One of the most important institutions of country music – and, therefore, American music – is the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. It’s a weekly performance...
Tag - bluegrass music
Doc Watson is one of the most important people in the history of American music. Clearly, his technical mastery is deep. I am not capable of commenting on it...
Acoustic Guitar Masters John Fahey: On the Sunny Side of the Ocean Bert Jansch: Reynardine/Angie Leo Kottke: Vaseline Machine Gun/Last Steam Engine Adrian...
The Daily Music Break will offer a page of links on various forms of music during 2013. To kick it off, here is a basic overview of bluegrass music —...
Bill Monroe (1911-1996) is known as the Father of Bluegrass Music. His very nice site offers a tremendous amount of information. Here is the beginning of a...
The Shelby Bottom String Band was nice enough to send me information on the band and some links. Here is some of what they say about themselves: The band has...
Alison Krauss’ version of this traditional was recorded for the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?, which was released in 2000. The great photos were added...
Doc Watson: 1923-2012 Shady Grove with David Holt Deep River Blues Sally Goodin with Bill Monroe Sitting on Top of the World Little Sadie with Merle Watson...
