The 38th annual MerleFest this past weekend was one for the books. For decades, music fans have descended upon the town of Wilkesboro, NC - situated in the foothills beneath the Blue Ridge Mountains - ...

The annual local music festival Merlefest kicks off in Wilkesboro today and will run until Sunday. Read more about this ...

Tape part of series of rough copy selections intended for release, a collection of live recordings of Doc Watson (guitar, banjo, autoharp) and Jean Ritchie (dulcimer) playing and singing Appalachian ...

Billy Strings returned to the stage on Friday night to resume his residency in Asheville, N.C. After setting off the second stop on his Winter Tour with engagements on Tuesday and Wednesday, and ...

DEEP GAP, N.C. (AP) – A funeral will be held for Doc Watson of Deep Gap, the Grammy Award-winning folk musician from the North Carolina mountains known for his flatpicking style of playing the guitar.

MerleFest was founded by Doc Watson in 1988 in memory of his son Eddy Merle Watson and as a fundraiser for Wilkes Community ...

Doc Watson Family with Gaither and Rosa Lee: Pretty Polly--Down in the willow garden--Rueben's train--Jimmy Sutton--Down the road--Ground hog--Old rattler--Brown's dream--Fiddler's dram--Merry go ...