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News
MerleFest 2009, presented by Lowe’s and slated for April 23-26, is proud to announce the line up for the event’s 22nd year. The following artists will join host Doc Watson on the campus of Wilkes Community College for a celebration of what Doc calls “traditional-plus” music—traditional, roots-oriented sounds of the Appalachian region, complemented by spontaneous jam sessions and musical collaborations not seen anywhere else: Doc Watson http://www.docsguitar.com/ Richard Watson Susana and Timmy Abell http://www.timmyabell.com/ The Alberti Flea Circus http://albertifleacircus.com/ Angel Band http://www.angelband.net/ Banknotes Buffalo Barfield http://www.buffalobarfield.com Bearfoot http://www.bearfootbluegrass.com/ BeauSoleil http://www.rosebudus.com/beausoleil/ Rory Block http://www.roryblock.com/ Blue Highway http://www.bluehighwayband.com/ Roy Book Binder http://www.roybookbinder.com/ Laura Boosinger http://www.lauraboosinger.com/ Bob Bovee and Gail Heil http://www.boveeheil.com/ Broken Wire http://www.brokenwireband.com/ David Bromberg http://www.davidbromberg.net/ Sam Bush http://www.sambush.com/ Cadillac Sky http://www.cadillacsky.net/ The Carolina Chocolate Drops http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com/ The Circuit Riders http://www.thecircuitriders.com/ Clack Mountain String Band http://www.clackmountain.com/ T. Michael Coleman http://www.tmichaelcoleman.com/Home.html The John Cowan Band http://johncowan.com/site.php Dailey & Vincent http://www.daileyvincent.com/ The Dixie Beeliners http://www.dixiebeeliners.com/ Donna The Buffalo http://www.donnathebuffalo.com/ Pat Donohue http://www.patdonohue.com/ Robert Dotson The Duhks http://www.duhks.com/ The Farewell Drifters http://thefarewelldrifters.com/ Benton Flippen Band Full Throttle Bluegrass Band http://www.fullthrottlebluegrass.com/index.cfm Rayna and Dan Gellert http://www.rayna.utopiandesign.com/ The Grascals http://www.grascals.com/ The Gravy Boys http://www.gravyboys.com/ Great Big Sea http://www.greatbigsea.com/ The Greencards http://www.thegreencards.com/ Mitch Greenhill http://www.thegreencards.com/ George Hamilton IV http://www.georgeiv.net/home.html Emmylou Harris http://www.emmylouharris.com/ Wayne Henderson http://www.waynehenderson.org/Wayne/AboutWayne.htm Violet Hensley http://www.oldtimeherald.org/archive/back_issues/volume-9/9-5/violet_hensley.html Willette Hinton and Family Jimmy “Duck” Holmes http://www.arts.state.ms.us/folklife/artist.php?dirname=holmes_jimmy David Holt http://www.davidholt.com/ Sierra Hull and Highway 111 http://www.sierrahull.com/ The InterACTive Theater of Jef http://jefthemime.com/index.shtml Phil Jamison http://www.oldtimeherald.org/dare-to-be-square/index.html The Kruger Brothers http://www.krugerbrothers.com/ Jim Lauderdale http://www.jimlauderdale.com/ Jack Lawrence http://www.jacklawrence.com/ Mark Lippard http://www.marklippard.com/ Jeff Little http://www.jefflittle.net/ The Local Boys The Lovell Sisters http://www.lovellsistersband.com/ Doug MacLeod http://www.doug-macleod.com/ Andy May http://www.andymay.com/bio/ Del McCoury Band http://www.delmccouryband.com/ Tift Merritt http://tiftmerritt.com/ Mountain Heart http://www.mountainheart.com/ Nashville Bluegrass Band http://www.keithcase.com/profiles/Nash/bio.html The Neighbors http://www.myspace.com/theneighborspage New North Carolina Ramblers Ollabelle http://www.ollabelle.net/index.cfm Out on the Ocean Polecat Creek http://www.polecatcreek.net/ Missy Raines and the New Hip http://www.missyraines.com/ Loretta and Lindsay Rice Tony Rice http://www.tonyrice.com/ The Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band http://www.peter-rowan.com/ Patrick Sauber Martha Scanlan http://www.marthascanlan.com/ Scythian http://www.scythianmusic.com/ Anne and Pete Sibley http://www.anneandpetesibley.com/home.html Joe Smothers Spring Creek Bluegrass Band http://www.springcreekbluegrassband.com/ The SteelDrivers http://www.steeldrivers.net/ Rodney Sutton Patrick Sweany http://www.patricksweany.com/ Tut Taylor http://webpages.charter.net/tutbro/ Joe Thompson Tom, Brad and Alice http://www.tombradalice.com/ Happy Traum http://www.happytraum.com/ Mac and Jenny Traynham http://macandjenny.blogspot.com/ Travis Tritt and Jerry Douglas http://www.travistritt.com/site.php and http://www.jerrydouglas.com/ The Waybacks http://www.waybacks.com/ WCC Child Development Singers Pete and Joan Wernick http://www.drbanjo.com/ Wilkes Acoustic Folk Society Tony Williamson http://www.mandolincentral.com/ The Zephyr Lightning Bolts http://www.noneoftheabove.net/ZLB/index.htm “MerleFest is known for surprises and special moments,” comments Festival Director Ted Hagaman. “We still have a couple of things in the works, so we encourage MerleFest fans to keep checking our website (http://www.merlefest.org/) for updates to our talent line up.” |
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