The 20th annual Charlie Poole Festival will honor Rockingham County resident and Grammy-winning legendary guitarist Tony Rice with this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The event will be held June 12-13 at Governor Morehead Park, 422 Church St., in Eden, North Carolina. You can find a schedule here. Continue reading
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Colorado-Based Yonder Mountain String Band’s Grass Is Not Blue
Colorado-based Yonder Mountain String Band doesn’t want to be associated with grass — blue, new or probably any other. Continue reading
Steep Canyon Rangers, Marty Stuart headline fifth HoustonFest on May 1-2 in Galax, Va.
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
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!!
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
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?
Rooster Walk 7 adds five more bands to lineup including Donna the Buffalo, PBR
Rooster Walk Music and Arts Festival has added five more bands to its already impressive lineup for Rooster Walk 7 set for May 21-14 at Pop’s Farm in Axton, Va. The acts are MerleFest and FloydFest favorites Donna the Buffalo as well as the People’s Blues of Richmond, Stop Light Observations, The Congress and Anthony Rosano & The Conqueroos. Continue reading
Seven questions with bluegrass master Tim O’Brien of Hot Rize, Earls of Leicester fame
In anticipation of Tim O’Brien’s Thursday appearance at the Rives Theatre in uptown Martinsville, Va.
Tim O’Brien has been called a lot of things throughout his musical career, which spans more than four decades: newgrass, bluegrass, singer, songwriter, mandolin aficionado.
He has been called a lot of things because, well, he does a lot of things.
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Dwight Yoakam to make first appearance at MerleFest 2015, Steep Canyon Rangers and Shannon Whitworth also added
MerleFest fans: If you have never seen Dwight Yoakam perform live, you are in for a treat at this year’s festival! The good folks over in Wilkesboro just announced that Yoakam will be performing on the Watson stage for the first time. The festival is also welcoming banjo-songstress Shannon Whitworth and perennial faves and N.C. natives Steep Canyon Rangers, who are also schedule to perform at Rooster Walk 7 over Memorial Day weekend in Axton, Va. Continue reading
Drive-By Truckers, Leftover Salmon, Shovels and Rope, Greensky Bluegrass and Sam Bush announced among FloydFest 14 initial lineup
FLOYD, Va. — On the heels of MerleFest’s initial lineup announcement comes one from FloydFest. “Fire on the Mountain,” otherwise known as FloydFest 14, will return to the 170.5 milepost of Blue Ridge Parkway on July 22 to 26, 2015, with a renaissance of thick, rich newgrass, Americana and rock, according to organizers. Continue reading
