If you are a fan of tasty food and eclectic tunes, you won’t want to miss the Texas Pete 2015 Culinary Arts Festival, which kicks off tonight (Friday, Sept. 18) through Sunday, Sept. 20, in downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Tickets on sale for first Brewster Walk featuring in Martinsville, Va., set for Oct. 10
Brewster Walk, a craft beer festival featuring live music is set for Saturday, Oct. 10, on East Church Street in front of the historic Rives Theatre in Uptown Martinsville,Virginia.
Brewster Walk will feature Parkway Brewery, among more than a dozen craft breweries, each of which will have multiple beers on tap at the festival, and musical performances from The Chris Duarte Group, Wild Ponies and Junto. Continue reading
Jarekus Singleton, Devon Allman, Mandolin Orange, Donna the Buffalo and Peter Rowan among acts coming to Rives Theatre
Before heading to the Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion on the Virginia/Tennessee border this weekend, Delta blues sensation Jarekus Singleton is making a stop with his full band in uptown Martinsville, Virginia, to perform in the historic Rives Theatre.
On Huffington Post: Labor Day Weekend provides variety of opportunities to discover new music, help struggling communities
Tired of listening to the same old music? Make plans to attend Front Porch Fest at the Spirit Haven Farm in Stuart, Virginia, over Labor Day weekend and you’ll not only be exposed to some new tunes, you’ll be helping out a struggling community. Continue reading
Don’t confuse 75th Annual National Folk Festival headliner Dale Watson’s music with today’s country
Fans of Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash and Sturgill Simpson are in for a treat at this weekend’s 75th annual National Folk Festival in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina. The free outdoor event features performances and demonstrations on seven outdoor stages by more than 300 of the nation’s craftspeople, dancers and musicians, including country music maverick Dale Watson, who is set to perform his unique mix of Texas swing, rockabilly and honky tonk tunes for the first time in the Piedmont, tonight at 8 on the Wrangler Stage stage, Saturday at 8:30 p.m. on the Belk Stage and a Sunday workshop at 2:15 p.m.
But don’t confuse Watson with country music, at least not by today’s standards. “You can easily guess who my influences are listening to my music,” he said in a recent phone interview. “Today’s country influences come from boy bands. They have more in common with Madonna.”
Fourth annual WhoDat Festival to feature FloydFest ‘On The Rise’ bands on Saturday, Aug. 15
If you attended (or missed) FloydFest 14, you won’t want to miss the fourth annual WhoDat Festival, featuring North Carolina musicians. That’s because a number of FloydFest’s On the Rise (OTR) bands are performing on Saturday, Aug. 15, just east of downtown Greensboro. Continue reading
Five songs that prove Caleb Caudle should be the next Jason Isbell
If you haven’t heard of Caleb Caudle, just wait. You will. The recent success of alt-country darling Jason Isbell’s rock-folk-country-chart topping album, “Something More Than Free,” gives similar artists like Caudle hope that they too can break out and that their genre-defying music can be heard by the masses. Continue reading
Hiss Golden Messenger to headline Flow Honda’s ‘Sunset Thursdays’ free show on Thursday, Aug. 13, at Bailey Park in Wake Forest Innovation Quarter
Building on the success of the inaugural concert event in June, Flow Honda and Phuzz Phest will present the second volume of “Sunset Thursdays,” its free community concert series on Thursday, Aug. 13, at Bailey Park in the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The June event drew more than 600 attendees, according to organizers.
Seventh annual Front Porch Fest promises new music for Labor Day weekend in Stuart, Virginia
Tired of listening to the same old music? Make plans to attend Front Porch Fest at the Spirit Haven Farm in Stuart, Virginia, over Labor Day weekend and you’ll not only be exposed to some new tunes, you’ll be helping out a struggling community. Continue reading
Steve Earle and the Dukes to headline 15th Bristol Rhythm and Roots Festival in September
Do you have plans to attend this year’s Bristol Rhythm and Roots Festival in the Birthplace of Country Music (BCM)?
BCM, the parent organization of Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, has a stellar lineup of artists for the 15th annual festival including headliner Steve Earle and the Dukes. The three-day music celebration honoring Bristol’s unique music history as the site of the legendary 1927 Bristol Sessions will be held Sept. 18-20, 2015, in historic downtown Bristol, Tennessee/Virginia. Continue reading
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