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November 1, 2026
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Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion (BRRR) is a musical festival held annually in September that celebrates the heritage of country music along the Tennessee and Virginia state line in Bristol, Tennessee and Virginia.
Walking Winchester in the relentless rain of a soggy spring could not dampen my enthusiasm to see the home of a country music legend.
Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home - back to where it all began: my first assignment for Blue Ridge Country.
From “The Strange Post-Biltmore Life of Cornelia Vanderbilt,” to the “Entire Mountain Town that Was Sold at Auction,” revisit our most-read stories of 2017 at BlueRidgeCountry.com/Faves17.
Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion (BRRR) is a musical festival held annually in September that celebrates the heritage of country music along the Tennessee and Virginia state line in Bristol, Tennessee and Virginia.
Walking Winchester in the relentless rain of a soggy spring could not dampen my enthusiasm to see the home of a country music legend.
Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home - back to where it all began: my first assignment for Blue Ridge Country.
From “The Strange Post-Biltmore Life of Cornelia Vanderbilt,” to the “Entire Mountain Town that Was Sold at Auction,” revisit our most-read stories of 2017 at BlueRidgeCountry.com/Faves17.
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