Alison Krauss

You know, for most of its life bluegrass has had this stigma of being all straw hats and hay bales and not necessarily the most sophisticated form of music. Yet you can't help responding to its honesty. It's music that finds its way deep into your soul because it's strings vibrating against wood and nothing else.

American Musician

Ricky Skaggs

It doesn't matter if you stick the name 'bluegrass' on it. I think people call things bluegrass that I wouldn't necessarily call bluegrass, but what they're calling country music today I'm not sure that I would call country music. But I love music and I try to encourage people.

Chris Thile

Growing up in a bluegrass or acoustic-oriented world, the musicians become so focused on performance, as far as playing. We tend to overanalyze the notes, so you're always trying to sharpen everything up.

Bill Monroe

Bluegrass has brought more people together and made more friends than any music in the world. You meet people at festivals and renew acquaintances year after year.

Keith Whitley

I laid my country music aside for quite a while... because bluegrass audiences didn't care to hear it. But it just kept haunting me.

American Singer

Dolly Parton

People like bluegrass. It's had a following amongst a lot of hip and young people. A lot of college kids like bluegrass.

Marty Stuart

Coming from bluegrass background, I totally understand family harmonies.

Alan Jackson

I've always wanted to make a bluegrass album.

Martie Maguire

We came out of bluegrass, so we could play.

Winston Marshall

British Musician

Bluegrass is not actually blue; it's named for the blueish-purple buds that appear in spring.

Botanical Blue

When people talk about bluegrass in gardening, they're often discussing the ideal type of grass for their lawn.

Lawn Choice

Bluegrass in gardening oftentimes refers to the Kentucky variety, known for its use in temperate climates.

Rooted in Place

Bluegrass music has deep roots in American culture, especially in the Appalachian region.

Cultural Roots

Bluegrass bands typically feature acoustic instruments like guitars, fiddles, and mandolins.

Acoustic Ensemble

Bluegrass songs often include fast tempos, improvised solos, and vocal harmonies.

Musical Structure

 known as the Bluegrass State a nickname based upon the bluegrass found in many of its pastures because of the fertile soil kanuda contains the longest cave system in the world and also the nation's most productive coalfield

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 But writing can. So can singing in a choir or a bluegrass band. So can painting community murals or birding or fostering old dogs that no one else will. Number families.