Coming to MerleFest 2017: The Transatlantic Sessions Tour with Jerry Douglas & Aly Bain, feat. JAMES TAYLOR and Sarah Jarosz, Maura O'Connell, Declan O’Rourke, Karen Matheson and Joe Newberry. In addition to the featured guests, each “Transatlantic Sessions” performance has a core group of musicians who form the “house orchestra.” At MerleFest, the Transatlantic Orchestra includes American bluegrass musician Russ Barenberg, Scottish accordion legend Phil Cunningham, seminal Irish guitarist John Doyle, Scottish artists Donald Shaw and James MacIntosh of Capercaillie, premier Scottish fiddler John McCusker, British flute/whistle master Michael McGoldrick and British bassist Danny Thompson.
The rest of the lineup includes Béla Fleck, The Earls of Leicester featuring Jerry Douglas, Leftover Salmon, Zac Brown Band's Special All-star Acoustic Jam, The Avett Brothers, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Tift Merritt, Jorma Kaukonen, Donna the Buffalo, and John Driskell Hopkins Band, Sam Bush Band, Chatham County Line Electric Show, Jerry Douglas Band, Sierra Hull, Sarah Jarosz, Del McCoury Band, The Kruger Brothers, Jim Lauderdale, Mipso, Mountain Heart, Scythian, The Stray Birds, the Hook and Bullet, guitar legend Wayne Henderson, Bryan Sutton Band, 10 String Symphony, Front Country and about 50 more.
