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Music Index maintained this listing for bluegrass music until 1986. The first time bluegrass music had its own entries in Music Index was in 1987. [30] The topical and narrative themes of many bluegrass songs are highly reminiscent of folk music. Many songs that are widely considered to be bluegrass are in reality older works legitimately ...
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.
He had many connections throughout old-time, bluegrass, country, and folk music - which reflected his unique repertoire and sound. [3] His singing style was deemed to have more of a folk revivalist influence rather than a "hillbilly" sound - which was the popular sound of the previous years.
Larry Cordle (born November 16, 1948) is an American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter . [1] Cordle is most famous for his song "Murder on Music Row", [2] which was recorded by George Strait and Alan Jackson and received the Country Music Association Award for Vocal Event of the Year, and CMA nomination for Song of the Year, in 2000.
The group was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2009 for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for their song "Blue Side of the Mountain." [4] In 2010, the group received two nominations for its second album, Reckless. The album has been nominated for both Best Bluegrass Album and Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with ...
In bluegrass and other music, the G run (G-run), or Flatt run [1] (presumably after Lester Flatt), is a stereotypical ending used as a basis for improvisation on the guitar. It is the most popular run in bluegrass, the second being "Shave and a Haircut". [1] The best known version, above, is a slight elaboration of the simplest form, below.
Stephenson has won numerous Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA) awards: 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2008: Male Vocalist of the Year. [8] 2005: Song of the Year for "Clinch Mountain Mystery". 2006: IBMA Album of the Year for his participation in Celebration of Life: Musicians Against Childhood Cancer.
The song has become a bluegrass standard, with Prine telling Jasper Rees of theArtsdesk.com that "When bluegrass musicians gather together, whenever they're together for more than an hour, I'd say that 'Paradise' is one of those songs that one of them starts to play it and they all know it. Which is pretty neat cos it's a real close personal song.