MerleFest's 20th Homecoming to be Broadcast to Worldwide Audience this Weekend

Louisville, KY (PRWEB) April 23, 2007

In an exclusive broadcast arrangement with the celebrated Americana music festival, mvyradio is scheduled to deliver more than 75 performances from MerleFest's 13 stages, all accessible through the internet at http://www.mvyradio.com.

Festival coordinators previously announced an extraordinary talent roster for MerleFest 2007, Presented by Lowe's. Among those joining Doc Watson for MerleFest 2007 are Blue Highway, Sam Bush, Cherryholmes, Elvis Costello, John Cowan Band, Donna The Buffalo, Jerry Douglas, The Duhks, Béla Fleck, John Hammond, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Del McCoury Band, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet, Darrell Scott, the Legendary Earl Scruggs with Family & Friends, Pam Tillis, The Waybacks and many others. MerleFest 2007 will also offer a very special performance by Tony Rice and Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas: An evening of material from Tony's 35-year career.

In addition, mvyradio has underwritten the internet delivery of the on-campus radio station WSIF-FM's festival broadcasts which will provide extra coverage -- including both performances and interviews -- at http://www.radiofreemerlefest.org.

About mvyradio
Heralded as one of the first Adult Album Alternative (AAA) stations with its beginnings in 1983, mvyradio was also among the first to stream its signal via the internet, in 1998. It boasts a worldwide audience that listens more than 400,000 hours a month. The station has been cited in Rolling Stone, TIME and other publications for its independent spirit. Its "On the Road" initiative began in 2005 and has already amassed close to 200 recordings at festivals such as South-by-Southwest (SXSW), Canadian Music Week, The Beale Street Music Festival, MerleFest and The Newport Folk Festival.

About MerleFest
MerleFest, a tribute to the memory of Merle Watson, has continued to evolve, grow and improve since 1988, becoming one of the most important annual events in the Southeast. In so doing MerleFest has defined and led the way for the emerging field called Americana music. MerleFest offers a generation and genre crossing mix of traditional and contemporary roots music, bringing together the very best of bluegrass, contemporary acoustic, Celtic, blues, folk, Cajun, jazz, and singer-songwriter music, along with traditional dance and crafts. Over its 19-year history, MerleFest has contributed $7.28 million to Wilkes Community College, while some fifty nonprofits organizations net around $350,000 at MerleFest each year.

For further information, contact:
Gary Guthrie,
CMO
Aritaur Communications, Inc. / mvyradio
859 215 2728
gary @ mvyradio.com

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