Bluegrass

Artists, Events Announced For Raleigh's 'Wide Open Bluegrass' Festival

Gurnal Scott — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:33:25 +0000

Mipso

Isaac-Davy Aronson and Susan Davis — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:35:00 +0000

The band of three young men and one young woman used to call themselves Mipso Trio.

Now they go by Mipso after adding a fiddler. They recently released their first full length CD and they spent the summer traveling and learning new forms of music. Mipso plays Cat's Cradle Saturday night, but first they stop in to chat with guest host Isaac Davy-Aronson and play some tunes.

Vince Gill Looking Forward To Playing Bluegrass In NC

Eric Hodge and David Brower — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:58:00 +0000

Country legend Vince Gill plays the Durham Performing Arts Center this Sunday night. After nearly 20 records, 14 Grammys and a truckload of Country Music Association Awards, he's back playing bluegrass again. And Gill tells WUNC's Eric Hodge it feels right to be doing it in North Carolina.

Music Legend Doc Watson Dead At 89

David Brower — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:43:00 +0000

Musician Doc Watson died on Tuesday. The 89 year old guitarist from Deep Gap, North Carolina, had been in a Winston-Salem hospital recovering from a fall and other ailments. Watson was an iconic North Carolina musician, he broke new ground in bluegrass, country and gospel. His legacy has fueled a generation of musicians.

Doc Watson: In the summer of 1934, papa made my first musical instrument, a little five string fretless banjo and he played me a tune on it.

Bluegrass Festival Coming To Raleigh In 2013

Gurnal Scott — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:15:00 +0000

North Carolina will host the best in Bluegrass music in a capital city festival starting next year.

Chatham County Line on Last Motel

Eric Hodge — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:21:00 +0000

Be sure to tune in Christmas night at 6 for a special edition of the program Last Motel when host Eric Hodge and will be joined by the band Chatham County Line. They're a bluegrass-inspired band that has spent the last couple weeks criss-crossing North Carolina and Georgia with a holiday concert series.

Hot Rize in Raleigh

Eric Hodge — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:00:00 +0000

“Hot Rize” is a bluegrass band that takes its name from an “ingredient” in Martha White brand flour and cornmeal. Formed in Colorado in the late 1970s , the band’s current line-up plays in Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh this weekend. Hot Rize is deep fried in bluegrass but as guitarist and founding member Tim O’Brien told Eric Hodge in a recent phone conversation, the four young fellows that formed band had interests that went beyond bluegrass.