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The artist lineup includes local favorites Martha Bassett and Beirt le Chéile and Friends as well as acoustic blues artist Doug MacLeod and sacred steel artist DaShawn Hickman. DaShawn is a master of the sacred steel guitar, a gospel tradition where the lap and pedal steel guitar play a central role. Fiddle & Bow is excited to return to live shows and a celebration with Reynolda House. The relationship with Reynolda House started in the late 1980s and culminated in several festivals through...

The first Annual N.C. Guitar Celebration is coming to Brevard on June 4 at the Brevard Music Center and will include well-known players such as Jerry Douglas, Peter Rowan, Molly

The six-date event, which takes places this August, has been envisaged as an annual show, and aims to revive the "traditional touring blues festival" format

Nominations are open for the North Carolina Heritage Award, the state’s highest honor for traditional artists, until May 2. A program of the N.C. Arts Council, the Heritage Award honors

Jake Xerxes Fussells Good and Green Again sounds as if it might have been released any time over the last 50 years without aging a day.

BY TEJA GERKEN / Excerpted from the March 2007 Issue of Acoustic Guitar; reprinted in the  September/October 2020 issue of AG. In the history of the fingerstyle genre, John Renbourn is perhaps the most influential guitarist still actively performing. Whether as a solo artist, playing duets (most famously with Bert Jansch in the 1960s and later with Stefan…

A powerhouse singer, guitarist and road warrior, Ana Popović is one of the hardest-working artists on the contemporary blues scene. So it’s no surprise that, after a year of being

En 1994, en Caroline du Nord, un couple d’Américains, Denise et Tim Duffy, décide de créer une association pour venir en aide aux musiciens noirs dans le besoin. Ainsi, depuis plus de 25 ans, La "Mus…

Down on Copperline: The Freight Train’s Pulling Into Town Once More The Town of Carrboro’s annual Freight Train Blues Music Series honors the music, memory and legacy of legendary native daughter Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten, born there 128 years ago. But there will be a distinctly contemporary, circa-2021 feel to this year’s edition. One aspect is the obligatory nod to safety protocols because of the still-lingering virus pandemic. The five-show series will be all-virtual this year, br...

• 3 hours ago North Korea says it will skip the upcoming Summer Olympics in Tokyo, citing coronavirus concerns – a move that frustrates South Koreas hopes that the games might revive stalled peace talks between the bitter rivals. The decision to sit out the already delayed Tokyo Games means the Norths athletes will be a no-show at the Olympics for the first time since Pyongyang boycotted them in 1988, the year they were held in Seoul.