May 8, 2012 - M. Ward supposedly isn't all that big on the live performance. At least that's what he indicated to a writer. But based on this outing, he was either pulling the reporter's leg or lying....
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April 29, 2012 - Sundays at MerleFest always offer up a healthy dose of spirituality in its musical form, and this year the surprise of the day was the Benedict College Gospel Choir.
An award winning black gospel...
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April 28, 2012 - Friday night at MerleFest pointed to the one thing people were talking about all day - would there be a reunion of New Grass Revival on the Watson stage? The elements were all in place, with Bela Fleck...
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April 28, 2012 - Saturday's MerleFest schedule has hinged around The Waybacks' "Hillside Album Hour" since its accidental inception a few years back; this year's candidate for the album to be...
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April 27, 2012 - MerleFest kicked into high gear on Friday with performances from the likes of Doc Watson, Tara Nevins and Steep Canyon Rangers.
The Americana stage hosted Asheville, N.C. act The Honeycutters early in...
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April 26, 2012 - MerleFest kicked off the 25th anniversary of the North Carolina music festival with a fine outing from Canadian band Deep Dark Woods on the main stage. Their brand of rootsy, Band-inspired Americana was a...
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April 18, 2012 - Trampled by Turtles have earned their fan base the old-fashioned way - through heavy touring. That's why the Duluth, Minn.-based often raucous bluegrass-based quintet was greeted by a sold-out...
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April 3, 2012 - The band name First Aid Kit doesn't exactly conjure up excitement. The name is not a head turner. Frankly, it's dull.
But in the case of this Swedish duo - sisters Klara and Johanna Soderberg...
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March 3, 2012 - Early on during the Carolina Chocolate Drops show, Rihannon Giddens asked the packed house how may of them were at a CCD for the first time. Based on the very large number of hands that punctuated the...
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March 1, 2012 - Joey Baron, one of the co-founders of the Boston Jewish Music Festival, told the crowd he had made good on a promise to himself from a years back. He knew he would bring Andy Statman and David Grisman to the festival....
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