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Owen Grooms Presents Spalding McInstosh and Potluck Live and Live Streamed
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“Spalding McIntosh is a singer songwriter and a Brevard native. Playing shows all across the southern states …
Our current Art Exhibit: More Than Just Art by Arianna Ruiz
More Than Just Art
Exhibit by Arianna Ruiz
A Brevard College alumna with a BA in Music, Arianna is a lifelong seeker of creativity, sharing her spirit through music, visual art, and teaching. You might hear her performing locally with Petah Iah & the Mind Renewers Band, see her artwork …
We partnered with Botanist and Barrel to create a traditional Appalachian Cider and it has arrived. Our staff musicians are on the label!
Months ago when we started the process of adding an additional employee-owner and changing our name, we wanted to celebrate by highlighting a traditional Appalachian beverage. Cider has been around these parts for a very long time. You can catch old time tunes talking about this delicious beverage. What better …
The Old Time Herald – online and complete
The Old Time Herald – online and complete
This week’s resource is a doozy! Thanks to Bob Buckingham for the heads up.
All the back issues of The Old Time Herald are now available online.
Started in 1987 and spearheaded/edited by the inimitable Alice Gerrard, this magazine …
North Atlantic Tune List
North Atlantic Tune List
Owen Grooms Presents Dave Desmelik and Potluck Live and Live Streamed
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Dave Desmelik is a singer-songwriter and instrumentalist whose musical focus is on original compositions. What attracts listeners …
Hiking the Frank Coggins Trail in Caesar’s Head State Park
The Frank Coggins Trail is located in Caesars Head State Park in South Carolina and starts across the street from the Visitor’s Center. You park there and take a crosswalk to the trail head. There is a fee to hike in Caesars Head. We buy an annual pass at the …
We have a new name and an additional employee-owner!
It is hard to believe we have been offering the Canteen to the community for 6 years now. We became an employee-owned cooperative over 2 years ago and as of April 29th we now have our 4th employee-owner. Please welcome Tod Schmidt to the employee-ownership team of Owen Grooms, Kim …
Owen Grooms Presents Old Sap and Jackson Grimm + Potluck Live and Live Streamed
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Poet from Chicago, rambled out to Montana, cut a banjo from a tamarack, strings …
A walk at Sherwood Forest Golf Course
Today, I joined John at Sherwood Golf Course on Route 276 (at 29 Cardinal Rd, Brevard, NC) while he golfed. I have played in the past but today I was just up for a walk. It is a beautiful course and I enjoyed walking it with …
Owen Grooms Presents David Matters and Jackson Dulaney Live and Live Streamed
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David Matters of the band Life Like Water, and virtuoso multi-instrumentalist Jackson Dulaney take …
Parlor Pickers Society ( Centralia, Washington )
Parlor Pickers Society
Yet another source for MP3s of tunes. I counted 143. Many of the tune names are new to me; maybe we need to learn’em.
Hiking Jones Gap Trail to Silver Step Falls via the Winds
Jones Gap State Park in South Carolina, literally a few hundred yards past the state line, is one of my favorite places to hike. I like to enter at the forest service gate on 276. You cannot park there anymore but we park at …
TrailJams – Irish and Old Time
TrailJams is a really interesting group in the Portland, Oregon area. They started during COVID playing old time and have branched out into Irish, which seems to be their main emphasis now. They have several slow jams and sessions around, …
Owen Grooms presents Alex Ball Live and Live Streamed
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Owen Grooms Presents Alex Ball and Potluck
April 12th @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Alex and Owen first …
Hiking the Continental Divide Road, one of DuPont Forests Newest Additions
DuPont State Recreational Forest’s
Continental Divide Road
DuPont’s Continental Divide Road Trail connects Solomon Jones Road to Reasonover Road. The trail is really wide and easy to walk. There are some elevation changes. This was an out and back hike. I did 4.31 miles total. I haven’t …
Owen Grooms presents Jackson Grimm Live and Live Streamed
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Owen Grooms Presents Jackson Grimm and Potluck
April 6 @ 6:00 …
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