Portland, Oregon (Top40 Charts/ www.ashleighflynn.net) - Ashleigh Flynn, often called the darling of the NW Americana scene, is heading down to Manchester, Tennessee, to showcase her talents at the Bonnaroo
Music & Arts Festival. The 6-year festival is a 4-day, multi-stage, camping fest held on a 700-acre farm in Tennessee. This year's lineup includes The Police, Wilco, Widespread Panic, The
Decemberists and Ashleigh Flynn, among others. See www.bonnaroo.com for more details.
Flynn, who hails from Kentucky, was invited to play the festival upon winning the OURSTAGE.com online music competition sponsored by PASTE Magazine. OURSTAGE.com?s purpose is to givae artists an oppportunity to be judged by their peers as well as interested music fans. Two of Flynn?s song, Hazard County and 7th Sea, have placed in the number 1 slot in the Americana category while her other tunes have appeared in the top ten of Acounstic, Pop, Americana and even the Electronica genres on OURSTASGE.com. She will showcase on the SONIC STAGE, Sunday, June 17 from 1:30-2:00 PM.
Flynn will go from Bonnaroo up to the Northeast to perform at the Boston Pops Third Annual EDGEFEST CONCERT SERIES SATURDAY, 23 JUNE, at Boston's Symphony Hall Show starts at 8PM - Flynn on at 10 in the after hours cafe. Flynn will join the COWBOY JUNKIES and conductor KEITH LOCKHART on Saturdy 23 June 2007. M. WARD will also headline this year. EDGEFEST seeks to attract crowds of independent and alternative music enthusiasts to the symphony by offering a hip blend of indie rock and the orchestral traditon. Previous concerts have featured AIMEE MANN, MY MORNING JACKET and GUSTER.
A few weeks later, Flynn will be head to Quincy, California, to play the High Sierra Music Festival. The 2007 festival, 4 July-7 July, located in the Northeastern corner of the state, will feature national and international acts . Considered one of the finest showcases for emerging artists in the country, Flynn will play 2-showcases a day on the 5 & 6 July 2007.
Her schedule at High Sierra is as follows:
Thursday, 5 July - Radio Stage 8:50-9:10 PM
Thursday, 5 July, - Vaudeville Stage 6:15-7::45 PM
Friday, 6 July - Shady Grove Stage 8:15-9:30 PM
Friday, 6 July - Troubadour Sessions 11:30 PM - 1:00 AM
For a sneak preview or details, please visit any of the following web sites: www.ashleighflynn.net; www.myspace.com/ashleighflynn; www.sonicbids.com/ashleighflynn or for tour information please visit https://www.fauxpasproductions.com/a_flynnshows.php
