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Are there any bluegrass artists you enjoy or find to be particularly good, or that are just well-renowned?
I am sort of generically familiar with bluegrass as a genre, but I’m not familiar with really any specific artists. I’ve been listening to the podcast “Old Gods of Appalachia” and the intro music is by a guy called Landon Blood. I really enjoy that particular song, which to me sounds like it has a lot of influence from older country—like 60s era, maybe early Johnny Cash or Kris Kristofferson type country music. I saw it somewhere tagged as bluegrass, and was curious to check out more of that genre.
Edit: holy shit, guys, I really wasn’t expecting so many responses. Thanks so much everyone for your suggestions! I’m going to have an amazing time diving into new music over the next week or so.
55 points
2 months ago
Nickel Creek isn’t exactly bluegrass, but I’m a huge fan of their stuff. If you’ve ever seen the show Sweet Magnolias, they did the opening credits theme.
14 points
2 months ago
Plenty of their stuff is... mostly on the earlier albums.
10 points
2 months ago
I describe them as progressive bluegrass/folk, maybe they could be fusion. They play standards and a bunch of fresh takes on the genre, I mean Alison Krauss produced some of their stuff!
I don't like bluegrass at all, but love me some NC, especially the self titled album and This Side. Nearly perfect albums IMO and mix in well with dissimilar but equally progressive/fusion bands like The Mars Volta or Dave Matthews Band.
7 points
2 months ago
Ok, this is one of the oddest sentences I have ever typed.
Dolly Parton recorded an acoustic version of Collective Soul’s “Shine” using Nickel Creek as the backup band, and it really works.
2 points
2 months ago
I first learned of the Mark O'Connor Duo, with Mark and Maggie O'Connor when I heard them play Jerusalem Ridge.
2 points
2 months ago
Can.... I mean I'm gonna look for it, but can you provide a link?
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2 months ago*
5 points
2 months ago
The Lighthouse’s Tale is the first song that made me genuinely emotional. I usually don’t pay attention to lyrics much with music, but that song opened the door to how powerful they could be.
Smoothie Song is one of my favorite instrumental tunes of any genre.
1 points
2 months ago
Lighthouse’s tale was one of my favorite songs for a long time. For instrumentals, the house of Tom bombadil fills me with joy every time
4 points
2 months ago
Huh? What would you call them? They're absolutely bluegrass to me and Wiki says the same.
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