The headliners for the 5th annual Albany Rhythm & Roots Festival have been announced.
This year’s show will feature joint headliners Asleep at the Wheel,Reckless Kelly, and Tyler Folkerts.
The festival beings Saturday, July 2nd at 6 p.m. at the historic downtown square in Albany, Missouri.
Albany Rhythm & Roots Fest is held annually over the Independence Day weekend. All attendees purchasing a Roots Fest ticket should expect music, people, food and entertainment.
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Since the early ‘70s, Asleep at the Wheel have been keeping the sound of Western Swing alive. Over their history, Asleep at the Wheel has garnered nine Grammy Awards and released more than 25 studio and live albums, and have collaborated with the biggest names in country music. Just last year they earned a Grammy nomination in the newly minted Best American Album category for their critically acclaimed Willie & the Wheel, on Bismeaux Records. Most recently, another collaborative project paired the band with the legendary lead from Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys, Leon Rausch.
Reckless Kelly is one of the best up and coming bands in all of country music today. Led by brother Willy
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(vocals/guitar) and Cody Braun (vocals/fiddle/mandolin/harmonica), is an alternative country rock outfit formed in Bend, Oregon before relocating to Austin, Texas, in January 1997. The Brauns had previously toured with their father in Muzzie Braun & the Boys, a western swing band. Songs Under the Table and Above the Sun from 2003 began the band’s relationship with the high profile Sugar Hill label and won the hearts of the music press and honky tonkin’ legend Joe Ely, who sang the band’s praises in interviews. Reckless Kelly’s album “Wicked Twisted Road” was released in 2005, and the next year the live album “Reckless Kelly Was Here,” which featured songs from all of their previous studio records, as well as three covers, and truly captured the band’s stage presence!
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Tyler Folkerts is an up and coming country artist from Northwest Missouri who has been traveling the Midwest playing shows and turning heads everywhere he goes. For Tyler, it all started with YouTube. In college he picked up a guitar and started posting cover videos to see what kind of reception he would get. Five years and 1.5 million views later, Tyler owes much of his success and opportunities to this multimedia outlet. The biggest catalyst for Tyler’s career thus far was being named a final cast member for Season 8 of NBC’s The Voice. Tyler continues to work on his craft and prepare himself for wherever music may take him. He is sure to please this year’s Albany Rhythm & Roots audience.
For more information or for tickets for this year’s Albany Rhythm & Roots Fest those can be purchased any time after April 1st by calling Melissa at 660-726-3935 or on-line at www.albanymochamber.com . Reserved tickets are $31.25 if purchased before May 1st, VIP seats are $37.00 or a table seating for eight is only $250.00.