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Guitar legend Doc Watson dies at N.C. hospital, representative says
CNNDoc Watson, the bluegrass music legend from Appalachia who was renowned for his flatpicking and fingerstyle technique on the acoustic guitar, died Tuesday at a hospital in North Carolina, according to Mary Katherine Aldin of Folklore Productions, which...Tags: Music, Hospitals and Clinics, Entertainment, Acoustic (genre), University of North Carolina at Asheville
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Doc Watson, Folk Music Legend, Dies at 89
CNNDEEP GAP, N.C -- Doc Watson, the bluegrass music legend from Appalachia who was renowned for his flatpicking and fingerstyle technique on the acoustic guitar, died Tuesday at a hospital in North Carolina, according to Mary Katherine Aldin of Folklore...Tags: Music, Entertainment, Acoustic (genre), Medical Procedures and Tests, Dan Miller
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C Street Arts Festival celebrates new Laurel Arts District
There have been numerous open house events at the C Street Gallery, Venus Theatre Play Shack and other venues along C Street since the area was designated Laurel's official Arts District last year. In addition, members of the Laurel Arts District...
Tags: Music, Festive Events, Opera (genre), Arts, Entertainment
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Band serves up vintage bluegrass, and echoes of Roanoke radio
Reporter"Well, hello friends and neighbors. How do you do. It's Dr. Pepper time." The Java Brothers were on stage at the Floyd Country Store last Saturday night, but it wasn't hard to imagine a broadcast 70 years earlier in the studios of WDBJ radio. Ā "It...Tags: Music, Entertainment, Radio, Concerts
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Tonight: Wind Gap Bluegrass Festival begins
Lehigh Valley MusicThe 31st annual Wind Gap Bluegrass Festival arrives tonight. This year’s gathering, which brings fans and performers from across the country together for five days of music, food and camping, promises more fast-flying fiddles and rolling banjos than... -
Casey's Riverfest Blog 2011
FetchToto.com EditorDAY NINE- Saturday, June 11 The Wichita Riverfest began with a bang and ended with an even bigger BANG! The last day of the Riverfest had some incredible events to end the nine day long festival. Plus, the weather this evening was perfect! The last...Tags: Canoeing and Kayaking, Festive Events, Entertainment, Walnuts, Caesar Salads
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Circa Blue will perform at the Bonanza Extravaganza this weekend
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comDuring the weekdays, Steve Harris of Martinsburg, W.Va., is at the helm of his residential commercial contracting company. But many weeknights and most weekends, the 42-year-old can be found strumming away on his guitar as part of the band Circa Blue....Tags: Music, Steve Harris, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Tour Operations Industry
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Mandolin Man: a documentary about the Punch Brothers at Real Art Ways
How to Grow a Band May 11&12, and 18 & 19, Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St., Hartford, (860) 232-1006, realartways.org For anyone looking to gain practical music-business insights from watching How to Grow a Band — a new documentary about the Punch...
Tags: Music, Led Zeppelin (music group), Entertainment, Bill Monroe, John Paul Jones
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Newspaper editor joins wagon train and connects to pioneer past
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comThere’s something about the National Pike Festival that always makes me feel connected to my roots a little more. My family has lived in the Clear Spring area for generations, and when visiting my late grandmother — neĆ© Faith — I...Tags: Festive Events, Arts and Culture
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Bruce Hornsby to play free show during Norfolk's OpSail-Harborfest weekend
Williamsburg's Bruce Hornsby is heading out on the festival circuit this summer and -- his local fans will be happy to know -- he's included his home region on his itinerary. The piano-pumping maestro will play a free concert at Norfolk's Harborfest...
Tags: Festive Events, Music, Leon Russell, Entertainment, Maritime (music group)
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Bluegrass Great Earl Scruggs Dead at 88
CNNEarl Scruggs, whose distinctive picking style and association with Lester Flatt cemented bluegrass music's place in popular culture, died Wednesday of natural causes at a Nashville hospital, his son Gary Scruggs said. He was 88. "I realize his popularity...Tags: Music, Biography (genre), Miles Davis, Vince Gill, Entertainment
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"A joyous time with the music"
Earl Scruggs died last week and though not a Kentucky boy, his banjo playing was so elemental to what we now know as bluegrass that it defines our indigenous music. There is much more that defined the man, but most important is the hard picking banjo...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Bill Monroe, Arts and Culture, The Beverly Hillbillies (tv program)
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