Playing together for nearly 6 years, the quartet of Fire In The Kitchen specializes in presenting lively Appalachian and Celtic music to its audiences. Instrumentation of the ensemble includes: Teddy Helton on guitar, banjo, upright bass and vocals, Tammy Martin on hammered dulcimer, bodhran, upright bass and vocals, Debbie Shrewsbury on flutes, whistles, and guitar, and Linda Waltner on fiddle, viola and vocals. Representing both Virginia and Tennessee, members hail from Bristol, Abingdon, Emory, VA and Kingsport, TN.Fire In The Kitchen has performed at venues such as: Dollywood, The Virginia Highlands’ Festival, The Bristol Paramount Theatre, The Barter Theatre, The Carter Family Fold, The Capital Theater, Sycamore Shoals Celtic Festival, Blue Ridge Celtic Festival, Wake Forest Celtic Festival and The Rhythm and Roots Festival among many others. The group has been featured on Public Radio programming “Live in Studio 1A" and performed at the BCMA’s (Birthplace of Country Music Alliance) 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Bristol Sessions. Most recently the group performed at Dollywood as part of the Festival of Nations - Celebrate Ireland and on the Blue Ridge Public Television series “Song of the Mountains†which is being broadcast by local and national PBS stations across the United States .Fire in the Kitchen has released two CDs of traditional Celtic and Appalachian music. Their first CD, “An Appalachian Celtic Journey†was released in 2002 and was archived at the Smithsonian Institute's Folklife Museum in Washington, D.C. in celebration of the Year of Appalachia. The second compact disc, "The Journey Continues" was recently released in December 2006. This CD features a refreshing variety of styles. Tunes were gathered from diverse sources: Ireland, Scotland, France, West Virginia, Texas, and Southwest Virginia .The CD's are available at www.amazon.com or www.bluegrassstore.com
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