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Bluegrass Music Festivals
There are a number of Bluegrass music festivals currently planned all around America. Bluegrass is actually a type of music that incorporates elements of country, folk, jazz, and the blues, as it is played on a variety of acoustic stringed instruments. The genre has origins in and is influenced by Scottish and Irish folk music, but nevertheless, Bluegrass is a distinctive American form of music.
The name Bluegrass originally came from a name of a band, ‘Blue Grass Boys’, whose lead singer named Bill Monroe is said to have founded the Bluegrass music. The popularity of Bill Monroe started in 1940. The band featured instruments like the banjo, mandolin, and fiddles.
Since then, bluegrass music has stayed popular and been exposed in many unique ways. One of those outlets for the music was the film ‘O Brother Where Art Thou?’ by the Coen Brothers which was released in 2000. The film starred George Clooney. Clooney’s character, together with his friends in prison, were all members of a Bluegrass music band known as the Soggy Bottom Boys. This film increased the popularity of the Bluegrass music festivals all over the world. Read the rest of this entry »
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