Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States. [ 1] The genre derives its name from the band Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys. [ 2] Like mainstream country music, it largely developed out of old-time music, though in contrast to country, it is traditionally ...
Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra performs with eight band members in the genres of folk, Americana, and bluegrass. [4] [5] The founding members were Joakim Borgen and Rebekka Nilsson, [4] and the group's formation was inspired by the Belgian Oscar -nominated movie, The Broken Circle Breakdown. [4] According to Lee Zimmerman of the website, Bluegrass ...
The Infamous Stringdusters are a progressive acoustic/bluegrass band. The band first emerged in 2006 with the limited release of a five-song extended play CD The Infamous Stringdusters, [1] followed in 2007 by their first album Fork in the Road. Both of these were on Sugar Hill Records. The band consists of Andy Hall ( Dobro ), Andy Falco ...
Flying Fish, Sugar Hill, Ridge Runner. Website. sambush .com. Charles Samuel Bush (born April 13, 1952) is an American mandolinist who is considered an originator of progressive bluegrass music. In 2020, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame as a member of New Grass Revival.
Columbia. Decca. MCA. RCA Victor. William Smith Monroe ( / mənˈroʊ /; September 13, 1911 [1] – September 9, 1996) [2] was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, and created the bluegrass music genre. Because of this, he is often called the "Father of Bluegrass".
Steep Canyon Rangers. Steep Canyon Rangers is an American bluegrass band based in Asheville and Brevard, North Carolina. [ 1][ 2] Originally formed in 2000, the band has become widely known since 2009 for collaborating with actor/banjoist Steve Martin. SCR performed as a quintet for nearly a decade before intermittent touring began as a sextet ...
Foggy Mountain Breakdown. " Foggy Mountain Breakdown " is a bluegrass instrumental, in the common "breakdown" format, written by Earl Scruggs and first recorded on December 11, 1949, by the bluegrass artists Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys. [1] It is a standard in the bluegrass repertoire.
Each band on this list either has published sources — such as a news reports, magazine articles, or books — verifying it is a performing or recording bluegrass band and meeting Wikipedia's notability criteria for bands, or a Wikipedia article confirming its notability. For individual musicians, see the List of bluegrass musicians.