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BCM Honors, TN Governor’s Arts Awards
Bristol, Tenn.-Va. (October 11, 2021) – The Birthplace of Country Music (BCM) is among the recipients of the Tennessee Governor’s Arts Leadership Award in part for the organization’s role in […]
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Bristol Rhythm 2021 Recap
Bristol, Tenn./Va. (September 14, 2021) – As the band A Thousand Horses played their final note on the State Street Stage, closing out Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion‘s 20th anniversary celebration, […]
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Spookers & Haints: Affrilachian Storytelling Oct. 5
Bristol, Va.-Tenn. (September 22, 2021) – Fall is in the air, a time when tales of ghosts and goblins and things that go bump in the night send chills down […]
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Twisted Pine, Blue Cactus on Farm and Fun Time Aug. 5
Bristol, Tenn.-Va. (July 22, 2021) – The stellar, genre-bending grooves of Twisted Pine tie in exquisitely with the “Cosmic Americana” of North Carolina duo Blue Cactus on the next Farm and […]
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Henry Glover: The Musical Alchemist of King Records
Bristol, Va.-Tenn. (July 20, 2021) – In the late 1940s, Henry Glover was one of the most successful and influential African American executives in the record business. As the head […]