Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn To Perform At Merlefest

He's been nominated in more different musical categories than any other musician in the history of the Grammy Awards. She's been called “a modern classic” by the Boston Globe, and “a daring, defiant talent” by the Wall Street Journal: internationally renowned banjo sensation Béla Fleck and singer/banjoist Abigail Washburn.

Next weekend, they'll share their amazing artistry with NC audiences at Merlefest in Wilkesboro. MerleFest was founded in 1988 in Memory of Eddy Merle Watson, Doc Watson's son, as a fundraiser for Wilkes Community College. 

On Thursday night, April 23rd at 7:00 PM they'll perform on Watson stage at Merlefest on the Wilkesboro Community College campus. Merlefest 2015 runs through Sunday, April 26^th and this year's lineup includes the Marshall Tucker Band, The Avett Brothers, Sam Bush Band and dozens of other “traditional plus” bands and individual artists. 

The festival is also a celebration of ‘traditional plus' music, and few bands encapsulate that sentiment better than the husband and wife duo of Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn. They spoke with David Ford by phone from their home in Nashville, Tennessee.