Progressive Bluegrass
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Widely acknowledged as
one of the world's most
innovative and technically
proficient banjo players,
Fleck plays newgrass. Fle...
Much like Doug Dillard, Bill
Keith revolutionized
Bluegrass music with his
signature style of banjo
playing.
Chris Thile is known in the
country music world as the
Clarence White of
mandolin. The young man is
an absolute virtuoso. Asid...
Known for his
collaborations with the late
Jerry Garcia, Grisman has
led his own Bluegrass
quintet dating back to the...
Freakwater's songs are
rustic reflections of
wide-open countrysides
mixed with mountain air and
floating vocal harmonies....
Hot Rize are a progressive,
Rocky Mountain string-band
featuring virtuosos Pete
Wernick and Tim O'Brien.
They formed in 1977.
J.D. Crowe was one of the
founders of progressive
bluegrass. His innovative
banjo playing pushed
bluegrass' margins outwar...
Best known as the lead
vocalist for the Grateful
Dead, the late Garcia was an
admirable folk and
bluegrass player as well....
Most people know Hartford
for "Gentle on My Mind," but
he is a massive influence on
country-folk and
progressive bluegrass. Ha...
A veritable who's who of
West Coast Progressive
Bluegrass players make up
this legendary band. They
helped Bluegrass evolve.
This young trio from San
Diego plays devastatingly
beautiful bluegrass and folk
songs sung by an
angelic-voiced singer. Ma...
Blake combines Old-Time
String Band music, Bluegrass
fiddle tunes, Country Blues,
Early Jazz and even Tin Pan
Alley pop.
Old & In The Way were a
progressive bluegrass band
comprising Jerry Garcia,
David Grisman, Vassar
Clements and Peter Rowa...
Peter Rowan is a bluegrass
vet who helped push the
boundaries of the genre
into progressive realms
without getting too jammy...
Sam Bush is best known as
the founder of the New
Grass Revival, the group
most often associated with
electric bluegrass.
Sean Watkins is a bluegrass
aficionado. He's also a
member of the acoustic-pop
band, Nickel Creek.
They were one of the very
first Progressive Bluegrass
bands, innovating traditional
picking with stylishly hyper
arpeggios. Playing Progres...
Since the '70s the Seldom
Scene have been
progressive bluegrass
icons, fusing traditional
bluegrass, country-rock a...
Tony Rice is a
standard-setting acoustic
flat-picking guitarist,
combining elements of jazz,
Swing, and other forms of...
Popular among
"festavarians," Yonder
Mountain String Band plays
progressive bluegrass with a
traditional acoustic set-up...
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