Music & Arts

WOODLAWN — The 2nd Annual Appalachian Idol Talent Show, sponsored by Joy Ranch Christian Home for Children, will kick off Friday with an audition in Galax.
Appalachian Idol will be held on May 27 during the “Blue Ridge Back Roads Live” show at the Rex Theater in Galax, from 8-10 p.m.
Though most entries were of solo singers or bands last year, there was also a dancer, a guitar and drum player and a comedy act.

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Still well remembered in music circles as a unique old time piano player, Haywood Blevins tells stories and tickles the keys in three CDs released by his daughter. Frances Moore, now of Wilkesboro, N.C., released the recordings as a tribute to her father, the well-respected musician who was born in Baywood in 1906.

Old-Time Saturday Night, a new monthly concert series at the Rex Theater in Galax, is another opportunity for people to dance to old-time music at the historic downtown venue.
For several years, the Rex on East Grayson Street has hosted Blue Ridge Backroads Live, a concert series of bluegrass and old-time bands broadcast live on WBRF 98.1 FM on Friday nights.

• Explore the historic Rex Theater in Galax