| Date: | March 30, 2019 |
| Time: | 12:00 - 3:00 PM |
| Venue: | Floyd Country Store |
| Organizations: | K.T. Vandyke, Root 2 Music, The Flying Doves |
| Description: |
The Floyd Country Store presents Americana Afternoon Music with Root 2 Music, The Flying Doves with Robert McNab and KT Vandyke on Saturday, March 30, 2019. Saturday Schedule: • 12:00 pm: Root 2 Music • 1:00 pm: The Flying Doves with Robert McNabb • 2:00 pm: KT Vandyke ROOT2 MUSIC is the musical intersection of Deep South country blues and Celtic/Appalachian fiddle music. David Frank (guitar, harmonica, vocals) and Nancy Reid (fiddle, vocals) perform traditional and original blues with a distinctive Appalachian flavor. When David moved up to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia where the sounds of Nancy's fiddle had echoed for years, this duo formed a musical partnership that blends down home slide and traditional fiddle. Nancy has studied with Celtic fiddlers Ben Lennon and Liz Carroll. David early on started playing slide guitar because the strings were too hard to mash down on his old Kay guitar with the warped neck. What results is a unique blend of two musical roots – Root2 Music. Links: • https://root2music.com/home • https://www.facebook.com/root2music The Flying Doves plays original Americana music from singer and songwriter Robert McNabb. Their music explores love, loss and life. Other band members include Jean Gogolin on bass and Dave Fason on guitar. Link: https://www.facebook.com/The-Flying-Doves-245217469733566 Born in the deep black diamond hills of southwestern Virginia, K.T. Vandyke is a unique and gripping songsmith, who wields folk songs and prose that reflect his vibrant and tempestuous life. He tells the story of growing up in the coalfields of Buchanan County, Virginia and the trials and victories of those who came before. The story of a young vagabond musician just going off instinct. A collector of song and story alike, Vandyke parallels his own songs and delivery to that of Appalachian greats such as Merle Travis, Doc Watson, Ola Belle Reed, Tim O’Brien and Tony Rice. A student of traditional Appalachian folk music, Vandyke presents a captivating contemporary narrative through his banter and songwriting. Currently stationed in Bristol, Virginia, he has been performing in the greater Appalachian region and neighboring metropolitan areas for more than a decade. A seasoned performer and multi-instrumentalist, Vandyke can be found performing as a solo songwriter or as one-half of the country swing duo Virginia West. Throughout the last several years he has been affiliated with Johnson City indie-rock acts Pocket Sand and Floyd Strange. In 2015 he graduated from East Tennessee State University, where he studied Appalachian Studies, with a specialization in Bluegrass, Old-Time, Celtic and Country Music. During his time there he performed regularly with numerous bands most notably the university acclaimed ETSU Country Pride Band. In 2012 Vandyke took home 1st place in the Richard Leigh Songwriters Competition with his song "Huck Finn", and was a featured performer in the festival the following years. In 2014 he was a finalist in the Visit Music City Songwriting Competition, as well as being named a Telluride Troubadour, a nationally renowned songwriting competition held by Planet Bluegrass at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival held in Telluride, Colorado. In 2019 he was selected as a finalist in the Tennessee Dept. of Tourism Songwriting contest. Amidst his musical tenure he has performed throughout the U.S. and extensively throughout the mid-east Atlantic states. He has performed as a featured opener for Jason Isbell (Telluride Bluegrass Festival), Pokey LaFarge (Thursday Jams Abingdon, Virginia), Blackberry Smoke (Buchanan County Fair), Town Mountain, (Abingdon Summer Concert series), Larry Keel and Natural Bridge (Catawba Music Festival), Sam Lewis (Thursday Jams), Devon Allman Band, as well as performing at Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion 2015, 2019, 2020. Links: • https://www.facebook.com/KtVandyke • https://www.reverbnation.com/ktvandyke On Saturdays the Floyd Country Store presents their Americana Afternoon starting at noon. Each week we schedule different performers to play anything from blues, bluegrass and country to the American roots music of Ireland and Africa. Admission is free. For more information, visit: http://www.floydcountrystore.com or call: 540-745-4563. |