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Photo report from Rhythm & Roots Reunion

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Bristol Rhythm & Roots Revival

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.

Sierra Hull at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Sierra Hull Band at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Sierra Hull at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Sierra Hull Band at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Sierra Hull at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Sierra Hull at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Sierra Hull at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Sierra Hull at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Sierra Hull Band at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Sierra Hull at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
AJ Lee at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Jan Purat with AJ Lee & Blue Summit at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
AJ Lee at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Jan Purat with AJ Lee & Blue Summit at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
AJ Lee at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Scott Gates with AJ Lee & Blue Summit at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Sullivan Tuttle with AJ Lee & Blue Summit at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Chris Thile with Nickel Creek at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Chris Thile and Sean Watkins with Nickel Creek at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Sarah Watkins with Nickel Creek at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Sarah Watkins with Nickel Creek at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Chris Thile with Nickel Creek at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Chris Thile with Nickel Creek at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Sara Watkins with Nickel Creek at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Sean Watkins with Nickel Creek at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Sara Watkins with Nickel Creek at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Chris Thile with Nickel Creek at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Sara Watkins with Nickel Creek at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Sean Watkins with Nickel Creek at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Chris Thile with Nickel Creek at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Red shoes and special socks for Sara Watkins with Nickel Creek at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Chris Thile with Nickel Creek at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Marty Stuart at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Marty Stuart at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Marty Stuart at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Marty Stuart with Clarence White's Tele at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Marty Stuart at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon
Native fans enjoy the music at the 2023 Rhythm & Roots Revival - photo © Bryce Lafoon

About the Author

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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.

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