Up-and-comer plans CD release party.Byline: The Register-GuardSpringfield country singer- on-the-rise Lydia Miller will celebrate the release of her self-titled debut album with a performance at 8 p.m. Saturday at the McDonald Theatre, 1010 Willamette. The record, which features country songs tinged with Tejano and Spanish music, is due for national release Jan. 22. "I'm excited to be home," said Miller, who divides her time between Springfield and Nashville. "It's going to be a lot of fun, and I hope to see some friends I haven't seen in a while." Miller's homecoming show marks the end of a busy year, much of which was spent on the road. She has performed on the same stage recently with Chris Ledoux, Kenny Chesney  The introduction of this article is too short.To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, it should be expanded. , the Oak Ridge Oak Ridge, city (1990 pop. 27,310), Anderson and Roane counties, E Tenn., on Black Oak Ridge and the Clinch River; founded by the U.S. government 1942, inc. as an independent city 1959. Boys and JoDee Messina. The daughter of tenant farmers, Miller grew up in Eastern Oregon Eastern Oregon is a geographical term that is generally taken to mean the area of the state of Oregon east of the Cascade Range, save the region around The Dalles and sometimes Klamath County. The area around Bend is considered to be Central Oregon rather than Eastern Oregon. . She made a name for herself performing on the fair circuit, where she became a frequent opener for national touring acts. "There's no place like Oregon," said Miller, who still prefers Springfield to Nashville. "The clean air, the trees. You walk outside, and there's beauty surrounding you. ... `This is home." Saturday's show will feature Miller and her Nashville backup band A backing band or backup band is a band which accompanies an artist at a live performance or on a recording. This can either be an established group or an ad hoc group assembled for the purpose. Such groups are often made up of session musicians. . The Knott Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) ., a local bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. favorite, will open the concert. Tickets are $14 general, $8 students, available through Fastixx, at the box office, at www.lydiamiller.com or from the Knott Bros. at 431-4448. CAPTION(S): Lydia Miller sings on Saturday. Homecoming concert |
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