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Bluegrass

Genre family: Country / Folk / Americana
1930s recordings: 3

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Meet Bluegrass

Bluegrass is a branch of the Country / Folk / Americana family, with its own performance and recording traditions.

The clearest way to understand Bluegrass is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.

Begin with The Carter Family.

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Its place in the genre family

Parent genreCountry / Folk / Americana

Current genreBluegrass

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1930s · Bluegrass

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1930s Bluegrass

ESSENTIAL LISTENING

1930s starting recordings

3 recordings

01The Cyclone of Rye Cove1930 · Country · bluegrassOpen in new tab 02I’m Working on a Building1934 · Country · bluegrassOpen in new tab 03There’ll Be Joy, Joy, Joy1934 · Country · bluegrassOpen in new tab

KEY ARTISTS

1930s artists

The Carter Family

ESSENTIAL ALBUMS

1930s albums

Longing for Old Virginia: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1934) cover

Longing for Old Virginia: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1934)

My Clinch Mountain Home: Their Complete Victor Recordings, 1928-1929 cover

My Clinch Mountain Home: Their Complete Victor Recordings, 1928-1929

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GenreCountry / Folk / Americana