The indoor version of the TransAtlantic Sessions proved to be very enjoyable with a bit more energy than the outdoor version on the Watson Stage. The other lead singers for the TransAtlantic Sessions stepped up to be a very fine […]
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Peter Rowan brought out some good friends for his Traditional Tent performance that was marred a bit by the helicopter arrival of the Zac Brown Acoustic Band and some sound bleed through from the Watson Stage. Otherwise, a really enjoyable […]
The Kruger Brothers, MacMaster clan, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives coupled with headliner’s the Zac Brown Band, who flew in by helicopter, proved to draw a huge crowd for Merlefest.
All sorts of festival head gear at Merlefest this year.
The late morning set by the Kruger Brothers had what looked like eighty percent of the audience with a very good hat.
Tift Merritt debuted a new tune for the times we find ourselves in the midst of called “My Boat” that got a huge ovation at the end. The tune is adapted from a poem by Raymond Carver and is on […]
Without missing a beat during an equipment malfunction Tift Merrett and Alexandra Sauser-Monnig just went out to the edge of the stage lip and performed the song with lung power alone sans a vocal mic. Have never seen that done […]
Saturday afternoon turned the heat on in the hill country of North Carolina so the movement of the sun in the sky moved the shade areas on the Hillside Stage.
Peter Rowan, Alison Brown and John Doyle in the midst of the Compass Records “jam” did a tribute to Doc Watson that Peter Rowan wrote when he heard the news that Doc had passed.
The Merlefest Veteran’s Jam went on without Jerry Douglas but still brought the crowd to their feet with a great “seat of the pants” vibe.
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