Bill Thurman: News

Jack, Joe, Liam and Bill Thurman (the Dill Pickers) will play at the Folk Center Auditorium in Mountain View, AR on saturday night August 29th as headliner and dance band. buy your tickets at the entrance and get there at 7:30 pm.

Bill Thurman and Jack Sundell will play and sing for Norton Arts (gallery) in downtown Little Rock, AR exactly next door to Community Bakery from 5 til 8 pm on friday, Aug. 14th.

Bill will play the harp and the fiddle at Norton Arts in honor of Stephen Cephalo.
check out his wonderful art.
time is from 5 til 8pm, friday
July 10th. Norton Arts is at
1206 South Main St right next door to the Community
Bakery

Bill will play the fiddle and the small harp at Mt Bethel
Winery (just east of downtown Altus, AR on hwy 64) on saturday, July 25th during all the wine tastings and activities of Grapefest.
the music begins at 11:30 am and goes til around 4 or 5 in the afternoon. Don't forget to ask for their delicious blueberry wine!

Bill, Jack Sundell and Joe Sundell will play from 5 til 8
at the Benton, AR downtown festival (near the square) on July 16th. we play fiddle, guitar, banjo and sing. if you like a lot of old songs, fiddle tunes and ice cream, food and fun, then it's the place to be!

Bill will play along with Jack,
Joe, Liam and Matt at the Satelite Cafe in Little Rock on friday night, June 19th from 8 til 11 pm. plenty of hot fiddle and old country songs. high energy!

Bill is playing fiddle in a new band called the Dill Pickers (we tried picking some other spicy names) which plays old time and old country string band songs and tunes like Lovesick Blues (hank Williams), Ragtime Annie, Blackberry Blossom, Old Cotton Fields Back Home and more. the show is from 8 to 11 pm on wed. night, June 3rd. the Afterthought club is at the corner of Beechwood and Kavanaugh in midtown Little Rock in the Heights.

Bill Thurman and Joe Snell will play violin duo for Little Rock's Peabody Hotel today for the big Mother's Day Brunch that they have every year. sunday May 10th is the date and the time is from 11 til 2 pm.

Thurman, Nesbitt, Atwood and Baldridge play swing at the AFTERTHOUGHT from 8 to 11 pm on thurs. night May 7th. location is at the corner of Beechwood and kavanaugh in the Heights area of Little Rock. the venue is non-smoking and pleasant. is that cool? we'll see ya there.

Bill Thurman, Bill Nesbitt, Chris Atwood and Bob Baldridge will be featured on Channel 7 TV Good Morning Arkansas show from 9 til 10 am on May 7th.
swing music a la Django.

on April 2nd from 8-11 pm, Bill Thurman, Bill Nesbitt, Chris Atwood and Bob Baldridge will be playing their string swing music at the Afterthought at the corner of Kavanaugh and Beechwood in Little Rock. the Afterthought is a cool little non-smoking bar, not overly loud where you can sit and talk and actually hear your friends. come see us!

Bill will be playing and visiting with old friends this weekend, March 27-29 at the Palestine Old time Music and Dulcimer Fest in the heart of east Texas. it's just a short drive from the Tyler, TX area.

on St Patrick's Day, March 17th, Bill will play Irish and all sorts of music on his small
harp for Whole Foods' Irish Sampling from 11:30 am to 1 pm and again from 4 pm to
7 pm. put on a smile and have some fun!

Bill Thurman and Bill Nesbitt
and friends will be playing their Django Reinhardt inspired swing from 8 to 11 pm on thursday evening, March 5th. the Afterthought is located at the corner of Kavanaugh and Beechwood in Little Rock, AR.

on monday March 2nd at around 11:15 am, Bill Thurman and Bill Nesbitt will play for the Blue Monday Jazz Show hosted by Diana Chambers. they will
be interviewed and play some of their cool fiddle and guitar swing. KABF radio
in Little Rock is 88.3 FM. stay tuned!

on sunday, March 8th between 12 noon and 1 pm Bill will play fiddle tunes for the party after the 28th Annual Jungle Boaters Race(canoes and kayaks) at Turner Bend and the Mulberry River. it's near Cass, AR, beautiful area and lot's of fun.

Bill will be playing the harp at Whole Foods on Feb. 14th
Valentine's Day from 2 to 4 pm. he will also play there the day before, Feb. 13th twice from 11:30 am to 1 pm
and from 3:30 to 6 pm. he will play finally that weekend on sunday the 15th from 12:30 to 3 pm.

Bill Thurman's new CD, Pullin' a Few Strings is now available at CD Baby. it is also available for digital sales
and download. Pullin' a Few Strings features the small harp and the violin. it's as if world music meets Irish traditional in a mellow contemplative style. it is all instrumental and Bill played all the instruments. it was recorded and mastered by Jon Raney from Raney Recording in Drasco, AR.

Pullin' a Few Strings, the title of my new CD featuring the small harp and the violin will be available sunday
December 14th from 12:30 to 2:30. it will be at Whole Foods in Little Rock near the intersection of Rodney Parham and I-430. you could say that the music is about half Irish traditional and half
"World" music. there are 10
tracks and it's all instrumental. Pullin' a Few Strings should be at CD Baby
in about 10 to 12 days. Thank you!

A new shipment of Bill Thurman's CDs is about to arrive at the offices of CD Baby. The Celtic Collection, Fiddlin' My Life Away, Fiddlin' For Fun, The Original Music and more. it's not too early to start your CD shopping for the Holiday Season!