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Claire Lynch (born February 20, 1954) is an American bluegrass musician, singer, songwriter, and producer.She is a three-time winner of the International Bluegrass Music Association's Female Vocalist of the Year honors. [3]
Hayseed Dixie is an American band formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2000. Their first album was A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC.The band performs bluegrass cover versions of hard rock songs and also original songs of a mostly satirical or absurdist nature in a self-created musical genre which the band calls "rockgrass."
MerleFest is an annual "traditional plus" music festival held in Wilkesboro, North Carolina on the campus of Wilkes Community College.The festival, which is held the last weekend in April, was hosted by Grammy Award winner Doc Watson prior to his death and is named in memory and honor of his son, Eddy Merle Watson, [1] who died in a farm tractor accident in 1985.
Punch Brothers is an American band consisting of Chris Thile (mandolin), Brittany Haas (fiddle/violin), Noam Pikelny (banjo), Chris Eldridge (guitar), and Paul Kowert (bass). ). Their style has been described as "bluegrass instrumentation and spontaneity in the strictures of modern classical" [1] as well as "American country-classical chamber mu
Molly Rose Tuttle (born January 14, 1993) [1] is an American vocalist, songwriter, banjo player, guitarist, recording artist, and teacher in the bluegrass tradition. She is noted for her flatpicking, clawhammer, [2] and crosspicking [3] guitar prowess.
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music. It dates back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South.As a genre it blends the sound of Western musical styles such as country with that of rhythm and blues, [1] [2] leading to what is considered "classic" rock and roll. [3]
Ryan Shupe & the RubberBand is an American country music and bluegrass group founded in the mid-1990s in Ogden, Utah.The band's current lineup comprises Ryan Shupe (fiddle, guitar, ukulele, mandolin, lead vocals), Roger Archibald (guitar, vocals), Craig Miner (banjo, bouzouki, mandolin, guitar, vocals), Josh Larsen (bass guitar, string bass, vocals), and Nate Young (drums, vocals). [1]
Black and Southern gospel music are largely responsible for gospel's continued presence in contemporary Christian music, with soul music by far the best–known popular music variant. [5] The styles emerged from the African-American music and American folk music traditions and have evolved in various ways over the years, continuing to form the ...