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Sound Observations: Just as MerleFest would have been happening, I stumble across an old Doc Watson interview

By DAN ARMONAITIS If not for social distancing measures put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19, MerleFest would have been held this past weekend in Wilkesboro, N.C. Since 1988, the festival has brought tens of thousands of music lovers — including many from the Upstate — to the

Marshall Chapman gearing up for her ‘favorite show of the year,’ joined by Will Kimbrough and Tommy Womack in Spartanburg

NYC trombonist John Fedchock, a link to big band great Woody Herman, to give two Upstate performances this week

Tall Tall Trees, the brainchild of banjo innovator Mike Savino, to perform at The Radio Room in Greenville

Community is the driving force behind J. Randy Foster’s ‘There Goes the Neighborhood’ project, which returns to Spartanburg this week

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Marshall Chapman gearing up for her ‘favorite show of the year,’ joined by Will Kimbrough and Tommy Womack in Spartanburg

NYC trombonist John Fedchock, a link to big band great Woody Herman, to give two Upstate performances this week

Tall Tall Trees, the brainchild of banjo innovator Mike Savino, to perform at The Radio Room in Greenville

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Sound Observations: Just as MerleFest would have been happening, I stumble across an old Doc Watson interview

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