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Americana Rhythm
Music Magazine is the region's premier
Americana music publication featuring
entertainers, venues, festivals, history
and cutural content from areas like the
Shenandoah Valley, Central Virginia, the
Blue Ridge, Southwest Virginia, WV
Panhandle, VA Highlands, the Potomac,
and Sourthern Carolina. Bluegrass, Folk,
Mountain, String, Blues and Jam are all
part of the mix covered in the
bi-monthly publication. And the weekly
edition, AmericanaRhythmWeekly.com helps
keep you current.
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ROCKINGHAM
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Bridgewater, VA
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The Brevard
Music Center, a summer institute and
festival, presents over 80 concerts
throughout its season featuring talented
students, faculty, and guest artists For
tickets and concert listings, please
visit brevardmusic.org or call (828)
862-2105.
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TRANSYLVANIA
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Brevard, NC
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Western North
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The Mountain
Music Makers Trail & Heritage Center
bring together 14 Counties, 12 Cities,
100+ towns/municipalities, musicians,
venues, promoters, audiences,
educational institutions, historical
societies, museums, folklife institutes,
arts organizations, national, state and
local arts and humanities councils,
tourists, chambers of commerce and
businesses of the Shenandoah Valley to
better promote the Valley's traditional
music heritages, including sacred and
secular musics.
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ROCKINGHAM
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McGaheysville,
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We play
traditional and gospel bluegrass.
Although we are from Virginia we play
NC,PA,WV & MD. Please visit our website
and check our schedule page to see when
we will be in your area.
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SOUTHAMPTON
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Ivor, VA
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Costal Virginia
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Welcome to the
Dickenson County Coal Miner's Memorial.
Located next to the post office in
Clinchco Virginia, the memorial
represents the 309 men and women who
have been killed in the coal mines. An
online memorial, designed in conjunction
with physical memorial, has been setup
to further the honor of those men and
women
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DICKENSON
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Clinchco, VA
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Blue Ridge
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SPARTANBURG
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spartanburg, SC
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Peach Bottom
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GRAYSON
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Independence, VA
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Blue Ridge
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Food, fuel, and
good old-time mountain music ! Deli
items, scrumptious homemade desserts,
snacks and beverages, and, every Friday
evening from 6:30PM-9:00PM, the area's
local musicians get together for some of
that old-time mountain music !
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CARROLL
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Galax, VA
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Blue Ridge
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Mountainhome
Music celebrates diverse styles of
Appalachian performing arts, presenting
world-class Appalachian performers that
you've probably never heard of. Concerts
are every other Saturday during the
summer and weekly during October.
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WATAUGA
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Boone, NC
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North Carolina
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Headlining Music
Fest ‘n Sugar Grove are the Kruger
Brothers on Friday, July 14 and
Saturday, July 15 and Doyle Lawson &
Quicksilver on Saturday. The Music Fest
‘n Sugar Grove is set in the beautiful
Cove Creek valley 8 miles west of Boone
NC.
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WATAUGA
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Sugar Grove , NC
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North Carolina
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“Celtic
Music:The Appalachian Way” - A Heritage
Concert of Celtic music that migrated
with the Scots-Irish into the
Appalachian Mountains; the early music
of the Southern Highlands; and new
mountain music in the Celtic Appalachian
musical heritage.
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WATAUGA
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Zionville, NC
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Western North
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GREAT HIGHLANDS
BAGPIPER available for weddings,
ceremonies, parties, parades, any event,
any where! Full Highlands regalia,
formal, casual or period. Tons of
traditional tunes and popular songs.
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TRANSYLVANIA
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Cashiers, NC
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Western North
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For All Of Your
Bluegrass Or Gospel Recording
Needs.Recording,Mastering,Cd Cover
Design as Well As Cd Duplication. We
Also offer custom DVDs And Custom Sound
Tracks As Well As photography For Any
Occasion. No Job To small.
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STOKES
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Westfield, NC
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MHM’s purpose is
to honor the musicians, dancers,
storytellers, and poets of the
Appalachian region. "We present
world-class Appalachian performers that
you’ve probably never heard of" during
summer months in Boone NC and October in
Blowing Rock NC.
