Tag Archives: Contemporary Bluegrass

Russ Barenberg is among the most melodic instrumentalists in modern bluegrass. Most widely known for his Clarence White-style flatpicking, Barenberg frequently uses his various other three fingers to improve tempo and melody and create a far more textural level of sensitivity. A former person in Nation Cooking food, Heartlands, Fiddle …

Modern folk singer/songwriter Caroline Herring grew up inside a musical family in Canton, MS. Her dad played acoustic guitar and her mom played piano. Normally, her parents experienced her consider piano lessons, but she ultimately became interested in acoustic guitar and the opportunity to sing her personal tunes. She didn’t …

He’s considered among the world’s leading specialists on traditional Appalachian fiddle and banjo designs, along with transporting on the customs of his past due and famous father-in-law Dewey Balfa as the accordion participant in the Cajun group Balfa Toujours. But fiddler/banjo participant/accordionist Dirk Powell 1st began playing music in the …

Fiddler Tammy Rogers was created in Tennessee in 1966 and raised in Irving, TX. As a teenager, she was trained traditional music but also performed frequently with her family members at bluegrass celebrations. After graduating university, she became a member of Patty Loveless’ support music group, which she adopted having …

Along with his 1993 solo album These Old Pictures, James King was established like a top-notch bluegrass vocalist. The recording, however, was just the latest part of a musical profession that had started 14 years before. A presented person in Ralph Stanley’s Clinch Hill Males in the 1980s, King, who …

Nation guitarist Joe Carr has issued many solo releases over time, not only is it a one-time person in the bluegrass clothing Nation Gazette, guesting on various other artist’s information, and issuing many instructional guitar movies. A completely self-taught musician, Carr started playing electric guitar at age 13 (motivated by …

Costs Emerson is among the most influential music artists in bluegrass. He started playing electric guitar in 1955 and banjo the next year, that was when he noticed a efficiency by Uncle Bob & the Blue Ridge Companions on the Rockville, MD, radio place. He was therefore captivated by their …

A lively and technically gifted music group, Blueridge play straight-ahead bluegrass with contemporary attitude and energy. Well known mandolinist Alan Bibey created the initial Blueridge in 1998, and released their debut Common Floor a year later on, beginning a long-term romantic relationship with the Sugars Hill label. Another edition from …

The Bluegrass Recording Music group was a bluegrass supergroup formed in 1980. Originally, the music group presented J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Tony Grain, Bobby Hicks, and Todd Phillips. All the members were referred to as intensifying bluegrass musicians, however the Bluegrass Recording Band was made to showcase the original side …

Slavek Hanzlik is really a modern bluegrass and instrumental musician who found prominence within the mid-’90s. Hanzlik was created and elevated in Prague, Czechoslovakia and he remained there until 1982, when he became a politics refugee. He shifted to Canada and was a resident of that nation for over ten …