Bluegrass · GenresWhat is bluegrass?
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and it is a sub-genre of country music. It has its own roots in Irish, Scottish and English traditional music.
About bluegrass
Bluegrass was inspired by the music of immigrants from the United Kingdom and Ireland (particularly the Scots-Irish immigrants in Appalachia), as well as jazz and blues. Bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe characterized the genre as: "Scottish bagpipes and ole-time fiddlin'. It's Methodist and Holiness and Baptist.
From Last.fm, where 12,139 listeners have tagged music as bluegrass.
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KentuckyBluegrass songs
- If It Hadn't Been for Love by The SteelDrivers
- Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show
- Codeine by Trampled by Turtles
- Little Sadie by Crooked Still
- Rocky Top by The Osborne Brothers
- Blue Side of the Mountain by The SteelDrivers
- Foggy Mountain Breakdown by Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
- Blue Moon of Kentucky by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
- Wait So Long by Trampled by Turtles
- I Hear Them All by Old Crow Medicine Show
Bluegrass on Risocast
TravellerChris Stapleton · 2015
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Music From The Motion Picture / Deluxe Edition)Various Artists · 2000
Whiskey Before BreakfastNorman Blake · 1976
Shady GroveJerry Garcia, David Grisman · 1996
Back Home In Sulphur SpringsNorman Blake · 1972
STAYTrue North58957: The Bluegrass Guitar CollectionTony Rice, Norman Blake · 2003
Live At The LegionBilly Strings, Bryan Sutton · 2025
The Big Rock Candy MountainHarry McClintock · 2002
You Are My SunshineNorman Blake · 2000
Kingdom of FearCameron Whitcomb
Neighbouring genres
In the folk & country family. All genres
countryamericanaalt-countrycountry rockcountry popchamber folkacoustic rockavant-folkdark folkapocalyptic folkcontemporary folkfolk rockQuestions
- What is bluegrass?
- Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and it is a sub-genre of country music. It has its own roots in Irish, Scottish and English traditional music. Bluegrass was inspired by the music of immigrants from the United Kingdom and Ireland (particularly the Scots-Irish immigrants in Appalachia), as well as jazz and blues.
- Who are the best-known bluegrass artists?
- By Last.fm listening: Billy Strings, The Dead South, The SteelDrivers, The Chicks, Trampled by Turtles and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
- What genres are similar to bluegrass?
- On Risocast it sits with country, americana, alt-country, country rock, country pop and chamber folk.
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