The Princess Theatre Center
for the Performing Arts continues its 30th Birthday Season for
2013-2014 with THE GIBSON BROTHERS on Thursday, November 7, 2013 at 7:30
p.m., presenting bluegrass music’s hottest new group. The
program is made possible by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts
and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Gibson
Brothers took home the Entertainers of the Year for a second straight
year at the International Bluegrass Music Awards in September, 2013 as well as
three other group and individual trophies. Eric Gibson was named Songwriter
of the Year and the New York-based quintet also won Vocal Group of the
Year and Song of the Year for "They Called it Music,"
written by Gibson and Joe Newberry. The song is #1 on the
October 2013 Bluegrass Unlimited Song and Album Charts.
The Gibson Brothers also were the top winners at last year's Bluegrass
Awards.
This follows their first win in 2012 as Entertainers of the Year Award and
the 2012 Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year award for “Singing As We
Rise.” The Gibson Brothers are widely recognized as the finest brother
duet in bluegrass music today, evidenced by their being named IBMA’s 2011 Vocal
Group of the Year. It was the first time a brother duet won that award.
In a 2012 Washington
Post interview, Del McCoury said “…when I hear someone like The Gibson
Brothers, I know it’s them from the first note. They have that little
thing in their voices that no one else…” And from Bluegrass Unlimited:
"The brothers and the band have it all -- lead vocals, brother-duet
harmony, instrumental virtuosity, ensemble sensibilities and great original
material." That's the buzz. Here are the facts: 2013 IBMA
Entertainers of the Year, Vocal Group of the Year, Song of the Year ("They
Called It Music") and Songwriter of the Year (Eric Gibson). 2012 IBMA
Entertainers of the Year and Gospel Recorded Performance for "Singing As
We Rise;" 2011 IBMA Vocal Group of the Year and Album of the Year for Help
My Brother, also named 2011 Album of the year by PopMatters; and, 2010 IBMA
Awards for Song of the Year and Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year for
"Ring the Bell."
Reserved tickets are $33-$25 with special discounts for seniors,
students/teachers are available
online at http://www.princesstheatre.org/ and http://www.gibsonbrothers.com.
For more information, call 256-340-1778.
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