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After a two-year hiatus, Athens Hamfest will return to the Athens Community Center, 701 East State Street, Sunday from 8 a.m. to noon.

The North Mississippi Allstars never miss the opportunity to play the Crystal Bay Casino. But due to the Covid mess, Friday’s Crown Room appearance will be its first since February 2019. That 2 hours and 40 minutes hoedown ended with Cody playing bass, Luther shifting his arms like a robot as he played drums and bass player “The Bayou Buddha” Carl Dufrene soloing on Luther’s guitar.

For steel-string slingers transitioning to nylon.

ST. PETERSBURG — Renowned Louisiana Cajun-blues guitarist Tab Benoit is on tour, bringing live music back to the world in socially-distanced performances. Benoit will perform Sunday, Jan. 31, at Jannus Live, 200 First Ave. N., St. Petersburg. Gates will open at 6 p.m. and the show will get underway at 7 p.m. Tickets are $50 a person for adults 21 and older. Call 727-565-0550 or visit www.jannuslive.com/event/tab-benoit. The St. Pete show will kick off Benoit’s winter-spring tour and w...

Where wasn’t the presence of Phil Irwin felt in Rappahannock County? A constant of virtually all proceedings of the Rappahannock County community and government, cherished innkeeper of Caledonia Farm – 1812, founding member of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, regional director of the Virginia Farm Bureau, committee member for both Rappahannock County Farmland Preservation and the Agricultural Forestal District, Rappahannock tourism advisory member — for 25 years chief...