This preview has been provided by Music for a Great Space.
Sweet Potato Pie, an all female bluegrass band with roots deep in North Carolina, opens the Music for a Great Space concert series at 7:30 p.m. September 22 at Huggins Performance Space at Greensboro College. Sweet Potato Pie has been entertaining audiences for more than a decade with the classy blend of Americana, Bluegrass, Country and Gospel music mixed together in a style they call “sweetgrass.” Hailed as the “Lennon Sisters of Bluegrass,” their show revolves around their beautiful 3-part harmonies, hard driving instrumentals and down home humor and story telling mixing classics from the greats of bluegrass with their own charts. With classic songs from Patsy Cline, Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs and other legends mixed with their original chart topping songs, audiences are in for a sensational night of family entertainment.
Band members Sonya Stead-guitar, Crystal Richardson-banjo, Sandy Whitley-bass, and Tori Jones-fiddle all hail from North Carolina. They will be performing selections from their newest CD Once in a Blue Moon along with other “toe-tapping” favorites. This program will feature original songs by band members Sonya Stead and Crystal Richardson.
This concert will take place September 22, 7:30pm at Huggins Performance Space at Greensboro College in Greensboro, NC. Tickets are available at the door and in advance: www.musicforagreatspace.org or (336) 638-7624.
Sweet Potato Pie will also be offering an education program at Greensboro College on September 22 in the afternoon. For more information and to sign up to attend, please email execdirector@musicforagreatspace.org or call (336)-638-7624.
Music for a Great Space (MGS) is an independent non-profit musical arts organization bringing the finest musicians to the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina. The mission of Music for a Great Space is to present a series of inspiring musical performances and educational offerings, opening doors to the diverse cultural interests of the Piedmont Triad community. For its 27th season, MGS is featuring all female performers and at least one female composer on each of the seven concerts for the Season of Women in Music.
The work of Music for a Great Space is made possible with funding from ArtsGreensboro and the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources. Funding for this event is provided through the generosity of Lincoln Financial Group.
