Tag : Sam Bush Band

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......
FESTIVALS MERLEFEST 24

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,......
Sam Bush Band
LIVE MUSIC REVIEW

SAM BUSH BAND WITH TRAVELIN’ MCCOURYS@MARATHON MUSIC WORKS

Nancy Posey
While many Nashvillians attended Titans playoff watch parties on Saturday night, January 11, music fans packed the house at Marathon Music Works to see the Sam Bush Band, along with the Travelin’ McCourys, who opened the evening.  Ronnie McCoury, son of the famed Del McCoury, took the stage and announced......