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Still more MerleFest 2025 photos
Sarah Jarosz with I'm With Her at MerleFest 2025 - photo © Bryce LaFoon Here is another gallery of MerleFest 2025 photos which Bryce LaFoon shot this past weekend in N. Wilkesboro, NC. We will have the rest of his images tomorrow. Thanks Bryce!
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Bryan McDowell to Mountain Fever, with a new single
Mountain Fever Records has welcomed multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Bryan McDowell into the fold, and released a debut single, Hold Me Like I'm Leaving. Bryan has been a familiar feature in bluegrass for many years, spending several years with Claire Lynch, and recording with or writing for top artists like Molly
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A Hutto mandolin story
This story of the recovery of a long lost friend, Hutto #132, comes from prominent bluegrass mandolinist and instructor Scott Napier. It's a heartwarming report with which any instrument owner can empathize. It's often said that a singer is born with their voice, but instrumentalists get to choose their own. I've
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Alison Krauss & Union Station sets the bar for live acoustic music
Last night in Cary, NC, Alison Krauss & Union Station performed their sixth show out of 78 on a six-month tour in support of their new album, Arcadia. Bluegrass fans have been waiting 14 years for an album, and 10 years for a tour. The wait is finally over! With 27
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Burnin’ Vein from Michael Martin Murphey
Michael Martin Murphey - photo © Billy Curry Michael Martin Murphey, he of the 1975 mega-hits, Wildfire and Carolina in the Pines, has a new bluegrass single this month, taken from a poem called Burnin' Vein. Though not originally known as a bluegrass artist, Michael has moved in that direction in
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More MerleFest 2025 photos
Peter Rowan at MerleFest 2025 - photo © Bryce LaFoon Bryce LaFoon with Lightshifter Studio has shared a great many photos from this past weekend at MerleFest 2025, held annually in Wilkesboro, NC in memory of Doc Watson's son, Merle. It serves as a benefit for Wilkes Community College, who are
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Violet Hensley autobiography comes to Kindle
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Streneplukk — Neste Steg
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Early photos from MerleFest 2025
Woody Platt and Darren Shumaker at MerleFest 2025 - photo © Bryce Lafoon Bryce LaFoon is at MerleFest grabbing photos from the stage, and has shared...
The 10th annual Family Band Fest
The Purple Hulls at the 2025 Family Band Fest in Guthrie, OK - photo © Pamm Tucker Family Band Fest, a beloved annual celebration of bluegrass...
Listening To The Rain video from Bob Minner, John Meador and Rhonda Vincent
Billy Blue Records has put together a very nice music video for their current single with Bob Minner, a new arrangement of The Osborne Brothers...
Wilkes Acoustic Folk Society and MerleFest
The Wilkes Acoustic Folk Society has been involved with MerleFest since 2001, when the newly formed music club was invited by the festival committee to...
