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IRENE KELLEY INTO THE SPOTLIGHT

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NASHVILLE, TN

MAY 23, 2019

THIS JUST IN! BLUEGRASS TODAY ANNOUNCES IN THEIR CHART SURVEYS THAT IRENE KELLEY AND JERRY SALLEY'S SONG "BLUEGRASS RADIO" HIT #1 IN AIRPLAY!! CONGRATULATIONS TO IRENE AND JERRY AND THE OTHER FINE MUSICIANS, ARTISTS, AND TECHNICIANS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION OF "BENNY'S TV REPAIR." Click photos to get a better view. See https://bluegrasstoday/monthly-chart/

IT'S BEEN A GOOD WHILE COMING, even though this artist has been a Nashville, TN, singer-songwriter who has been writing for some time with other very talented writers. That was then; things are really moving quickly these days! IRENE KELLEY hails from Pennsylvania coal country, and she is familiar with the hard times of coal miners and their families. Her albums reflect where she has been and what she has experienced: These Hills (2016), Pennsylvania Coal (2014), Simple Path (2009), and Thunderbird (2005) represent just some of her work. Her most recent project with Mountain Fever Records www.mountainfeverrecords.com is Benny's TV Repair (2019), named for Irene's father's business in the times before broken TVs were just discarded. Television sets were actually repaired by folks like her dad, Benny. Can you remember back that far? We can! We dreaded seeing that big, empty hole over in the corner of the den while the TV was off being repaired.

We are real fans of Irene Kelley, her musical family, and her band. Currently on tour with Benny's TV Repair, Irene amassed an impressive list of friends for the album: Bryan Sutton (guitar, resonator guitar), Adam Steffey (mandolin), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Matt Menefee (banjo), Steve Cropper (yes, him, on electric guitar), and Mark Fain (bass). Harmony vocals on the album are no less impressive: Justyna Kelley (Irene's daughter), Jimmy Fortune, Jerry Salley, Wayne Southards, Dale Ann Bradley, Brooke and Darin Aldridge, Carl Jackson, and Ronnie Bowman. Whew! What a fantastic lineup of instrumentalists and singers!

You are encouraged to buy the album at www.irenekelley.com to hear her incredible music. She begins with Something About a Train Sound, continuing with Bluegrass Radio, Cabbage Head, Thunderbird, Out of Arkansas, Benny's TV Repair, Highway Back to You, Anything to Help You Say Goodbye, Hills of Home, Faster Than Angels Could Fly, and ending with Walk With Me Today.

You can hear Irene Kelley's full 30-minute performance from Benny's TV Repair at The 615 Hideaway on YouTube. Furthermore, you can hear her interview with Terry Herd of Bluegrass Today on Sunday, May 26, 2019, at 9:00 PM CDT. https://www.irenekelley.com/post/irene-kelley-steps-into-the-blue-with-terry-herd-on-650-am-wsm-radio-sunday-may-26-2019.

We recommend Benny's TV Repair and Irene Kelley's other albums for some fine bluegrass music! Click each photo below for a better view.