Bluegrass
Vorläufer, aber auch Nebenstrang der Country-Musik. Im Folk-Umfeld angesiedelt. Ursprung in den Appalachen.
Bevorzugte Instrumente: Banjo, Mandoline, Geige, Gitarre.
Beispiele:
- Alison Brown
- Alison Krauss
- Alsion Kraus & The Union Station
- Armanda Cook
- Balsam Range
- Bela Fleck
- Ben Miller Band
- Benjamin Dakota Rogers
- Benny Martin
- Bill Monroe
- Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
- Billy Strings
- Blue Highway
- Blue Steel
- Carolina Chocolate Drops
- Chatham County Line
- Chris Thile
- Crooked Still
- Dan Tyminski
- David Grisman
- Doc Watson
- Doc & Merle Watson
- Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
- Earl Scruggs
- Foggy Mountain Boys
- Gangstagrass
- Greensky Bluegrass
- Haceknsaw Boys
- Hayseed Dixie
- Hot Rize
- Ilsey
- Iron Horse
- J. R. Carroll
- James King
- Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
- Jerry Douglas
- Jimmy & Rats
- John Hartford
- Joy kills sorrow
- Kitchen Dwellers
- La Maravillosa Orquesta del Alcohol
- Larry and his Flask
- Leftover Salmon
- Lester Flatt
- Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
- Lonsome River Band
- Mark O‘Connor
- Molly Tuttle
- Mountain Grass Unit
- New Grass Revival
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Noam Pikelny
- Norman Blake
- Old & in the way
- Old Crow Medicine Show
- Punch Brothers
- Quebec Redneck Bluegrass Project
- Railroad Earth
- Ralph Stanley
- Rhonda Vincent
- Ricky Skaggs
- Sam Bush
- Sara Watkins
- Sidemen
- Sierra Hull
- Southall
- Split Lip Rayfield
- Starberry
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- Steve‘n‘Seagulls
- Stuart Duncan
- The .357 String Band
- The Bedquilt Ramblers
- The Broken Circle Breakdown Bluegrass Band
- The Brothers Comatose
- The Country Gentlemen
- The Cox Family
- The Death South
- The Del McCoury Band
- The Devil makes Three
- The Dillards
- The Ghost of Paul Revere
- The Greencards
- The Infamaous Stringdusters
- The Last Revel
- The New Lost City Ramblers
- The Osborne Brothers
- The Other Favorites
- The Pine Box Boys
- The Seldom Scene
- The Show Ponies
- The Stanley Brothers
- The Steeldrivers
- Tim O‘Brien
- Tony Rice
- Town Mountain
- Trampled by Turtles
- Uncle Earl
- Watkins Family Hour
- Whiskey Shivers
- Yonder Mountain String Quartet