The Weis Center will welcome The Price Sisters on Thursday, October 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Weis Center Concert Hall. There will be a free pre-performance artist talk from 6:45-7:15 p.m. in the Atrium.
The performance is sponsored, in part, by The News Item.
Music has always had a resounding presence in the lives of twin sisters Leanna Price and Lauren Price Napier. Growing up, their parents sang traditional and old-time country songs and as the sisters grew up hearing duet harmony, they naturally became accustomed to singing together themselves.
In the spring of 2016, Leanna and Lauren signed to Rebel Records and released an EP that August, thus pursuing to tour professionally as The Price Sisters. The Price Sisters have since performed at numerous venues and festivals across the United States as well as in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Canada. The Sisters released their first full-length album for Rebel Records, “A Heart Never Knows,” in the spring of 2018 and in 2019 hired their first full-time touring band.
The Price Sisters have garnered significant press through outlets such as No Depression, Paste Magazine, For Folk’s Sake, The Bluegrass Situation, and WSM’s The Eddie Stubbs Show.
The Price Sisters band collectively has been nominated for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s (IBMA) Momentum Band of the Year (2024 & 2019) while Lauren has received nominations for Momentum Vocalist and Instrumentalist of the Year (2019 and 2020, respectively) and Leanna for Momentum Vocalist (2020.)
The group has been featured as an official showcase act for the IBMA and has appeared at DelFest, the University of Chicago’s Folklife Festival, ROMP, Bean Blossom, and many more.
Presently, The Price Sisters have signed to the Del McCoury Band’s family record label, McCoury Music, and released their first album for the label titled “Between the Lines” and produced by Ronnie McCoury, in 2024.
Following the release of “Between the Lines,” The Price Sisters Band made their debut on the world-revered Grand Ole Opry stage.
Lauren and Leanna have been Artists in Residence for the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, KY and featured on Mandolin Café and in Fiddler magazine. Bluegrass Unlimited magazine has featured articles on The Price Sisters in three separate issues to date; every one of their professional releases earned “highlight” reviews in the magazine as well.
No Depression Magazine said, “Twin sisters Lauren and Leanna Price are poised to become the torchbearers for bluegrass music as it enters its eighth decade. While their playing is strongly rooted in the classic style of Bill Monroe, their smooth, polished sibling harmonies infuse the music with a fresh, contemporary appeal.”
ABOUT THE BAND
While Lauren and Leanna front the band and are recognized for their twin-sister harmony singing, the girls are supported by band members who are each accomplished musicians in their own right. The band is made up of young multi-instrumentalists and vocalists who showcase traditional, yet fresh and innovative sounds.
Lauren has instructed at the Monroe Mandolin Camp, DelFest Academy, Mandolin Camp North, Camp Bluegrass, Augusta Bluegrass Week, and more.
Leanna has been a featured artist in Fiddler Magazine, presently works as an apprentice of set-up and repair at Nashville’s The Violin Shop, and is a frequent fiddler on WSM’s Grand Ole Opry.
Banjo player Trevor Holder was awarded first prize on the banjo at the prestigious Old Fiddlers’ Convention in Galax, VA.
Bobby Osborne Jr. on bass is no stranger to bluegrass and country music, having started his musical career touring with his father, the late Bobby Osborne of the Osborne Brothers.
Conner Vlietstra is not only a talented guitarist and vocalist, but has soloed on the Grand Ole Opry, is an award-winner on several instruments, and is well-versed in material stemming from pre-bluegrass and country music catalogs.
TICKETS
Tickets are $30 for adults, $24 for seniors 62+ and subscribers, $20 for youth 18 and under, $20 for Bucknell employees and retirees (limit 2), free for Bucknell students (limit 1) and $20 for non-Bucknell students (limit 2).
Tickets can be reserved by calling 570-577-1000 or online at Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice.
There is a special online-only promotion for sisters to attend the show together. Use Promo Code SISTERS (all caps) when you checkout at Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice for Buy One, Get One tickets.
Tickets are also available in person from several locations including the Weis Center lobby (weekdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and the CAP Center Box Office, located on the ground floor of the Elaine Langone Center (weekdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.).
For more information about this event, contact Lisa Leighton, marketing and outreach director, at 570-577-3727 or by e-mail at lisa.leighton@bucknell.edu.
For more information about the Weis Center for the Performing Arts, go to Bucknell.edu/WeisCenter or search for the Weis Center on Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube.