Outdoor music events kick off with family-friendly MerleFest—and without Doc Watson 

Scythian's Danylo Fedoryka is unabashedly pro-life

At the first MerleFest without Doc Watson, organizers and musicians work to keep the Friends-of-Doc feel alive

At MerleFest, it's all about the music at this laid-back gathering of musicians and music lovers in the western foothills of North Carolina