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Sundy Best and friends return to Archer Park
BY BUGS DIXON MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PRESTONSBURG — Sundy Best hosted their third annual Kinfolk Reunion on Friday and Saturday, May 5 and 6. Events included live music from Sundy Best and other Appalachian artists as well as a family-friendly “Kidfolk” gathering Saturday morning. All events took place in Archer Park in Sundy Best’s hometown of…
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EKY dominates the country and bluegrass charts
BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN AREA CODE (606) – The beginning of February saw several great music releases from eastern Kentucky artists including the Laid Back Country Picker of Fallsburg, Brit Taylor of Knott County and Sundy Best of Prestonsburg. Each of these artists’ albums joined the already long list of albums by eastern Kentuckians…
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Sundy Best plays Burn Run
Sundy Best played a show at the Mountain Arts Center this past Saturday in support of Prestonsburg’s annual Burn Run fundraiser. The Burn Run raises funds for the Shriner’s Cincinnati Burn Unit and is a collaboration between the city, local businesses and the Brothers Keepers Motorcycle Club. The two-day event included vendors, inflatables and kids…
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Sundy Best announces tour dates with Muscadine Bloodline
BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN PRESTONSBURG – Eastern Kentucky’s favorite folk-rock duo Sundy Best and Alabama country duo Muscadine Bloodline announced a series of tour dates together on social media Wednesday as part of Muscadine Bloodline’s Countryband Contraband Tour. Sundy Best is an acclaimed country/folk-rock duo comprised of Nicholas Jamerson and Kristofer Lee Bentley of Prestonsburg.…
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Noah Thompson plays Sundy Best song on ‘American Idol,’ moves on to Top 5
“‘Painted Blue’ has always been a favorite of mine and Sundy Best songs are some of my favorites.” —Noah Thompson “Vote for Noah!” —Kristofer Lee Bentley, Sundy Best BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOS ANGELES — Louisa construction worker Noah Thompson is in the “American Idol” Top 5 after his virtual acoustic performances of “Landslide” by…
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Sundy Best returns to Prestonsburg
Kinfolk Reunion brings lower overdoses, suicides and domestic violence “The numbers for suicides, overdoses, domestic [abuse calls]… during the period around Kinfolk… they lowered.” –Prestonsburg Mayor Les Stapleton BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN PRESTONSBURG — Eastern Kentucky’s favorite country/folk-rock duo held their second annual Kinfolk Reunion at Jenny Wiley Amphitheater and Archer Park in Prestonsburg this…