Bluegrass

Use in bluegrass and country seeAlso The string bass is the most commonly used bass instrument in bluegrass music and is almost always plucked, though some modern bluegrass bassists have also used a bow.

Bluegrass is as integral to Bentley’s sound as country music is, and he proved how much he appreciates the genre when he made a bluegrass album with in 2010.

Sandy Devera feels the music during an open jam on Friday afternoon hosted by the Long Beach Dog Park "Doggers" at the California Bluegrass Association's weekend-long event, Great 48 bluegrass jam, at the Marriott at the Convention Center.

And in nearby Wilmington, the Industrial Strength Bluegrass Festival, founded by Middletown native and bluegrass musician Joe Mullins, welcomes nationally celebrated acts and audiences of thousands, drawn by the region’s rich artistic heritage.

They also apply their progressive sound to traditional bluegrass tunes, and add an element of bluegrass when covering songs from other genres, Bartram said.

Saturday: Fiddlin’ Fest Between the Rivers returns to Downtown Rome on Saturday from noon until 7 p.m. The bluegrass street festival will feature he classical sounds of bluegrass music on two live music stages along with activities along every block.

This outstanding group of accomplished musicians plays a mix of traditional bluegrass, contemporary bluegrass, old time fiddle and even some classic country.

Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on the bluegrass found in many of its pastures due to the fertile soil.

Another, I enjoyed Appalachian bluegrass.

Bands from Surry County made a good showing at the 51st-annual Mount Airy Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddlers Convention during the weekend, along with other local competitors in individual instrument and other categories.

Bluegrass does have these set song forms that I played with a little bit.

Bobby Osborne, the singer and mandolin player who joined with his younger brother, Sonny, to lead one of the most groundbreaking bands in the history of bluegrass, died on Tuesday in Gallatin, Tenn., a suburb of Nashville.

Cele enjoyed bluegrass music, history, bible study, and spending time with family and friends, and a good laugh now and then.

Earlier this year, she appeared at the 50th anniversary of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival.

Fleury said that Restless Mountain is an all-acoustic bluegrass band.

For a vibrant, knee-slapping night of tunes, head to One Longfellow Square for a performance by Brooklyn bluegrass act Damn Tall Buildings.

Friday night’s headliner is Irish bluegrass.

Granted, 27-year-old Tucker, who now serves as the director of operations for production company Planet Bluegrass, didn’t attend the festival in its early years.

Here are five bluegrass festivals that have been established for quite a while.

It was not until 1952, when they began working with the producer at Capitol Records, that they first described the music they were making as bluegrass.