Musicans love Merlefest and Merlefest loves them back
When I was gathering information about Merlefest for a lengthy feature The Assembly published in October, a lot of quality content didn’t make the cut. (Mea culpa: I had a 3,500-word assignment and wound up with nearly 8,000 words of material. After my initial cuts.) Nothing good should be wasted. Several artists who were generous with their time as they helped my research and reporting weren’t in The Assembly story or my follow-up Q&A with Editor Kyle Villemain. These fine people deserve to have their stories told, too. Here’s one: Some of the ways Merlefest has served as a springboard to musicians’ careers. Special thanks to The Local Boys for their hospitality at Merlefest. They’re fine musicians, and great guys. Check ‘em out! Playing at Merlefest is a bucket-list item for countless musicians , traditional and otherwise. Zac Brown said as much before he and his band played their first Merl...