My wife and I first drove up the steep hill to the top of the Wilkes Community College campus in late April of 2003. We had heard of the groundbreaking music festival known as MerleFest several years earlier, but now we […]
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Welcome to a brand new No Depression column looking at Americana radio and the people behind the microphones who pick the music we hear. I’ve been in and around radio for many years and have met a lot of DJs […]
The Merlefest organizers in Wilkesboro recently announced performers for 2015. And, of the new bands added to the lineup of the illustrious festival, none is more deserving than Mipso. This Chapel Hill, NC-based group made a name for themselves while […]
The producers of this new compilation remind us that with all the trouble would-be categorizers have had trying to peg Doc Watson as a folk, country, bluegrass or even (if they know their Doc history) rockabilly musician, they generally fail […]
“We got microphones of all kinds here,” declares Doc Watson. “This one must be the tape recorder mike.” It’s a right clever way to begin this document of the legendary blind singer/guitarist’s first solo engagement. Recorded over four weeks in […]
Doc Watson may have recorded for many labels over the years, but the folks at Vanguard Records have wisely recognized their cut of the pie (from 1963 to 1971) as some of Watson’s most seminal work. As a result, they’ve […]
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