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[Identification of item], in the James P. McKelvey Photographs #20516, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Received from James P. McKelvey in September 2015 (Acc. 102309)

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• Bluegrass music--Photographs.
• Bluegrass musicians--Photographs.
• Cockburn, Bruce.
• International Bluegrass Music Association--Photographs.
• Kweskin, Jim.
• McKelvey, James P.
• Muldaur, Geoff.
• Musicians--Photographs.

James McKelvey is a Hillsborough, N.C., based photographer. From 1979 to 1992 he worked as a stringer writing for weekly Variety under the byline Kelv in New York City, N.Y., the Detroit Free Press in Detroit, Mich., the FACE in London, England and U Magazine in New York City, N.Y., as a professional writer. His photographs have been published in the Raleigh News & Observer, No Depression Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, and CMT Television.

Digital photographs taken at concerts by Geoff Muldaur and Jim Kweskin on 2 October 2013 at the Arts Center, Carrboro, N.C.; by Bruce Cockburn on 10 September 2011 at the Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, N.C., and the International Bluegrass Music Association Wide Open Bluegrass Festival on 24-28 September 2013 in Raleigh, N.C.