Dale Ann Bradley

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Dale Ann Bradley
Born Bell County, Kentucky, U.S.
Genres Bluegrass
Labels Compass, Mountain Home, Doobie Shea, [1] Pinecastle
Website www.daleannbradley.com

Dale Ann Bradley is an American bluegrass musician. She is a six-time (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2021) 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]

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Early life

Bradley was born in Bell County, 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 plastic milk carton 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] He and his wife sang at Pine Mountain State Park, located in Pineville, Kentucky, 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] In early 2015, Bradley left her record label Compass Records for Pinecastle Records, with whom she recorded her first solo album. [6] In late 2015, her 7th album, Pocket Full of Keys received a Grammy nomination for Best Bluegrass Album [7]

From 2012 to 2020, Bradley was a member of the all-female bluegrass band Sister Sadie. Their second album received a nomination for Best Bluegrass Album in 2019.

Discography

YearTitleLabel
1997East Kentucky Morning [8] Pinecastle
1999Old Southern Porches [9] Pinecastle
2001Songs of Praise and GloryPinecastle
2001Cumberland River Dreams [10] Doobie Shea
2004Send the Angels [4] Mountain Home
2006Catch Tomorrow [11] Compass
2009Don't Turn Your Back [12] Compass
2011Somewhere South of Crazy [13] Compass
2015Pocket Full of Keys [14] Pinecastle
2017Dale Ann Bradley [15] Pinecastle
2019The Hard Way [16] Pinecastle
2021Things She Couldn't Get Over [17] Pinecastle
2023Kentucky For Me [18] Pinecastle

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References

  1. ↑ "Doobie Shea Records Shutters". Billboard. July 6, 2004. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ Halsey, Derek (March 13, 2014). "Five-time award-winning vocalist Dale Ann Bradley brings all-star band to the Mountaineer Opry". The Herald Dispatch. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "About Dale Ann Bradley". CMT. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Dale Ann Bradley On Mountain Stage". NPR. June 9, 2009. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "A 'Women in Bluegrass Spectacular' will feature Dale Ann Bradley, Most Recent Female Vocalist". Southern Maryland News. February 18, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Dale Ann Bradley & Coon Creek". www.daleann.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 1999.
  7. ↑ "Awards Nominations & Winners". April 30, 2017.
  8. ↑ Kasten, Roy (February 28, 1998). "Dale Ann Bradley - East Kentucky Morning". No Depression. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  9. ↑ Steininger, Alex (May 1, 1999). "Dale Ann Bradley: Old Southern Porches". In Music We Trust. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
  10. ↑ Papadatos, Markos (July 26, 2012). "Bluegrass sensation Dale Ann Bradley talks about her music and future plans". The Examiner.
  11. ↑ "Catch Tomorrow - Dale Ann Bradley | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .
  12. ↑ Lawless, John (June 5, 2009). "Dale Ann Bradley – Don't Turn Your Back". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  13. ↑ Betts, Stephen L. (July 12, 2011). "Dale Ann Bradley Heads 'Somewhere South of Crazy'". The Boot. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  14. ↑ Papadatos, Markos (June 30, 2015). "Review: Dale Ann Bradley magnificent on new 'Pocket Full of Keys' album". Digital Journal. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Dale Ann Bradley - Dale Ann Bradley | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .
  16. ↑ "Hard Way - Dale Ann Bradley | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .
  17. ↑ "Things She Couldn't Get Over - Dale Ann Bradley AllMusic". AllMusic .
  18. ↑ "Dale Ann Bradley releases the Sun is Going to Shine, with JP Pennington". July 25, 2022.
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