean has served as founder and producer of the Lexington Music Awards, as well as its most visible ambassador. But McLean is the first to admit that having the awards move past the decade milestone to its 11th outing this weekend is hardly the result of singular thinking. “I’d love to say ‘I’m awesome,’” he said.
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1 month ago | 
kentucky.com | Walter Tunis
What good is honest hero worship if you can’t level it off with a dash of pretend envy? To wit: Blake Shelton’s onstage response Thursday evening at Rupp Arena to an audience sing-a-long that grew out of “Strawberry Wine,” the 1996 hit served up solemnly by Deana Carter, the second of three guests making up this opening night bill of the headliner’s Friends and Heroes Tour.
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1 month ago | 
kentucky.com | Walter Tunis
One of the odder ways to measure the popularity of commercial artists is by viewing how their presences can be felt when they aren’t really there. Take for instance, the season premiere earlier this month of “The Voice,” NBC’s ratings-friendly talent coaching show that Blake Shelton appeared on before exiting in 2023 after a 22-year run. Among the program’s more animated turns was the country singer’s playful sparring with fellow judge/coach Adam Levine during their seasons together.
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2 months ago | 
kentucky.com | Walter Tunis
When Mia Isaac took over duties as CEO of the Lexington Ballet in 2023, plans began for the company’s 50th anniversary — a milestone event then two years away. That meant reaching out to collaborators with varying ties to the dance world. Some were choreographers and costumers, others were poets and musicians. Many from each camp were alumni of Lexington Ballet. The latter was an association Isaac was especially keen on promoting for both personal and professional reasons.
