February 12, 2007

LIVINGSTON, Ala.—The Sucarnochee Revue, a nationally syndicated radio program, takes the stage Friday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. for a live taping in the University of West Alabama's Bibb Graves Auditorium. Sponsored by UWA and Weyerhaeuser Company, the show introduces radio listeners in Alabama, Mississippi, and importantly, other parts of the nation and world to the artistic community of performers from the Black Belt area.

This month’s featured act is the Lamb Family, comprised of violinists Karis, 19; Kiemel, 17; Kolson, 16; and Caleb Lamb, 12. The Lamb Family has been featured on national television and National Public Radio.  The siblings were also recently featured on the “Rick and Bubba Show.”

In addition to the Lamb Family, the Kudzu String Band and Andy Tanas will also perform. The Sucarnochee Revue regulars Jacky Jack White, J.Burton Fuller, Britt Gully, Mississippi Chris Sharp and Ms. Joyce Shearer round out the list of slated musicians.

Now in its third year of production, The Sucarnochee Revue presents Black Belt music in its most authentic manner. The hour-long radio program, taped live and then broadcast on stations in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, Illinois, Colorado and New York and worldwide via the internet, features blues, black gospel, southern gospel, bluegrass and country artists.

Admission to The Sucarnochee Revue is $5. Sumter County Fine Arts Council members and students attend free. For more information about the show, please call 205-652-6680 or visit www.sucarnocheerevue.com.