Mountain Song Festival
The annual three-day Americana/bluegrass showcase gets going in Brevard with Acoustic Syndicate (see feature story in this issue) and the iconic Preservation Hall Jazz…
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Growing a Legacy
Seventh-generation farmers release their eighth album Acoustic Syndicate has been defying genre stereotypes for more than a quarter century. The beloved Western North Carolina…
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More Than a Party
When members of the bluegrass four-piece Mipso graduated from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, they didn’t have big plans. Then their…
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Everything That Rises
“We tried for years to sound like our favorite bluegrass bands,” says Steep Canyon Rangers banjoist/vocalist Graham Sharp. “It just always ended up sounding…
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Rambling Back Home
Asheville- and Brevard-based bluegrass phenoms Steep Canyon Rangers are six players strong, four (very major) awards deep, and many decades immersed in the culture…
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