Dale Ann Bradley

Dale Ann Bradley
Labels Compass Records
Mountain Home Records
Doobie Shea Records[1]
Pinecastle Records
Website www.daleann.com

Dale Ann Bradley is an American Bluegrass musician. She is a five-time (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012) Female Bluegrass Vocalist of the Year, a distinction given by the International Bluegrass Music Association.[2] She has released music both as a solo artist and as part of the group New Coon Creek Girls.[3]

Early life

Bradley was born in southeastern Kentucky. Her father was a coal-mining Baptist minister.[4] She grew up without running water or electricity until she was a senior in high school.[5] She also lived with heavy religious restrictions with her father being a minister. She received her first guitar at the age of 14, making a guitar pick out of a milk jug to play.[5]

As a junior in high school, Bradley met a childhood friend of her mother who was also her new band director at school.[5] Him and his wife sang at Pine Mountain State Park in the summers and invited Bradley to perform with them. She played with the band (Backporch Grass) and recorded a few singles and had the opportunity to perform in front of live audiences.[5]

Career

Bradley auditioned for the New Coon Creek Girls in 1988 but was unsuccessful.[3] For the next couple of years, she worked as a solo artist before finally joining the group in 1991.[3] She released her first solo album, East Kentucky Morning, in 1997. The album was top ten on both the Bluegrass Unlimited chart and the Gavin Americana chart.[3]

Discography

Title Album details Peak positions
US Bluegrass
Somewhere South of Crazy —
Don't Turn Your Back
  • Release date: 2009
  • Label: Compass Records[7]
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Catch Tomorrow
  • Release date: 2006
  • Label: Compass Records[4]
 —
Send the Angels
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: Mountain Home Records[4]
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Cumberland River Dreams
  • Release date: 2001
  • Label: Doobie Shea Records[8]
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Songs of Praise and Glory
  • Release date: 2001
  • Label: Pinecastle Records
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References

  1. ↑ "Doobie Shea Records Shutters". Billboard. 6 July 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Halsey, Derek (13 March 2014). "Five-time award-winning vocalist Dale Ann Bradley brings all-star band to the Mountaineer Opry". The Herald Dispatch. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "About Dale Ann Bradley". CMT. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Dale Ann Bradley On Mountain Stage". NPR. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "A ‘Women in Bluegrass Spectacular’ will feature Dale Ann Bradley, Most Recent Female Vocalist". Southern Maryland News. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Betts, Stephen L. (12 July 2011). "Dale Ann Bradley Heads ‘Somewhere South of Crazy’". The Boot. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  7. ↑ Lawless, John (5 June 2009). "Dale Ann Bradley – Don’t Turn Your Back". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  8. ↑ Papadatos, Markos (26 July 2012). "Bluegrass sensation Dale Ann Bradley talks about her music and future plans". The Examiner.