The Tumbling Tumbleweeds win best album at WMAs

THE TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS WIN BEST ALBUM AT THE WESTERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION AWARDS



Western Music group from Sierra Madre, CA., The Tumbling Tumbleweeds, Win Best Traditional Album by a Group Award at the Western Music Association Awards in Albuquerque, NM.



The Western Music Association announced the winners of their 2011 WMA Awards this past Saturday including one win for local Western Music stars, The Tumbling Tumbleweeds. The honor bestowed on the group was TRADITIONAL WESTERN ALBUM BY A DUO OR GROUP for their album, Blaze Across the West.



Band members, TUMBLEWEED ROB WOLFSKILL, BIG CADE PARENTI, CHRIS ACUFF, BABYFACE R.J. MILLS, DAN DUNGAN and JESSE OLEMA attended the Western Music Association Awards Show ceremony held at the historic KiMo Theater in Albuquerque, N.M. this past Saturday, November 19, 2011 in eager anticipation. The award for Best Album was presented by Colorado radio host and previous WMA Award winner, BARB RICHART.

Upon accepting their award, Band Leader ROB WOLFSKILL said, "I am so grateful to the brilliant gentlemen standing up here with me who have been my brothers for the past seven years and we would like to thank the amazing guest artists who lent their talents on this album. The brilliant Miss JEAN SUDBURY on fiddle, our good friend and equally amazing RIC STEINKE OF OPEN RANGE on Steel Guitar, the incredible GARY ALLEGRETTO on harmonica and OTONO LUJAN on accordion!"

Rob went on to say, "We worked on this album for a year. It was truly a labor of love with five of our original tunes on it so it means more than we can ever put into words to receive this incredible honor for our work. Thank you so very much!"


Blaze Across the West, released in October of 2010 hit #2 in its first appearance on the Top Twenty Cowboy / Western Music CDs' chart in The Western Way Magazine and also received glimmering reviews from music critics in publications such as American Cowboy Magazine, The Western Way Magazine, Big Sky Journal and even French music magazine, Cri Du Coyote. One of their original songs on Blaze Across the West and anthem to their home state aptly named, “California” also hit #1 on the Top Ten Western Songs chart in Rope Burns Magazine!”



This was The Tumbling Tumbleweeds' fourth nomination by the WMA and their third win. They also won top honors from the Academy of Western Artists for Western Music Group of the Year in 2008. They were nominated again last year for the 2010 Western Music Association Outstanding Entertainer-Group Award.



Blaze Across the West is available on CD at The Tumbling Tumbleweeds’ official website, www.thetumblingtumbleweeds.com , www.Amazon.com , www.CDBaby.com , and is also available via digital download on iTunes and at CDBaby.com.