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Bluegrass
- Genre family
- Country / Folk / Americana
- 1990s recordings
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
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 Marty Stuart, The Kentucky Colonels and Doyle Dykes.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreCountry / Folk / Americana
Current genreBluegrass
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordings1990s starting recordings
01What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul1992 · Bluegrass · bluegrassOpen in new tab 02Bluegrass Shuffle (instrumental)1992 · Bluegrass · bluegrassOpen in new tab 03I Don't Love Nobody1992 · Bluegrass · bluegrassOpen in new tab 04'til the End of the World Rolls 'round1992 · Bluegrass · bluegrassOpen in new tab 05Somebody Loves You Darlin'1992 · Bluegrass · bluegrassOpen in new tab 06Orange Blossom Special1992 · Bluegrass · bluegrassOpen in new tab 07Two in the Morning1992 · Bluegrass · bluegrassOpen in new tab 08Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (Llive)1992 · Bluegrass · bluegrassOpen in new tab 09Black Mountain Rag1992 · Bluegrass · bluegrassOpen in new tab 10Cannonball Blues (instrumental)1992 · Bluegrass · bluegrassOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
1990s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1990s albums
LOCAL GRAPH
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