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LEAD, SD - Two troubadours are riding into Lead for a special afternoon of contemporary cowboy music at the Homestake Opera House on Sunday, September 20th, 2015. The Homestake Opera House is presenting Kerry Grombacher and Aspen Black in concert beginning at 2:00 p.m. Their songs draw vivid portraits and tell fascinating stories that are set in the Western landscape, where they?ve worked and traveled with cowboys and Indians, ranchers and rodeo riders, outfitters and chuckwagon cooks, and lawmen and lawbreakers. ?It?s a real treat to bring our cowboy songs to the Homestake Opera House? said songwriter Kerry Grombacher recently. ?The songs that Aspen and I write reflect the tremendous variety of experience in the regions where we?ve worked and traveled, and it?s going to be fun to share them in Lead. I?ve enjoyed performing in Hot Springs, Custer, Hill City, and Custer State Park over the past thirteen years, and I know that Aspen and I are looking forward to our Sunday afternoon concert at the Homestake Opera House.? Kerry Grombacher plays guitar and mandolin, writes contemporary western songs, and tours nationally for concerts and writing workshops. His songs have been featured on the ABC-TV adventure travel show, ?Born to Explore,? on their program about the Black Hills and the annual Buffalo Round Up at Custer State Park, and on a recent Putumayo World Records CD, ?Cowboy Playground,? that was released in over 60 countries. In the course of his nationwide tours, Kerry Grombacher has sung his songs on stages as varied as the Newport Folk Festival (Newport, RI), Cowboy Songs & Range Ballads (Cody, WY), the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering (Durango, CO). He has released five albums of original songs, and several of his tunes have been recorded by other artists. Originally from Kansas, he lived in Austin, Texas for almost thirty years, and now resides in New Orleans, where he refurbished his flooded house after Hurricane Katrina. Nalini Jones, of the Newport Folk Festival, says ?Kerry Grombacher is the best kind of songwriter, with lyrics that take us on journeys to places we?ve never visited before, and melodies so pure and true that they seem to rise up from the plains...? Aspen Black plays guitar, and she writes songs and poems that draw on her experiences training and showing horses in Oklahoma and Texas, riding the rodeo circuit, and traveling in the west. Aspen lived in Nashville for a time, and recorded two albums that rose on the country music radio charts, but now she devotes her talents to western music and poetry. Aspen Black?s ?Eastern-Western Cowgirl? is the Rural Roots Music Commission?s 2015 Female Country-Western CD of the Year, and her new cowboy poetry CD, ?Invisibility,? has made her a Top Five Nominee for the Western Music Association?s 2015 Female Poet of the Year. Her songwriting and singing, and her cowboy poetry, have earned her other award nominations, as well, from the Western Music Association, the Western Writers of America, and the Academy of Western Artists. Aspen Black has released five albums of original western music and poetry, and has performed at a list of festivals that includes the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering (Durango CO), the Georgia Cowboy Gathering (Franklin, Georgia), the Western Music Association?s annual festival (Albuquerque), and the Mountain Days Festival (Buena Vista, Virginia). Aspen is a champion barrel racer and all-around horsewoman who has won numerous awards, and she owns Buksbari Ranch, in Rocky Mount, Virginia, where she trains horses and coaches riders. She has just published the first in a series of books on horsemanship, ?Empowered Riding: The Guide for Recreational Horseback Riders.? Dick Shoemaker, of YNN-TV, in Franklin County, Virginia, says ?Aspen Black has the voice of an angel. I could listen to her sing all day, and just sit back and smile.? The Homestake Opera House is located at 313 West Main Street in Lead, South Dakota. The concert on Sunday, September 20th will begin at 2:00 p.m. Admission is $15 adults, $10 HHOH members, and $5 for those who are 17 or younger (with school identification). The ticket booth opens one hour prior to show time. You may purchase tickets in advance by calling 605-584-2067, or in person at the HHOH office at the back entrance on 308 Julius Street, Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For more information please visit www.leadoperahouse.org or phone 605-584-2067. About the HHOH: Free parking is available in front of the building on Main Street, behind the building and in the municipal parking lots, including the Visitor Center two blocks from the theater. The building is accessible for wheelchairs, and assisted listening devices are available. The HHOH theater is a non-profit organization dedicated to returning the building to productive use for the enrichment of the community and to provide educational and cultural opportunities for generations to come. Support is provided in part by the Adams Mastrovich Family Foundation, Mary Adams Balmat; and the City of Lead.