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The Kentucky Bluegrass AllStars are a group of music students who take lessons at the museum. The Video Oral History Project (VOHP) – videotapes the elderly first generation of bluegrass musicians. Bluegrass in the Schools (BITS) – puts instruments into the hands of students and teachers in elementary schools in Daviess County, Kentucky. [1]
Bill Monroe - mandolinist and "The Father of Bluegrass", [5] whose band ("Blue Grass Boys") is the namesake of the musical genre; Ricky Skaggs - Grammy-winning country and bluegrass musician; David Grisman - creator of the "Dawg music" style, blending bluegrass, jazz, folk, and Old World music; Sam Bush - leading the Newgrass or Progressive ...
Bobby Van Osborne [1] (December 7, 1931 – June 27, 2023) was an American bluegrass musician. He was the co-founder (with his brother Sonny) of the Osborne Brothers, a member of the Grand Ole Opry, [2] and the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. [3]
The Music of Kentucky is heavily centered on Appalachian folk music and its descendants, especially in eastern Kentucky. Bluegrass music is of particular regional importance; Bill Monroe, "the father of bluegrass music", was born in the Ohio County community of Rosine, and he named his band, the Blue Grass Boys, after the bluegrass state, i.e., Kentucky.
This is a list of official state instruments. ... Arkansas: Fiddle: 1985 [1] Hawaii ... (ʻauana/contemporary musical instrument) 2015 [2] Pahu (kahiko/traditional ...
Traditional bluegrass, as the name implies, emphasizes the traditional elements of bluegrass music, and stands in contrast to progressive bluegrass.Traditional bluegrass musicians play folk songs, tunes with simple traditional chord progressions, and on acoustic instruments of a type that were played by bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys band in the late 1940s.
This is an alphabetical list of bluegrass bands. A bluegrass band is a group of musicians who play acoustic stringed instruments, typically some combination of guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, dobro and upright bass, to perform bluegrass music .
This is an alphabetical list of bluegrass musicians. For bands, see the List of bluegrass bands . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.