News

Elaine will be walking in the Breast Cancer 3-day / 60 mile walk in San Francisco. Please click below for more information and to make a difference! THANK YOU!!

Big Wide Grin is very pleased to announce an upcoming performance w/ legendary bluesman and grammy winner, Keb' Mo' on Feb 20th at the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts in Va Beach, VA - check calendar for more details !

We have a NEW favorite show.... Keb' Mo" has a internet show called "The Kitchen" http://www.kebmo.net A little music, a little conversation, a little new information and a lot of love all in the kitchen. Check it out!

http://playingforchange.com
This is an awesome, must see - film by a beautiful friend and film maker. Mark Johnson. It's all about making the world a better place and we are way OK with that idea!

Big Wide Grin is proud to announce their newest CD "Holiday" available now!!!
click here for more info

BWG is coming west! YEA!!!!
Placerville, Bay Area, Southern CA and AZ - we are on our way. Check the calendar page.

The Grin is back in the studio – working on that long-awaited holiday CD. We are brining in the the very gifted, Lori Grace to help with the arrangements. Wish us well as we create that holiday feeling in August at the beach!

We have opened a music store. Please come see us at http://www.burnlounge.com/bigwidegrin. At this point you can find all of the usual great music to download. What is coming is the music of the people we know and love - independent artists who we know you will love too! AND downloadable movies and audio books! If you download music - PLEASE shop with US!!!

Kevin McCormick, a phenomenally talented musician / producer and friend has taken on a new project these days. He is hosting a weekly satellite radio program that is absolutely worth tuning into. You can hear it on XM Radio Saturdays at 6 P.M. est 3 P.M. pst on XMPR channel 133. However if you don't get XM you can find the show at http://www.musiciansradio.com

Another Grammy Nomination for Keb' Mo' and we could not be happier about it! - Best Contemporary Blues Album - Suitcase. It is a GREAT album!

Thank you to the Alzheimer Asso. - Hampton Roads VA for honoring us with group Volunteers of the Year. We love working with this organization. It is our pleasure!

TELL EVERBODY YOU KNOW... in the Hampton Roads area of VA.

VA Beach Central Library
Big Wide Grin - 7:30 p.m.
4100 Virginia Beach Blvd
Virginia Beach VA
(757) 626-FOLK
Tickets in advance at: c/o 801 Sigel Dr. Virginia Beach, VA 23454. Tickets may also be purchased at the door.

We have started work on a long requested Holiday CD. This has been great fun! Many thanks to Harris Creek Studios for the use of space and to Clayton Gibb for is constant technical support. We are working fast and do not know if we will finish the full CD this season but will at least get some downloads out and available.

... of an upcoming performance of Sweet Honey In the Rock http://www.sweethoney.com on November 5 at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Ysaye Barnwell, one of the members of this amazing a cappella ensemble has agreed to coach / teach BWG - and we are hugely happy about this! If you are in the Philadelphia area and want to join us for this great event - here is a link to the concert hall http://www.kimmelcenter.org. If you cannot come then - check their tour page - they are all over the world.

Big Wide Grin has been included in several recent compilation CD's including: "PeaceDriven.com", "Peace Songs for a Better World" and "Tidewater Arts Outreach." We had a blast recording back-up vocals on Cary Cooper's new CD "Yellow". We are beginning work on a holiday CD and still writing songs for the new Big Wide Grin CD. We will keep you posted.

September 15 is mom & dad Dempsey's 50th Aniversary! WOW!

THANK YOU for signing our guestbook. Personal messages on the guestbook are passed along to the artist. Feel free to use the contact page to reach individuals via email. We have recently deleted 2 kinds of messages in the guestbook: those that are personal invitations and those that have been mean spirited. We welcome all guestbook signings that could also be read by your 8 year old son or daughter. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. In peace... BWG

We are back from a 2nd annual journey to the Kerrville Folk Festival. Once again we played with some of our favorite singer songwriters and were introduced to amazing artists who were new to our world. We were honored to perform a Julie Clark song at the beautiful wedding celebration of our very talented friends Tom Prasada Rao and Cary Cooper. We played an Eric Schwartz song with this gifted writer / performer. We thoroughly enjoyed this 24-7 music adventure and look forward to returning again and again.

http://www.savedarfur.org/
“Not on my watch”
The link above is information on how to take action toward the injustice in the Darfur region of the Sudan. Rally in Washington DC on April 30. - Million Voices for Darfur. This is not a Big Wide Grin performance - we are supporting the efforts to draw attention to this atrocity. Come join us!

We had the good fortune of recording a 3 song demo under the direction of Keb' Mo' He is amazing. The man can hear paint dry! It was a phenomonal experience. We learned so much and have so many new techniques to practice! Wish us well as we try to find financial backing for the new CD.