Tiina Adair began singing at the age of three. Everyone who heard her voice knew she had found her calling. At five, her mom showed her three chords on the guitar and her love for stringed instruments blossomed. She now plays banjo, fiddle, bass, piano and her signature instrument, the mandolin. Tina soon joined her family band, Bluegrass Edition and in 1996 they won the prestigious “International Pizza Hut Showdown” in Owensboro, KY.
As a result of this award, Tina Adair and the Adairs (a new name for a new era) signed with Sugar Hill Records. Tina’s first album, Just You Wait & See, was released in September of 1997 and featured Chris Thile, Bryan Sutton, Aubrey Haynie, Viktor Krauss, Charlie Cushman, Keith Little, and Alan O’Bryant and was produced by Jerry Douglas. The record received rave reviews and exposed Tina to a national audience. The album sold in excess of twenty thousand copies climbed to the top ten on the Americana charts. The success of this album culminated in Tina being nominated four times for SPBGMA “female vocalist of the year” and twice for the IBMA “female vocalist of the year” second round.
After a successful four year run with Sugar Hill, Tina decided to leave the label to pursue an education in music business at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. However, her passion for making music still ran deep and by the end of 2000, she had completed her second, and equally well-received album, All You Need.
Now, after years of preparation, Tina has decided to take her love for performing to a new level. She is introducing an incredible new band, simply titled The Tina Adair Band. It is a group of musicians who admire and understand Tina’s songs, and the way she sings them. The band is in the process of completing its first album and by all indications, bluegrass audiences will be so very glad to have Tina back.
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Tiina Adair began singing at the age of three. Everyone who heard her voice knew she had found her calling. At five, her mom showed her three chords on the guitar and her love for stringed instruments blossomed. She now plays banjo, fiddle, bass, piano and her signature instrument, the mandolin. Tina soon joined her family band, Bluegrass Edition and in 1996 they won the prestigious “International Pizza Hut Showdown” in Owensboro, KY.
As a result of this award, Tina Adair and the Adairs (a new name for a new era) signed with Sugar Hill Records. Tina’s first album, Just You Wait & See, was released in September of 1997 and featured Chris Thile, Bryan Sutton, Aubrey Haynie, Viktor Krauss, Charlie Cushman, Keith Little, and Alan O’Bryant and was produced by Jerry Douglas. The record received rave reviews and exposed Tina to a national audience. The album sold in excess of twenty thousand copies climbed to the top ten on the Americana charts. The success of this album culminated in Tina being nominated four times for SPBGMA “female vocalist of the year” and twice for the IBMA “female vocalist of the year” second round.
After a successful four year run with Sugar Hill, Tina decided to leave the label to pursue an education in music business at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. However, her passion for making music still ran deep and by the end of 2000, she had completed her second, and equally well-received album, All You Need.
Now, after years of preparation, Tina has decided to take her love for performing to a new level. She is introducing an incredible new band, simply titled The Tina Adair Band. It is a group of musicians who admire and understand Tina’s songs, and the way she sings them. The band is in the process of completing its first album and by all indications, bluegrass audiences will be so very glad to have Tina back.
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