Thanks to Laura Tate Ridge for this fine gallery of photos from the Family Style Bluegrass Festival, held late last month at Willow Oak Park in Roxboro, NC.
Bluegrass festival/concert news
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Bluegrass Weather Report 5/11/13 – More ugly mandolins
Our Special Bluegrass Correspondent talks about the Doyle Lawson festival, and our Ugly Mandolin Competition.
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Grand Masters to remain in Nashville
For the past 7 years, the venerable Grand Masters Fiddler Championship has been held in Nashville during the IBMA World of Bluegrass week in late September. It had been hosted at the Opryland theme park from 1972 until it was left
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Dale Ann Bradley in Flat Rock
Bill Warren sent along this gallery of images from a Dale Ann Bradley concert he attended last month in Flat Rock, Michigan.
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Yet more MerleFest 2013 images
Here's another gallery of Andy Garrigue's photos from MerleFest 2013, this time focusing on The Avett Brothers and their flamboyant cellist, Joe Kwon. Andy shared these few words about their show. “While the attention is often focused on Scott and Seth
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Silver Dollar City adds Bluegrass Cruises
Silver Dollar City's Bluegrass & BBQ festival has added a new wrinkle for 2013. The annual mega-fest which runs continuously from May 9-27 in Branson, MO, will feature bluegrass lake cruises on their paddlewheel showboat, Branson Belle, May 24-26. Monroe Crossing will
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A Stars & Bars Reunion
It’s a good thing Joe Zauner was hungry one night while visiting his aunt and uncle 35 years ago. It cemented his place in bluegrass folklore. Zauner, a picker from the Washington D.C. suburbs, chose a western Maryland pizza shop that
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MerleFest photos from Andy Garrigue
Our 2013 MerleFest correspondent, Andy Garrigue, has sent along a number of image galleries from last weekend's event. First up is Sam Bush, with his band, and in the Doc Watson Tribute set, with a few shots of Chris Smither.
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MerleFest instrumental contest winners
Here are the winners from yesterday's (4/27) banjo and guitar competitions at MerleFest. Banjo 1st place - Steven Moore, Bethesda, OH 2nd place - Alex Edwards, Salisbury, NC 3rd place - Brandy Miller, West Jefferson, NC Guitar 1st place - Michael Ballard, Maiden, NC 2nd place -
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MerleFest 2013 is underway
MerleFest 2013 has one day under its belt, and our new photo-correspondent Andy Garrigue is on the ground in North Wilkesboro collecting images. We'll have much more from Andy throughout the weekend.