News Archive

Common Ground on the Hill in the News.

Westminster’s Common Ground on the Hill to host concert benefitting veterans (Carroll County Times June 23, 2025)

‍Common Ground on the Hill: Sponsor of Multi-Faceted Opportunity and Enrichment - Bluegrass Unlimited (October, 2024)

Walt Michael's Full Circle Journey - Bluegrass Unlimited (June, 2024)

‍Carroll County Times: Grammy winner Tom Chapin teaches songwriting in Westminster as part of Common Ground on the Hill

The Baltimore Sun: Common Ground on the Hill PHOTOS (July 3, 2023)

VoyageBaltimore: RisingStars - Walt Michael

FlightNetwork: North America's Best Festivals

KDHL Radio: See the Must-Drive Roads in Every State

Bluegrass Today: Common Ground on the Hill named Maryland's Newest Folklife Center

Carroll County Times: Common Ground on the Hill named Maryland's Newest Folklife Center

‍Carroll County Times: Carroll County’s Common Ground on the Hill online this year, putting traditional arts in a digital space

Baltimore Magazine: Come Together: As folk traditions become endangered, one festival has been keeping them alive for 25 years, June 2019

Carroll County Times: Common Ground on the Hill opens 25th year of 'conversation through the traditional arts', June 25, 2019

Brewgrass Chronicle: Dispatch from Common Ground’s bluegrass camp: Don’t you dare call it fantasy camp, July 12, 2019

Bluegrass Today: Deer Creek Fiddlers' Convention set for 47th year, June 1, 2018

Bluegrass Today: Hot Pink House Trailer from Fink, Marxer & Gleaves, May 25, 2018

MSN.com "Must-drive roads in every state" Sept. 5, 2020 ‍

Carroll County Times, April 18, 2018: Common Ground on the Hill bringing Arabic music to Westminster

Carroll County Times, July 4, 2017: Common Ground on the Hill class examines changing the understanding of gender

Carroll County Times, July 3, 2017: Singing, storytelling a chance to find common ground

Carroll County Times, May 31, 2017: Fiddlers compete at Deer Creek Fiddlers' Convention ‍

Westminster Patch April 1, 2011

Robert H. Chambers Award

Common Ground at 2011 Folk Alliance Conference

Carroll County Times Dec. 6, 2010

Carroll Eagle Dec 12, 2010‍

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