MerleFest: An Americana Music Celebration

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MerleFest Information We like to increase the Web exposure of artists associated with Americana music. If you know the URL for a major Americana artist that we do not have linked, please send it to us. Thanks!

Performing Artists
General Americana Music Links

Backstreet	Bela Fleck and the Flecktones	Leftover Salmon
Libbi Bosworth	Doc Watson	Tim and Mollie O'Brien
Nickel Creek	John Prine	Blue Highway
Mike Auldridge	The Burns Sisters	Steve Earle
Emmylou Harris	Junior Brown	The Harris Brothers
Jack Lawrence	Donna The Buffalo	Peter Rowan
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys	Happy Traum	Roland White
The Kruger Brothers	Pete Wernick	Adie Grey and Dave McKenzie
Tut Taylor	John Cowan	The Coffee Pickers, Kurt & Maria
Thom Bresh	Asleep At The Wheel	R. G. Absher
Marty Stuart	Natalie MacMaster	The Groovegrass Boys
Fred Eaglesmith	Alternate Roots	Hootie and the Blowfish
Hot Tuna and the Jorma Kaukonen Trio	Dixie Dawn	Julie Griffin
Rick Hubbard and his Kazoo Band	Mike Cross	Cherish the Ladies
Greg Parker	John McE uen and the String Wizards	Roy Book Binder
Larry Hosford	Patrick Sweany
The Downhill Bluegrass Band	Brian Burns	Laura Boosinger
Claire Lynch	Buddy and Julie Miller	David Childers
Jason Hausman	Big Hoedown	Robin & Linda Williams
	George Hamiliton V & the NashVegas Nomads	Larry Keel
Bruce Stockwell	Del McCoury	The Lonesome River Band
The Greencards	Balfa Toujours	Seldom Scene
Mary Chapin Carpenter	Si Kahn	Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Last Train Home	Earl Scruggs	Ian Charles
Red Dirt Rangers	Acoustic Endeavors	Red Mountain White Trash
The McKrells	Jubal Foster	Rafe Stefanini
Dianne Hackworth	David Nelson Band	The Cockman Family
Eileen Ivers	Danny Barnes and the Old Codgers	Joey Errigo
Run of the Mill Band	The Laws	bluegrass1101
Lubbock Lights	Catfish Keith	Old School Freight Train

General Americana Sites
Yadkinville Bluegrass Contest & Fiddlers Convention	Master Musicians Festival	Americana Connect
KRSC-FM	The Celebrity Cafe	Riverbend Bluegrass Festival
Native Ground Music	Flat Rock Music Festival	Fifth String and Co.
Bluegrass at White Lake	Twangfest	Wilkes Acoustic/Folk Society
Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival	Old Settlers Music Festival	Magnolia Fest
Suwannee Springfest	IBluegrass.com	Acoustic Stage
Alleghany Fiddlers Convention	Lind Entertainment	FestivalPreview
Bitterroot Valley Bluegrass Festival	Art's Artists	Folklore Productions
Old Time Herald	Wintergrass	Kaman Music Corporation
Acoustic Concerts Under the Stars	Strawberry Music Festival	Rhythm & Roots Festival of Bristol
Gibson Guitar	Acoustic Guitar Magazine	Banjo in the Hollow
Alabama Concertina Support Group	Live Oak Music Festival	The Bluegrass Connection
Southern Festivals	Homespun Tapes	Planet Bluegrass
Colorado Case Company	Cowboy Guitars	California WorldFest
Baltimore Blues Society	Mike Auldridge Productions	Lake Eden Arts Festival
Blue Heron Cases	Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center	Bluegrass in Galax
Resophonic Outfitters	Clodhoppers Music	TwangCast
Addicted to Songwriting	CounterPoint Americana Music Group	Common Ground On the Hill
Pickers Supply	SWR Sound Corporation	Dirty Linen
Sierra Songwriter's Festival	Kinkajou Records	Carolina Music Ways
Blistered Fingers	SE Systems, Inc.	Compass Records
Rounder Records	August House	Country Startpage
Guitartown	Sugarhill Records	Made in America Music
Jim Dirden Photography	The Huck Finn Country & Bluegrass Jubilee	Native Ground Music
playindies.com	American Fallout Records	Master Musicians Festival
Muckler Design Studios	musiciansonly	Americana Music Online
Sounds of Texas Music Series	Crossroads Guitar	Silent Planet Records
Guitar Hollow	Live at the Leatherwoods	Black Tie & Blue Jeans

MerleFest is held each year on the campus of
Wilkes Community College
1328 S. Collegiate Drive; Wilkesboro, NC 28697
Phone: 336-838-6100; Fax: 336-838-6277