the rest of Mountain Stage on Sunday

I reported earlier on Todd Snider's performance at Mountain Stage in Ashland KY on Sunday evening. The rest of the lineup was: Nanci Griffith, a long time favorite, with such a fantastic voice and story to tell. She works in some great social conscience into the music she chooses and performs- this includes her current release: The Loving Kind. She had a crackerjack band backing her, and even had Todd Snider come up and sing some harmony on one song!!! The other highlight was the Green Cards; a sort of bluegrass group, with lots of high energy and fresh approach. Two Australians and a British fiddler (with a backing "American" guitar player for this show!!) They have some spirited instrumental work, and obviously put the energy into their performance which wins over an audience. The other two acts were Ashleigh Flynn, a Kentucky-born singer songwriter, and Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey from North Carolina, who have performed in, been involved with, a number of bands and musical configurations. A solid show throughout, and nice to see the show in a change of pace venue occasionally. Todd was, of course the highlight. It was mentioned this was his 10th appearance on Mountain Stage. Larry Groce obviously gets a kick out of Todd- quoting from one of Todd's new songs (something to the effect- its hard not to break the ten commandments, and sometimes I'm harder to follow than the ten commandments)- Larry sorta knows what Todd's talking about.