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27660
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Raleigh resident Joe Newberry is an award winning songwriter and will perform at this year’s Wide Open Bluegrass festival. Newberry serves as the director of communications for the North Carolina Symphony. Newberry’s songs have won several awards as performed by artists such as the Gibson Brothers and he has performed together with Garrison Keillor on A Prairie Home Companion several times.
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Dr. John Cockman and his family have a long history with the love of music. As a professor of physics at Appalachian State University in Boone, Dr. Cockman spends much of his time instructing students and playing bluegrass music with his wife and six children. During the summer, John and his family even teach local friends and students the art of playing guitar, fiddling, singing and dancing for free.
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27328
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Over the past 15 years there has been a renewed interest in traditional music. The Coen brothers’ film, O Brother Where Art Thou? (2001), and the film’s soundtrack are credited with this rise in popularity. The band from the film, The Soggy Bottom Boys, headlined the fourth meeting of the International Bluegrass Music Association’s festival in Raleigh, NC. The festival has seen an increase in turnout and a more diverse audience as a result of the film’s lasting impact and modern folk-inspired acts like the Avett Brothers.
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27659
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The bluegrass festival is fast becoming Raleigh’s signature annual event. The World of Bluegrass conference and the Wide Open Bluegrass festival are being supported by the city like no event in the past. Some question whether the festival will be as successful in its second year, but increased growth and excitement surrounding this year’s festival, suggest it may stay in Raleigh for years to come.
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28358
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North Carolina’s musicians who play a modern version of traditional music are top sellers nationwide this year. The music’s timeless quality and enduring appeal is a reminder to listeners of their personal connections with music. This music connects families and multiple generations and the universities in the state frequently fund study of folk and bluegrass music. Finally, the state’s reputation for producing quality traditional music and the high likelihood that it will be heard anywhere people go contributes to the music’s recent and lasting success.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 51, December 2007,
p36-37
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16251
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In quality and strength of its musical traditions, few areas of the United States compare with the region of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The region's old-time, bluegrass, and gospel music finds expression in the extraordinary talents of individual musicians and supports from a systems of institutions that include families, schools, churches, conventions, festivals, record companies and radio stations. Since it began broadcasting in 1948, Mount Airy radio stations WPAQ-AM has remained a powerful force in promoting its region's traditions. WPAQ owes its importance to the vision and commitment of station owner Ralph Epperson, who has made the radio a family and personal enterprise and support of traditional music a vocation.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 38 Issue 1, Wntr/Spr 1991,
p15-17, bibl
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7277
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Jim Watson, a native of Durham, has been involved in bluegrass and old-time music since the 1960s. He is one of the founding members of The Red Clay Ramblers. This musical group is one of the most famous acts ever to come out of the state. Watson discusses his life and music.
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6760
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The old Weldon Daeke store, located in Ridgeway in Warren County, has come back to life as the Ridgeway Opry House. It is also home to the Germantown Strings, a dulcimer band. Pittard discusses each musician in the six-member band and the style of music they perform, which includes old-time gospel, country, bluegrass, and mountain music.
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24257
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The International Bluegrass Music Association holds an annual convention and music festival in Raleigh to celebrate bluegrass music. This article addresses the history and heritage of bluegrass, and considers how this legacy limits the genre's ability to evolve.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 39, September 2015,
p18-19, il, por
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12203
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Filling a void during the absence of professional musicians in North Carolina, the Moravians have shared and emanated their love of music through several centuries. Brought to the New Word during the period of settlement, the Moravians utilized the organ, piano, harpsichord, clavichord, harp, fiboline, cello, and viola, to glorify god and express their religious sentiments.
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