Last summer, he used only a bicycle to transport himself and his cello for a tour of the Southeast, covering 340 miles as part of a campaign for hunger charity Oxfam. Tour partner Sollee is no stranger to awareness-raising tours. They are the fruit of Appalachia.” A portion of the proceeds from the tour will go to Appalachian Voices. “Our cultural stake in the region, from its music to its log cabins, is an indispensable part of our history and identity as Americans,” the group said in a press release, “People all over the world know our country music, our dances and our stories and they call them American. They explore these issues on the recently released Dear Companion, an album dedicated to their home state. for the earth-day celebration put on by the Bluegrass Youth Sustainability Council held at Transylvania University in Lexington. The trio has teamed up to draw attention to the problem of mountaintop removal coal mining and its impact on the people and land of central Appalachia. 2009, Sollee played to a sold-out house at the Bomhard Theater in the. The Louisville, KY-based singer/songwriter, touring under his solo moniker Yim Yames, has recruited two fellow Kentucky artists for the Appalachian Voices tour: cellist Ben Sollee and folk singer Daniel Martin Moore. See all about Ben Sollee at Kentucky Theater in Lexington, KY on May 5, 2011.
My Morning Jacket/Monsters of Folk frontman Jim James has announced a tour this summer to benefit Appalachian Voices, an organization devoted to ending the practice of mountaintop removal coal mining. 'A Few Honest Words' was the final song of the two song encore by Ben Sollee at Christ Church Cathedral in Lexington, Kentucky on Friday, October 21, 2016.
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