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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Exciting Rootsy Americana Quintet Making Long’s Park Stop July 11, 2010 on the Way to Newport Folk Festival.

LANCASTER, PA -- The Felice Brothers, the exciting folk rock quintet who’ll be appearing again this year to the heralded Newport Folk Festival, are coming to Long’s Park July 11, 2010. The free performance of The Dave Matthews Band openers is part of the 2010 Long’s Park Summer Music Series. The evening will begin Sunday at 7:30 pm.

Sponsoring The Felice Brothers’ appearance at Long’s Park will be the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design.

Certainly a group on the rise, The Felice Brothers infuse their rustic Americana country and roots music with a tinge of a Louisiana accent. This is quite a surprising twist for a band that hails from the Catskill Mountains of New York.

This ubiquity has attracted a world following for the group. Their “Yonder Is The Clock” album captured BBC Music’s 2009 Country Album of the Year. London’s The Guardian seconded that nod by declaring The Felice Brothers “among the most exciting prospects in rootsy American music.”

Two Felice brothers — Ian and James — form the core of The Felice Brothers. Ian is the main vocalist and plays guitar and piano. James contributes vocals and tickles the ivory on accordion, organ and piano. Bass guitarist Christmas, washboard player Greg Farley and fiddler and drummer Dave Turbeville round out the quintet.

The 48th annual Long’s Park Summer Music Series is produced and underwritten by the Long’s Park Amphitheater Foundation. The 13 weeks of award-winning, live performances are presented free of charge at Long’s Park, thanks to generous sponsors, private donors and proceeds of the Labor Day weekend Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival. Season sponsors are Pennsylvania College of Art & Design and Susquehanna Bank. Season media sponsors are WARM 103 and 96.1 WSOX. Weather sponsor is WGAL-TV News 8. Building sponsor is Wickersham Construction and Engineering, Inc.

Partial funding has been provided through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA), a state agency funded by an annual state appropriation and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PCA supplies funding to nonprofit, tax-exempt corporations, a unit of government or a school district with arts programming or services in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Long’s Park concertgoers are invited to bring picnics, blankets and lawn chairs to the park. A selection of food purveyors will also be in the park, offering a complete meal’s worth of family foods and desserts. Long’s Park is an alcohol-free park.

Long’s Park is conveniently located at 1441 Harrisburg Pike in Lancaster, just off Route 30 across from Park City Center. All events are free of charge and held rain or shine, except in the case of dangerously inclement weather.

Additional information and links to musical previews of Long’s Park’s performers can be found at www.longspark.org or on Facebook. For details on corporate sponsorships of the Long’s Park Summer Music Series and to learn how to make individual and corporate contributions, contact the Long’s Park Amphitheater Foundation at www.longspark.org.