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Bluegrass: Roots And New Directions

A journey from founding instrumentalists and vocal traditions to progressive bluegrass, Czech players and modern crossover bands.

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RNR Bluegrass
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Roots And Roads

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Dixie Chicks · Long Time Gone

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  1. 1
    Long Time Gone · Dixie Chicks
  2. 2
    East Tennessee Blues · Bill Monroe

    Why it was chosen To go back to the very beginnings of bluegrass with one of the founding fathers

  3. 3
    Who Will Sing For Me · Earl Scruggs

    Why it was chosen To continue with the more traditional bluegrass style

  4. 4
    O Death · Ralph Stanley
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    Why it was chosen Ralph Stanley was a guest at a live concert featuring Doc Watson and Earl Scruggs

  5. 5
    Too Often Left Alone · J.D. Crowe

    Why it was chosen To see what happened when the sixties and seventies came along in the more complex and interactive musical eras

  6. 6
    Dogwood · David Grisman Quintet

    Why it was chosen David Grisman was one of the proponents and shining lights of the new grass movement or progressive bluegrass

  7. 7
    Buffalo Nickel · Bela Fleck

    Why it was chosen To look at another bluegrass virtuoso and innovator

  8. 8
    Heaven · Seldom Seen

    Why it was chosen To continue in the same New Grass Revival nineteen seventies vibe

  9. 9
    Norman And Nancy · Sam Bush

    Why it was chosen Sam Bush was innovating at about the same time as other crossover artists in the 1970s

  10. 10
    Bon Aqua Blues · Tony Trischka

    Why it was chosen To hear another famous instrumentalist

  11. 11
    Blue And Lonesome · Alison Krauss
  12. 12
    Mule Skinner Blues · Druha Trava

    Why it was chosen To go a bit outside the English-speaking world to a Czech band

  13. 13
    Yeah, Buddy · Old School Freight Train

    Why it was chosen To hear newer players of the genre that are active right now and continuing the tradition in the nineties and eighties

  14. 14
    Dog On A Leash · Trampled By Turtles

    Why it was chosen As another example of what bluegrass can be like

  15. 15
    Not Yet Not · Psycho Grass