By now you you have read Kim’s enchanting piece on this year’s MerleFest, now comes my take on MerleFest at 30. Rather than a blow by blow, I’ll go with some takeaways. Here now are mine for MerleFest’s 30th edition. […]
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MerleFest 2016 was bookended by something I had never experienced there before: car troubles. On Friday my battery died and on Sunday, after a full night of rain, I had a flat tire. While those inconveniences prevented me from catching […]
John Oates, Jason Crosby, James Nash and Niki Bluhm on one side of the Hillside Stage during the Eagles tribute that included nods to Prince and B.B. King.
Wearing the purple “retired” coat that he wore to win his Grammy Award it was a fitting piece of clothing to resurrect now for the Mike Farris and James Nash tribute to Prince by the Roseland Rhythm Revue.
James Nash helped kickstart the legendary set by the Mike Farris and The Roseland Rhythm Review at the Watson Stage at twilight on Friday night.
James Nash introduced Mike Farris to Merlefest several years ago at the Classic Album Hour and now returned as a guest on Mike Farris’ triumphant return on the Watson Stage.
The Hillside Stage at MerleFest is situated on an asphalt parking lot next to a classroom building on the Wilkesboro Community College campus. The lot itself gently slopes up in two directions until the pitch takes a 40 degree turn […]
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