More Merlefest coverage online
We found some more great Merlefest coverage online.
Cindy Baucom has posted a number of photos she took during the festival on her Knee Deep In Bluegrass blog. She has shots from stage shows, from backstage and some in the vendors’ area.
Tom Bibey has extensive Merlefest commentary available on his blog as well. Tom is a physician (now semi-retired) who also writes fiction, and is a bluegrass picker to boot.
His Merlefest posts primarily convey his impressions of the weekend’s events, including comments about two of our favorite bluegrass artists.
“Kristin Scott Benson shows she didn’t win the IBMA banjo player of the year just cause she’s young and a pretty face; the kid can burn up the five string. She not only blisters the breakdowns as well as any man alive, but plays the backup with uncommon sensitivity. Maybe it is from years of nurture, but women seem to know how to be supportive and make a man look better. I know my Marfar does. The Grascals are fine players, but Kristin sure did brighten up the stage when she joined the group.
I like a female in the mix. As Sierra said, bluegrass was once a boy’s club. I remember when it was that way, and the change is good. Why have a refrigerator limited to bologna and beer when it can be everything from tofu and casseroles to chops for the grill? “
Bibey has a book of bluegrass fiction in the works, The Mandolin Case, due for publication in 2010.
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If you weren't among the reported 76,000 in attendance at Merlefest last weekend, you can get a taste of the proceedings online. Our friend Ted Lehmann has dozens of photos posted on his blog, Bluegrass, Books, and Brainstorms.
Ted was on hand Tuesday through Sunday, and captured acts from the many...
Merlefest gets underway today. It's one of the biggest festivals in the country and many, if not most, of your favorite bluegrass acts will be performing at some point during the week.
If you're not there, but you'd like to know what's going on. Or, if you are there, but you'd like to know what's...
Merlefest 2007 begins this week. I'm sure this year will see another large crowd at the festival, but what about those of us that can't make it? Well this year, we can listen in online.
All week long mvyradio.com will be broadcasting all weekend long from the festival. Thursday through Sunday they...
CMT.com's Country Music Blog has just published Merlefest remembrances from three bluegrass artists. Rhonda Vincent, Blue Highway (Tim Stafford) and Sierra Hull share some thoughts about last weekend's mega-fest in North Wilkesboro, NC.
Sierra had an especially poignant memory to cherish from Merlefest...
With more than 75,000 music lovers in attendance - a great many with video recorders of some kind - it should come as no surprise that dozens of videos shot at Merlefest 2008 have popped up on YouTube.
Of course at such an eclectic festival, the offerings range from old time bluegrass...
...to...
As always seems to happen this time of year, a number of top bluegrass bands are making personnel changes.
Aaron McDaris is leaving The Grascals, and Kristin Scott Benson will be leaving Larry Stephenson's band to accept the job. She will start with The Grascals in two weeks.
The guys are stoked...
Brance mentioned last month - just ahead of the Merlefest weekend - that a number of live onlive audio streams would be available from the festival, and that audio archives would be available as well after the fact.
You can find these archives at Martha's Vineyard Radio (mvyradio.com) where a mix...
Our friend Ted Lehmann spent last week at Merlefest, and provides some excellent reporting on his web site - along with dozens of photos of the performers, the attendees and the overall vibe.
The festival has reported that more than 70,000 people had been on site for the event through last Saturday,...
I've known Cindy Baucom for a number of years now and I've been proud to call her my friend for just as long. But when I was trying to gather the words to introduce her as a guest contributor here on The Bluegrass Blog, I realized that she could do a much better job than I could. So I took a moment to...
Travis Book, bass player and singer with The Infamous Stringdusters, has been engaged by the folks at CMT.com's County Music Blog to report from the road during their upcoming European tour. The 'Dusters will spend the entire month of May in Europe, primarily doing shows in Germany, with stops in Denmark,...
Cindy Baucom, co-producer of the 2009 International Bluegrass Music Awards show, has posted some terrific behind-the-scenes photos on her Knee Deep In Bluegrass blog. Cindy managed the show along with Chris Stuart.
She has shots from the rehearsals and sound checks for the awards show, plus some back...
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