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WATAUGA
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Boone, NC
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North Carolina
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Catawba Records
features artists from the Blue Ridge
Mountain Region. The music is
predominantly acoustical and includes
many genres including: bluegrass,
country, folk, old-time, blues, and
rock-a-billy. Visit our website to view
our catalog!
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BOTETOURT
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Troutville, VA
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Blue Ridge
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Blue Ridge
Country Magazine. Award-winning
16-year-old travel magazine that that
covers the mountain regions of nine
eastern states, including outdoor
recreation, small towns, driving tours,
B&B reviews.
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ROANOKE
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Roanoke, VA
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Blue Ridge
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Wilkes Community
College presents MerleFest, hosted by
Doc Watson, starting on the last
Thursday of April each year. MerleFest
offers traditional and cutting edge
American roots music, dance, food,
crafts, and shopping.
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WILKES
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Wilkesboro, NC
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Ole Time
Fiddlers & Bluegrass Festival May 27-29,
2005. Union Grove, NC. Oldest Fiddle
Contest in North America - Band and
Individual competition. Workshops for
adults and children, Camping. Family
event. 5,000 max attendance.
www.fiddlersgrove.com
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Union Grove, NC
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Lake Eden Arts
Festival presents World Beat, Blues,
Folk, Celtic, Bluegrass, Gospel, Latin
and more. LEAF also highlights Folk
Arts, Poetry, Juried Handcrafts, Healing
Arts, kids activities, kayaking,
swimming and camping. May 13-15 & Oct
14-16
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BUNCOMBE
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Black Mountain,
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Western North
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Award Winning
Clogging Group from Dudley Shoals,
NC...the only team from NC who went to
the JR Olympics in Des Moines, Iowa in
2004. We practice and perform at Sims
Country BBQ in Dudley Shoals. You can
see us at other events throughout the
Foothills.
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CALDWELL
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Granite Falls,
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Taylor-Altis
Bluegrass Band is an acclaimed
contemporary bluegrass group in The
Shenandoah Valley.
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AUGUSTA
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Mount Sidney, VA
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The Highland
Camerata is a regional chorus with
members from both Virginia and North
Carolina. It’s home is the Brush Creek
Hall near Independence VA. Performances
are free of charge. There are two
concerts per year - Spring and Winter.
Winter rehearsals begin on September 7.
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GRAYSON
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Fries, VA
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Blue Ridge
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GILES
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Narrows, VA
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Chris Garges is
a freelance recording engineer and
percussionist based in central NC. Years
of professional experience working with
a wide variety of bluegrass, folk,
blues, jazz, pop, and classical artists
have gained him a well-deserved
reputation. Check out the site for a
list of happy artists!
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MECKLENBURG
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Charlotte, NC
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Delta blues,
Bottleneck Blues. Raw,Powerful,with a
lot of Soul. Based in Bluefield,WV
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MERCER
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Bluefield, WV
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New River
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Herb Key, Drake
Walsh, Jim Lloyd, Nicole Vidrine & Bill
Williams play old time & traditional
music. Band was originally the house
band for "Tom Dooley, A Wilkes Co.
Legend" presented by The Wilkes
Playmakers every July. The band is a
member of The Wilkes Chamber of
Commerce.
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WILKES
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North
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Appalachian
Dysfunctional Folk Rock. 100% homemade
music from the coalfields of southwest
Virginia. Folk, Americana, Bluegrass,
Alternative Country.
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DICKENSON
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Clintwood, VA
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Mountain Fever
Studios is a new 64 track all digital
recording facility in Willis, Va. Top
quality work at prices everyone can
afford. From Grandpa who has written all
those songs that need to be captured, to
Cindy, the child prodigy.
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FLOYD
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Willis, VA
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A fabulous site
with rolling terrain & spectacular views
where unigue and interesting musical &
cultural events are held, located in the
mountains of western NC.
