"Doc Watson: A Life in Music” by Eddie Huffman, University of North Carolina Press, 288 pages In 2009, when folk singer Doc Watson was the featured performer in the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage ...

In 2009, when folk singer Doc Watson was the featured performer in the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival’s Blues Tent, he received a standing ovation before he began to play. According to The ...

The annual local music festival Merlefest kicks off in Wilkesboro today and will run until Sunday. Read more about this weekend of fun from Arts & Culture and News Reporter Colin Wishneski.

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 - ...

Originating from folk music and emerging with jam-centered improvisations, bluegrass is often found at the center of Boone’s ...

After previewing the arrival of a new song earlier this week, Bryan Sutton and Billy Strings’ latest effort has culminated in “The Devil Went Down to Deep Gap,” a collision of acoustic and electric ...

This interview was originally broadcast on March 24, 1988. Doc Watson, who was called "a living national treasure" for his virtuoso flat-picking and his repertoire of traditional folk and bluegrass ...

101 Ground Hog / Arnold Watson, Doc Watson, Gaither Carlton. Autoharp,Fiddle,Banjo. 102 Every Day Dirt / Doc Watson. Guitar. 103 Bonaparte's Retreat / Doc Watson, Gaither Carlton. Fiddle,Guitar. 104 ...

Rosa Lee Watson of Deep Gap has died, six months after the death of her husband, legendary guitar player Doc Watson. Rosa Lee Watson, 81, died of natural causes at Glenbridge Health and Rehabilitation ...

In 2009, when folk singer Doc Watson was the featured performer in the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival's Blues Tent, he received a standing ovation before he began to play. According to The ...

Recorded by Ralph Rinzler, Eugene W. Earle, Archie Green, and Peter Siegel. Notes by D.K. Wilgus, assisted by Ralph Rinzler and Eugene W. Earle. Program notes (12 p.) inserted. Performer(s): Folk ...