The Isaacs, a multi-award winning family group will bring its country and bluegrass gospel music to the Bowlus Fine Arts Center Saturday.
The 6 p.m. concert is the next in the Southeast Kansas Christian Artist Series. Tickets are available for $15 for orchestra seating and $12 for balcony. Student tickets are available in the balcony for $6 apiece.
Tickets can be purchased by calling 365-7496.
The Isaacs — Mother Lily and her children Ben, Sonya and Rebecca — are based out of LaFollette, Tenn., just outside Knoxville.
The members play their own acoustic instruments and utilize a tight, family harmony certain to appeal to a variety of audiences.
In their 30-year history, the Isaacs have played a wide assortment of venues. They sing frequently at the Grand Ole Opry and are active members on the Gaither Homecoming Videos and Concert Series. They’ve played in front of packed auditoriums and arenas around the world, as well as at various sporting events and political rallies.
Lily Isaacs is a vocalist and matriarch of the group. She was born in Germany after World War II to two Jewish Holocaust survivors and moved to the United States when she was 2.
She became a Christian in 1971 when a death in the family brought her to church for the first time. That night, she began singing Christian music and helped build the foundation of the Isaacs ministry.
Siblings Ben, Sonya and Rebecca all sing and play different instruments. Ben, the oldest, sings and plays upright bass on stage. He spends much of his off time in the studio producing and playing bass on numerous other artists’ albums including Merle Haggard, George Jones, a Jimmy Martin Tribute Project and Cherry Holmes, and has received five Grammy nominations for the
latter two artists.
Sonya, also living near Nashville, is newly married to Jimmy Yeary, and is the middle daughter and mandolin player and vocalist. Rebecca, the youngest sister, sings and plays guitar and resides in LaFollette with husband John Bowman and their children, Levi and Jakobi.
The Isaacs have made frequent guest appearances on many other artists records including Dolly Parton, Trace Adkins, Brad Paisley, Paul Simon, Vince Gill, Randy Owen, Trisha Yearwood, Ralph Stanley and Mark Lowry.
Their Saturday performance is the first time The Isaacs will have performed in Iola.
