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Mountains Of Music Homecoming

  • Bill Monroe’s Sons of Bluegrass at Mountains of Music Homecoming

    May 30, 2019 | by Richard Thompson

    It’s 23 years since Bill Monroe passed away, and over the years since there have been a few Blue Grass Boy reunions. However, they’re not commonplace. So, Jack Hinshelwood, The Director of the Crooked Road, has assembled five former Blue

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  • 2019 Mountains of Music Homecoming

    December 18, 2018 | by John Lawless

    Virginia's Crooked Road, a public/private partnership which utilizes the native folk music and culture of the Appalachian region as a draw for tourism, has announced a focus on the music of the early pioneers of bluegrass music for its 5th annual

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  • Mountains of Music launches this weekend

    June 5, 2018 | by John Lawless

    This Friday, June 8, marks the start of the 2018 Mountains Of Music Homecoming, an 8-day celebration of traditional mountain music and arts across southwestern Virginia. Communities all along The Crooked Road will be hosting music, dance, cultural and foodie

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  • Cultural event submissions open for 2018 Mountains of Music Homecoming

    November 10, 2017 | by John Lawless

    Virginia's Crooked Road organization has opened submissions for cultural events in the southwestern part of the state that would like to included in the offerings of their 2018 Mountains of Music Homecoming. The nine-day celebration of Appalachian arts and culture

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  • Sit A Spell with Jesse McReynolds

    June 8, 2017 | by Guest Contributor

    Here's another interview conducted by the folks at the Mountains of Music Homecoming celebration, set to kick off tomorrow across southwestern Virginia. Dozens of events will be hosted that celebrate the music, culture, cuisine, and folkways of the Appalachian region,

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  • 2017 Mountains of Music Homecoming events now online

    April 19, 2017 | by John Lawless

    The 2017 Mountains Of Music Homecoming, a 9-day string of musical and cultural events throughout southwestern Virginia, has posted a complete schedule online for June 9-17. The sheer number of goings-on associated with this series, including both free and ticketed affairs,

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  • Mountains of Music Homecoming 2017

    December 7, 2016 | by John Lawless

    Yesterday afternoon in Abingdon, VA, the The Crooked Road held a press conference at their Heartwood Center to announce the details of the 2017 Mountains of Music Homecoming. The Crooked Road is a public/private partnership between the state and local communities

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  • Young pickers reign at HoustonFest 2016

    June 13, 2016 | by John Lawless

    Felts Park in Galax, VA was the setting for the 2016 HoustonFest, the 5th annual celebration of the life and music of Houston Caldwell, a promising young banjo picker who died tragically in 2010 at 18 years of age. By

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  • Crooked Road releases live recordings from 2015 MOMH

    June 9, 2016 | by John Lawless

    The Crooked Road, Virginia's Heritage Music Trail, has released a set of live recordings captured during the 2015 Mountains of Music Homecoming, the first year of their 10 day traveling festival with concerts and folk arts demonstrations at more than

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  • Mountains of Music schedule released for 2016

    April 29, 2016 | by John Lawless

    The good people with Virginia's Crooked Road have released the schedule for their 2016 Mountains of Music Homecoming, a ten day series of concerts and festivals spread all across the southwestern part of the state celebrating all forms of mountain

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