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“When I first started the bluegrass band in ’96 and came back from the country days to do ‘Bluegrass Rules,’ the players were, like, one generation removed. But now, it’s definitely two ...
As a student of music and the banjo in the 1960s and '70s, Robins acquainted himself with and befriended many of the first generation bluegrass musicians at early festivals and fiddlers' conventions. As a teenager, he won major banjo contests and participated in banjo workshops at the 1969 Newport Folk Festival and at Carlton Haney's 1969 Camp ...
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.
Spotify Studios & KCRW [26] Louder Than A Riot: 2020–present Rodney Carmichael and Sidney Madden NPR [24] LSQ: Jenny Eliscu: Independent [27] Made in Medellín: 2020–present J. Balvin Spotify Studios [10] The Messenger: 2021–present Abbas Hamad Spotify Studios & Dreamville [28] Microphone Check: 2018–2019 Frannie Kelley and Ali Shaheed ...
Steve 'n' Seagulls live at Wacken Open Air 2015. Steve 'n' Seagulls is a Finnish country band, playing bluegrass versions of well-known hard rock and metal songs. [1] The band became known in the summer of 2014 with the publication of videos on YouTube.
The Gregory Brothers (using the YouTube username 'schmoyoho') first became well known for a series of YouTube videos, Auto-Tune the News (rebranded in 2011 as Songify the News), in which recorded voices of politicians, news anchors, and political pundits were digitally manipulated to conform to a melody, making the figures appear to sing.
NPR, The Guardian, Rolling Stone and others named it among the best roots and folk releases of 2022. [45] [46] [47] Blount began 2023 with a performance at NPR's Tiny Desk [48] and a nomination for Artist of the Year at the International Folk Music Awards. [49] In 2024, he appeared in the country music documentary Rebel Country. [50]
Mike Auldridge (December 30, 1938 – December 29, 2012) was an American Dobro player and a founding member of the bluegrass group The Seldom Scene.The New York Times described Auldridge as "one of the most distinctive dobro players in the history of country and bluegrass music while widening its popularity among urban audiences". [1]