GALAX, Va. — Didn’t get enough of Steep Canyon Rangers or Blue Highway at MerleFest 2015? Well, you’re in luck because both bluegrass bands are back in the Piedmont on May 1-2, this time performing at the fifth annual HoustonFest along with Marty Stuart, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Sierra Hull and The Church Sisters, among others. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Blue Ridge Music Center 2015 Concert Season to include Steep Canyon Rangers, Della Mae, Marty Raybon, Steel Wheels and The Lee Boys, among others
Steep Canyon Rangers, Della Mae, Marty Raybon, Steel Wheels and The Lee Boys are just a few of the acts scheduled to appear as part of the Blue Ridge Music Center‘s 2015 Summer Concert Season. In addition, visitors can sit back and listen to regional traditional music each day of the week being played by local Mid-Day Mountain Musicians on the breezeway of the visitors center from noon to 4 p.m.
Old Crow Medicine Show, Sturgill Simpson to perform Saturday, May 2, at Koka Booth in Cary, N.C.
Fans of Old Crow Medicine Show and Sturgill Simpson are in for a treat at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 2, at the Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary, N.C. Simpson is opening for the group with North Carolina ties that just won best folk album from the Grammys for “Remedy.” And Simpson, the Kentucky singer-songwriter crossover artist, just wrapped up performances at Cali’s Coachella AND Stagecoach music festivals. Advance tickets are $35 for lawn seats and can be purchased online here. Continue reading
Tickets available tonight at the theatre for Yarn + Shilling
Rooster Walk fans know this is going to be a great show that you won’t want to miss!
We’ll be selling our remaining tickets for Yarn with Josh Shilling at the box office window of the Rives. You can also buy tickets online from THIS LINK. Sorry, but season passes are not accepted for this show.
The Rooster Walk folks will be out in force for this one, selling discounted weekend passes to the festival and even giving away a couple tickets! You don’t want to miss it!
Doors to the theatre will open at 8 p.m., and music will start at 9 p.m. There is no opener, so Yarn+Shilling hits the stage at 9. All seating is first-come, first-served! Bring your party shoes!!
Five Questions with The Avett Brothers at MerleFest
WILKESBORO, N.C. — The Avett Brothers, Concord, North Carolina’s favorite musical sons, hit the stage at MerleFest tonight. Members of the folk rock band are no strangers to the Americana festival that has helped kick off the outdoor music season for 28 years — or to its founder, the legendary flat-picker Doc Watson. Today’s appearance is the group’s seventh at MerleFest since 2004 and their second since Watson died in 2012. At a festival press conference this afternoon which was broadcast live using VisitNC‘s Periscope, Twitter’s new livestreaming app, band members — Seth and Scott Avett along with Bob Crawford and Joe Kwon — talked about coming home to their favorite North Carolina barbecue, sustainable farming in Cabarrus County, how they plan to carry on the Watson legacy and what MerleFest means to them.
Rain, The Avett Brothers and The Waybacks’ Hillside Album Hour promise to be MerleFest highlights on Saturday, April 25
WILKESBORO, N.C. — It wouldn’t be MerleFest if it didn’t rain. And unfortunately, after two gorgeous spring days of making music and memories at the 28th annual Americana music festival on the Wilkes Community College campus deep in the Blue Ridge Mountain foothills, the forecast is calling for just that all day Saturday. But don’t let the weathermen (and women) deter you from heading out to what promises to be another day full of musical surprises and more. Continue reading
Come out to MerleFest on Friday, April 24, to hear The Marshall Tucker Band, The Earls of Leicester, Sam Bush, Kruger Brothers, Chatham County Line, among many others
WILKESBORO, N.C. – MerleFest organizers have put together yet another great lineup for Friday, April 23, to make more music and memories with performances by The Marshall Tucker Band, Jim Lauderdale and North Mississippi Allstars, The Earls of Leicester, the Del McCoury Band performing songs of Woody Guthrie, Sam Bush Band, Bruce Robinson and Kelly Willis, The Kruger Brothers, Spinney Brothers, Chatham County Line, Mipso, Ballie & The Boys, The Honeycutters, among many others. Continue reading
MerleFest kicks off on Thursday, April 23, with Scythian, LeeAnn Womack, Bela Fleck, Abigail Washburn, Hot Rize and Trampled by Turtles
It appears that music festival season has snuck up on me and maybe you, as well. While AC/DC and Sturgill Simpson played at Coachella last weekend, Phuzz Phest in Winston-Salem, N.C., kicked off the 2015 season with an amazing, three-day lineup that featured an array of bands that attracted even the likes of me. While everything I heard was good (I can appreciate good music even if it’s not always my favorite genre), some of my favorites were the North Carolina acts including Caleb Caudle, The Genuine, Estrangers, Tyler Nail and Mac McCaughan. Continue reading
Know how to throw a hammer or cut some grass? Earn a free ticket to Rooster Walk 7
I know you want to go to Rooster Walk 7. Who doesn’t? But wouldn’t you like to go for free? Who doesn’t like free?
Trading Tobacco and Textiles for Live Music and Award-Winning Films
If you can point out Winston-Salem on a map, it’s most likely as the home of the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons, R.J. Reynolds, Hanes and Sara Lee. Continue reading
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