Bluegrass has always been a music by and for the masses. One of the pioneers of the feel-good fast-pickin’ genre in the 1940s ...
When people talk about their favorite country songs, they seemingly pick one from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and so on. Though what they innocently fail to acknowledge is the fact that none of those decades ...
With bluegrass now more than 60 years old, you’d think there’d be nothing new under the sun when it comes to the high lonesome sound that Bill Monroe fashioned in the mid-1940s. The rock-bluegrass ...
Bluegrass music was the soundtrack of last century’s migration from Appalachia. Now, with the help of Miami University’s regional campuses, working-class tunes of yesteryear are being re-discovered.
Bluegrass is a fascinating genre rooted in both American and European folk music. This form of country music developed in Appalachia with distinct influences from Scottish and Irish traditional music, ...
Since bluegrass is relatively new — originating in the 1940s — there are still a lot of fans who are purists. But The Infamous Trio lies on the opposite end of that spectrum. “Bluegrass ...
Bluegrass music has roots in early American settlement with the arrival of the English, Scots and Irish — who brought fiddle and the basic styles of music that are generally considered to be the roots ...
Mar. 20—Bluegrass music was the soundtrack of last century's migration from Appalachia. Now, with the help of Miami University's regional campuses, working-class tunes of yesteryear are being ...