Music: Balsam Range wraps up big year
Editor Kelly Donaldson at the Cashiers Crossroads Chronicle sums it up in this nice feature.
Here’s an excerpt:
The five-man band is wrapping up a phenomenal year that included touring, a number one song, a top five album and an appearance on a television show with one of bluegrass music’s hottest acts.
Balsam Range features Tuckaesegee native Darren Nicholson on vocals and mandolin, along with Western Carolina University graduates Buddy Melton (fiddle, vocals) and Grammy award winner Marc Pruett (banjo). The band is rounded out by Haywood County’s Caleb Smith on guitar and vocals and Tim Surrett on bass and vocals.
The boys recently took the stage on Saturday, Oct. 17 for a live TV taping of the popular PBS program “Song of the Mountains.” Balsam Range performed alongside Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, Next Best Thing Band, and Fall Creek.
Tags: banjo, bluegrass music, Cashiers, Cashiers Crossroads-Chronicle, Haywood County, mandolin, rhonda vincent and the rage, song of the mountains
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