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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.
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 International Bluegrass Music Association, or IBMA, is a trade association to promote bluegrass music. Formed in 1985, IBMA established its first headquarters in Owensboro, Kentucky . In 1988 they announced plans to create the International Bluegrass Music Museum as a joint venture with RiverPark Center in Owensboro.
This list of museums in Kentucky is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
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 .
Of course, bluegrass connected him to Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Stanley and a brief but groundbreaking tenure with Kentucky banjo great J.D. Crowe before a late ’70s stay in Emmylou Harris’ Hot ...
Oct. 29—The SteelDrivers, Grammy award winning bluegrass band from Nashville, will be taking the stage at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum at 7 p.m. Saturday. Tammy Rogers, fiddler and ...
Sep. 1—The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum will celebrate the Labor Day holiday in style with its "Hall of Fame Homecoming Weekend" today, Sept. 1 and Saturday. The two-day event will be ...