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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 .
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]
This is a list of official state instruments. ... Arkansas: Fiddle: 1985 [1] Hawaii ... (ʻauana/contemporary musical instrument) 2015 [2] Pahu (kahiko/traditional ...
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.
Bluegrass artists use a variety of stringed instruments. Bluegrass as a distinct musical form developed from elements of old-time music and traditional music in the Appalachian region of the United States. The Appalachian region was where many Scottish American immigrants settled, bringing with them the musical traditions of their homelands.
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.
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 ...
In 1988 they announced plans to create the International Bluegrass Music Museum as a joint venture with RiverPark Center in Owensboro. In 1987 IBMA established the World of Bluegrass, a combination trade show, concert, and awards presentation. This was originally set in Owensboro, before moving to Louisville, Kentucky in 1997.