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THROUGH THE LENS: Best Bets for MerleFest 2025

THROUGH THE LENS: Best Bets for MerleFest 2025

One-hundred artists are scheduled to perform across 12 stages at this year’s MerleFest, to be held April 24-27, 2025 on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. The artists highlighted below are, with a couple notable exceptions, ones that regular MerleFest attendees may not be that

BONUS TRACKS: Lost Highway Record Label Relaunches and a 4/20 Treat from Willie Nelson

BONUS TRACKS: Lost Highway Record Label Relaunches and a 4/20 Treat from Willie Nelson

THE READING ROOM: 'John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs' Highlights Intimate, Complicated Beatles Relationships

THE READING ROOM: 'John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs' Highlights Intimate, Complicated Beatles Relationships

CROWDFUNDING RADAR: The Carroll Sisters Trio, Scottish Fish, and The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast

CROWDFUNDING RADAR: The Carroll Sisters Trio, Scottish Fish, and The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast

FOUNDERS KEEPERS: The Bottle Rockets and The Legacy of Misfits Piecing Together a Living

FOUNDERS KEEPERS: The Bottle Rockets and The Legacy of Misfits Piecing Together a Living

THROUGH THE LENS: Treefort Music Fest 2025 -- The SXSW of the Rocky Mountains

THROUGH THE LENS: Treefort Music Fest 2025 -- The SXSW of the Rocky Mountains

BONUS TRACKS: Roots Music News from Yasmin Williams, Amadou & Mariam, Rhiannon Giddens, and Turnpike Troubadours

BONUS TRACKS: Roots Music News from Yasmin Williams, Amadou & Mariam, Rhiannon Giddens, and Turnpike Troubadours