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MERLEFEST 24

A Rookie’s Guide to MerleFest

Nancy Posey
by Nancy Posey0493
You’ve been promising yourself you’d make it to MerleFest for years. Now you’ve committed. You have your four-day pass (because who would want to miss a daylight?) Now what? WEATHER Expect all four seasons in one day. The end of April in the South is the epitome of fickleness. It......
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MERLEFEST 2024 ANNOUNCES INITIAL LINEUP

Nancy Posey
by Nancy Posey0502
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,......
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DAY 4 OF MERLEFEST 2023:

Nancy Posey
by Nancy Posey0447
Sunday morning at MerleFest each year begins with a Sunday morning devotional, this year led by Jeff Little Trio featuring gospel songs of Doc Watson, and Laura Boosinger offered a set of shape-note singing. Festival-goers got another chance to see the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, Mike Compton and Joe Newberry, and......
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Chris Castino and Chicken Wire Empire: Fresh Pickles

Nancy Posey
by Nancy Posey01228
Fresh Pickles, Chris Castino’s upcoming release with Chicken Wire Empire, is less a departure from his career with the jam band The Big Wu than a return to his earlier influences. Castino admits that when he started writing songs, he was new to bluegrass. He credits his heightened interest to......
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SAM BUSH TO PLAY AT MARATHON MUSIC WORKS

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by Nancy Posey0981
Sam Bush appears at Marathon Music Works on Saturday, January 11, with the Travelin’ McCourys, as part of his “Stop the Violence Tour.” The title song, cowritten with Jeff Black, is his first studio release since 2016. Bush told interviewers the song is “politically neutral” but expresses his concern about......