Tag : Hillside Album Hour

MERLEFEST 2025

MerleFest 2025: The Usual Suspects

Nancy Posey
All the planning leading up the MerleFest brings a balance of new artists and regular favorites to the four-day festival in Wilkesboro, NC, established 37 years ago by Doc Watson in memory of his son Merle. Now held on a dozen stages across the Wilkes Community College campus, the festival......
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MERLEFEST 2024: SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS

Nancy Posey
Saturday at MerleFest poses a challenge for festival-goers with a bad case of FOMO: At any given time slot, several stages beckon. With a choice of either seeing MerleFest favorite performers one more time or checking out some of the new acts on the lineup, the only guarantee is good......
MERLEFEST 2023

DAY 3 OF MERLEFEST 2023: BLUE SKIES

Nancy Posey
Festival-goers still needed the rain boots to navigate the mud, but the sun came out on Saturday. The annual tradition, the Waybacks’ Hillside Album Hour, means that people start staking out spots early in the day in preparation for the the California band’s cover of a classic album each year,......