Photo report from Rhythm & Roots Reunion

Chris Thile with Nickel Creek at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival – photo © Bryce Lafoon


Also running this past weekend was the Rhythm & Roots Reunion in Bristol, TN/VA, an all-genres festival that celebrates the blossoming of the very first recording of Appalachian folk music in Bristol back in 1927.

Bryce Lafoon of Lightshifter Studios shared this gallery of several of the more bluegrass adjacent acts.

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Bryce LaFoon

Bryce is a music and wedding photographer from Asheville, NC. He covers bluegrass events in the south east including, MerleFest, Earl Scruggs Fest, Bristol Rhythm and Roots, and Suwannee roots revival. When Bryce isn’t covering events, he spends his time in the North Carolina mountains with his wife and two boys going on little adventures.