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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 ]
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]
The Bill Monroe Museum is a project of Ohio County and the Ohio County Tourism Commission It is the only Museum dedicated entirely to the life and legacy of Bill Monroe and the early foundations of bluegrass music .
Bluegrass Heritage Museum: Winchester: Clark: Bluegrass: Local history: Bluegrass Motorcycle Museum: Rosine: Ohio: Bluegrass, Blues & Barbecue region: Transportation: Private collection of over 20 vintage, American made motorcycles and memorabilia, open by appointment [7] Bluegrass Railroad and Museum: Versailles: Woodford: Bluegrass: Railroad ...
Bluegrass Heritage Museum is a local history museum in Winchester, Kentucky. The museum explores many eras, ranging from the Eskippakithiki Indian Village (a branch of the Shawnee ), to Daniel Boone and his settlement of Boonesboro , and to the modern day.
Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Hall of Fame Museum in Morgantown, Indiana. He founded the Hall in 1984. Even after the folk revival faded in the mid-1960s, it left a loyal audience for bluegrass music. Bluegrass festivals became common, with fans often traveling long distances to see a number of different acts over several days of performances.
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.
The American Folk Music Festival, established by Jean Bell Thomas in 1930, was held almost annually in Ashland, Kentucky and at various Kentucky state parks until 1972. [ 36 ] For five days during the first week of August each year, the Appalachian String Band Music Festival [ 48 ] is held in Clifftop, West Virginia .