The twang will return for 2021. MerleFest, the beloved Americana and bluegrass music festival founded by guitar legend Doc Watson, will be held this fall. The festival was sidelined in 2020 due to the ...

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MerleFest has been a mainstay on the music circuit since 1988. People flock to the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina each year to celebrate the music of the Appalachian region, ...

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MerleFest is back in its rightful place on the calendar. And boy, did that have the folks pickin’ and grinnin’ on a sun-splashed Thursday, the opening day of the four-day festival. COVID-19 shut down ...