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MERLEFEST 2024 FULL LINEUP ANNOUNCED

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by Nancy Posey02943
December 4, 2023 (Wilkesboro, NC) Adding to the already stellar performers announced earlier, MerleFest has added a number of top-notch performers to the final lineup for MerleFest 2024. The festival, scheduled for April 25–28, will feature Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Larkin Poe, Lukas Nelson & POTR, Sierra Hull, and......

ARKANSAUCE & FIRESIDE COLLECTIVE: NASHVILLE’S ANALOG

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by Nancy Posey01698
The only thing better than a rollicking and intimate evening of entertainment from a high-energy bluegrass band at the Hutton Hotel’s Analog in Nashville is two such bands. On Wednesday, the band Arkansauce from—you guessed it—Arkansas joined was joined by Fireside Collective out of Asheville, North Carolina. The show marked......

MERLEFEST 2024 ANNOUNCES INITIAL LINEUP

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by Nancy Posey02160
Organizers for MerleFest, the annual music festival held at Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, NC, announced to day the initial lineup for next year’s even, scheduled for April 25–28, 2024. Going into its 36th year, MerleFest was founded by the music legend Doc Watson as a tribute to his son,......

EAST NASH GRASS & YONDER MOUNTAIN @3RD & LINDSLEY

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by Nancy Posey01289
One of the advantages to attending live shows in Nashville is that opening acts and guests stars often generate as much excitement as the featured performers. It’s a win-win for the audience and for the performers. Friday night’s show at 3rd & Lindsley was just such an experience. People had......

YOU GOT GOLD: PRINE CELEBRATION@RYMAN AUDITORIUM

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by Nancy Posey02566
If last year’s You Got Gold celebration of the life and music of John Prine felt like a night at the Grammys, this year’s show felt like a family reunion. Fiona Whelan Prine, sporting crutches this year, welcomed the crowd on what would have been the late singer-songwriter’s 77th birthday.......

WMOT’S AMERICANAFEST DAY STAGES@EASTSIDE BOWL

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by Nancy Posey01446
WMOT Roots Radio returned to the Wash at Eastside Bowl for three days of Americana Music. For Americana music fans, the venue offered the opportunity to see five sets each day without having to leave the premises–all with food, bowling, and free parking. Wednesday featured American songster Don Flemons, bluesman......

AMERICANA MUSIC AWARD: RYMAN AUDITORIUM

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by Nancy Posey01317
For people with a bad case of FOMO, Nashville’s annual AmericanaFest is enough to push them over the edge. With an official start on Tuesday, the annual festival and conference of the Americana Music Association (AMA) draws attendees from around the world—from musicians, songwriters, and producers, and engineers to publicists,......

SHELTON AND WILLIAMS: THE STATION INN

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by Nancy Posey01699
The saying “Two’s Company; three’s a crowd” may be true in some circumstances, but when long-time music and marriage partners Jeanette and Johnny Williams teamed up with Jay Shelton to form Shelton and Williams, three made a perfect combination. On Wednesday, September 13, the Danville, VA, trio was joined on......

PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS HOST A MONROE MANDOLIN CELEBRATION @ STATION INN

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by Nancy Posey02130
C.J. Lewandowski, spokeman for the band and a self-proclaimed mandolin geek, went all the way to Greece to procure his Loar mandolin, dubbed Zeus, its serial number just two past Monroe’s. Before the band opened for the first set, musicians lined up across the stage holding twelve vintage instruments. The......