MerleFest 2013 Lineup Includes Charlie Daniels, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

The initial lineup of performers for MerleFest 2013 has been announced. The four-day event will again take place on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina April 25-28 and feature performances from the Charlie Daniels Band, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Matraca Berg, Sam Bush, Rhonda Vincent, and many more. This year’s festival [...] Read More

GAC Album Review: Love and Theft

In the three years since Love and Theft released their debut album, World Wide Open in 2009, the group has undergone some major changes. The biggest shifts involved the closing of their label and the departure of member Brian Bandas, leaving fellow founding members Stephen Barker Liles and Eric Gunderson searching for a new deal [...] Read More

Folk Artist & Guitarist Doc Watson Dies At 89

Legendary folk artist Doc Watson died Tuesday in Winston-Salem at the age of 89, reports the New York Times. Doc passed away in the hospital after a recent abdominal surgery. According to the Associated Press, Doc was hospitalized on Thursday after falling at his home in Deep Gap, North Carolina. Doc came into the national [...] Read More

Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins to Headline the Show Me Music and Arts Festival

Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins, Little Big Town, Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, Sawyer Brown, Gloriana and Kellie Pickler are just some of the artists scheduled to perform during the first Show Me Music and Arts Festival in Springfield, MO. The festival will kick off on Friday June 17 at 1:30pm and run through Sunday, June [...] Read More

Steel Magnolia, Craig Morgan Added to Country Thunder lineup

Wisconsin’s Country Thunder festival has added several more artists to their lineup. Craig Morgan, Lorrie Morgan, Steel Magnolia, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Stealing Angels and Jason Jones join a previously announced lineup that includes Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts, Martina McBride, Darius Rucker, Zac Brown Band, and Easton Corbin. More artists will be announced in the [...] Read More