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Lake Toxaway, NC
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Mountain Music
Jamboree presents Oldtime and Bluegrass
every Sat. night. It is a showcase for
the traditional music and dance. Guest
are encouraged to participate in square
dances, Virginia reels, broom dances.
Admission is $6.00 and kids free.
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ALLEGHANY
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Glade Valley, NC
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A complimentary
mix of establishments, the Sawbriar is a
live acoustic music venue, a
coffeehouse, fine art gallery, specialty
bakery, teaching center and special
event and meeting place. We are a
smoke-free/ alcohol-free environment.
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SURRY
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Pilot Mountain,
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Providing great
traditional, contemporary, and original
bluegrass music. Located in the
Charlotte, NC vicinity.
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Huntersville, NC
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Hard Driving
Bluegrass band from Southwest Virginia.
Our goal is to please the crowd. From
Old to new and from fast to slow we
feature it all!
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WASHINGTON
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Glade Spring, VA
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Richmond Va.
based record label specializing in
Re-releases of Vintage Music. Home of
Virginia Roots; The 1929 Richmond
Sessions CD set.
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Richmond, VA
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Costal Virginia
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I am a custom
musical instrument builder based in
Bedford, Virginia specializing in
hammered dulcimers, octave mandolins,
bowed psalteries, harps, two octave -
zithers for children, and lap dulcimers.
By appointment only.
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Bedford, VA
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Complete CD
recording, form disk to shrink wrapped
package. Specializing in Bluegrass
music. Assist with booking bands for
you. Full service recording studio. We
represent some of the finest bluegrass
musicians in the area.
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Pinnacle, NC
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Home of Blue
Ridge Mountain Music Volume I, II & III
CDs & cassettes. Banjo and Fiddle CDs &
Cassettes of North Carolina Folk
Heritage Winners. Railroad songs Story
Telling Videos, & Books.
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Charlotte, NC
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Links to live
music and musicians in the Shenandoah
Valley!
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The largest
supply of old time and Bluegrass music
in the world, located in Floyd,
Virginia. Their site includes real audio
clips of some of the records.
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Floyd, VA
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Since 1974, the
Carter Music Center has presented
programs of old time and bluegrass music
every weekend. Formally established in
1979, the Center's objective is to
promote old time music and pay tribute
to the Original Carter Family (A.P.,
Sara, and Maybelle Carter). The Saturday
concerts highlight the musical style
made popular by the Carter Family, who
are considered by many as country
music's first family.
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Hiltons, VA
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Alleghany Music
Co. offers a variety of services in the
fields of bluegrass and old-time music.
Instruction in a private or workshop
setting is offered plus recording and
studio musician services are available.
Visit our web-site.
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The Shenandoah
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One of the first
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this interview is taken from the
archives of The Mountain Laurel.
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Acoustic Music
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ASHE
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Jefferson, NC
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The Bluegrass
Circle, A bluegrass sound that the crowd
has come to love. Vocals which provide
an unmatched harmony along with some
wonderful pickin!!!! You will not be
disappointed with the night of fun,
laughter, and great entertainment.
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Cleveland, VA
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Featuring the
Moonshiner's Reunion musical gathering
and the Plum Hollow Reunion. A great
bluegrass site from Campobello, SC.
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SPARTANBURG
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Campobello, SC
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The Friday Night
Jamboree is a great place for bands to
introduce their music to a large,
enthusiastic audience. Come by and enjoy
our music.
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Nestled in the
foothills of North Carolina's Blue Ridge
Mountains, this premier summer music
festival and comprehensive music center
has set the highest standards in
performance and education for six
decades.
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Brevard, NC
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Clyde Davenport,
old-time fiddler and banjo player, told
me, Jeff Titon, designer of this web,
that he was born Oct. 21, 1921 and
raised back in the mountains in the Blue
Hole Hollow, near Mt. Pisgah, NC.
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Mountain
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Celtic music
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Southern Dogwood
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at churches, bluegrass festivals, and
music barns in Georgia and Alabama.
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CARROLL
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Roopville, GA
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Southwest
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