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 […]

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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.

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All sorts of festival head gear at Merlefest this year.

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The late morning set by the Kruger Brothers had what looked like eighty percent of the audience with a very good hat.

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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.

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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.

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