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Bluegrass genre — history, bands and artists
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Geography of Bluegrass
Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio
Landmark albums of Bluegrass
Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre
2001
New FavoriteAlison Krauss & Union Station
1972
Will the Circle Be UnbrokenThe Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
1999
Forget About ItAlison Krauss
2011
Paper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union Station
2000The Pizza TapesJerry Garcia, David Grisman & Tony Rice
1995
Tales From the Acoustic PlanetBéla Fleck
2013
The Bluegrass AlbumAlan Jackson
2009Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons
1998
Wide Open SpacesDixie Chicks
2016
Swimmin’ Pools, Movie StarsDwight Yoakam
1999
The MountainSteve Earle and The Del McCoury Band
2000
Big Mon: The Songs of Bill MonroeRicky Skaggs
New in Bluegrass
Albums and singles of the genre released in the last four months
202650 Years From Home: Marty and MeVince Gill
2026Hope Is the Thing With FeathersRhiannon Giddens
2026Dolbeau-MistassiniSara Dufour
202650 Years From Home: Stillwater NightVince Gill
202650 Years From Home: Eighteen SummersVince Gill
Bluegrass by year
How many studio albums of the genre came out each year
Bluegrass by country and decade
Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade
Artists of Bluegrass
The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners
- Alecia Nugent
- Alison Brown
- Alison Krauss
- Alison Krauss & Union Station
Annie Moses Band- Austin Lounge Lizards
- Béla Fleck
- Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
- Bill Monroe
Bruce Hornsby- Carbon Leaf
Charlie Daniels- Chatham County Line
- Chris Thile
- Dailey & Vincent
- Dan Hicks
- Dan Tyminski
- Darin & Brooke Aldridge
- Darol Anger
- Del McCoury
- Dirtwire
- Donna Ulisse
- Frontier Ruckus
- Gill Landry
- Hayseed Dixie
- Jerry Douglas
Jim Lauderdale- Joey + Rory
John 5- Larry Cordle
- Mark O’Connor
- Marty Stuart
- Michael Martin Murphey
- Molly Tuttle
- New Riders of the Purple Sage
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Noam Pikelny- Patty Loveless
- Peter Rowan
- Poor Man's Poison
- Rhiannon Giddens
- Rhonda Vincent
- Ricky Skaggs
- Sara Dufour
- Sara Watkins
- Steve ’n’ Seagulls
Steve Earle- Stuart Duncan
- Sturgill Simpson
- The Avett Brothers
The Black Lillies
The Bridge- The Common Linnets
- The Dead South
- The String Cheese Incident
- Trampled by Turtles
- Valerie June
- Vassar Clements
- Vince Gill
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Overview
Genre relations
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Subgenres
Subgenres or what Bluegrass is divided into
Origins
Genres from which Bluegrass originated
Derived genres
Genres that evolved from Bluegrass