Style: Country : Contemporary Bluegrass
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Contemporary Bluegrass developed during the '80s, when traditional bluegrass had incorporated the innovations of progressive bluegrass. It isn't as jazzy or experimental as progressive bluegrass -- sticking to familiar traditional forms -- but it is slightly less classicist than traditional bluegrass. Essentially, it is an updated and fresh version of bluegrass for modern
similar styles
Progressive Bluegrass; 



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- Carrying the Tradition The Lonesome River Band
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01/01/1991

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- Travelin' Larry Sparks
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01/01/1992

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- Lines & Traces Front Porch String Band
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01/01/1991

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- When It Rains Lou Reid
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01/01/1991

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- Saturday Night & Sunday Morning Ralph Stanley
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01/01/1992

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- True Stories Laurie Lewis
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01/01/1993

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- One More Day Diamond Rio
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02/06/2001

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- Nickel Creek Nickel Creek
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03/21/2000

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- Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals Laurie Lewis
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05/04/1999

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- Ancient Tones Ricky Skaggs
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01/26/1999

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 greatest tracks
Song Artist Album
I Want Out (Ian Wilkie Mix) (7:42) Harry "Choo Choo" Romero I Want Out
Hey Hey Evangelina (3:32) The Acousticats Down at Evangelina's
The Fiddle and the Banjo (1:15) Tom Adams Right Hand Man
Tom Adams  
Oh, Atlanta (#) (4:41) Alison Krauss Now That I've Found You: A Collection
Baby, Now That I've Found You (#) (3:49) Alison Krauss Now That I've Found You: A Collection
Alison Krauss  
Alison Krauss  
Alison Krauss  
Alison Krauss  

 greatest artists
The Lonesome River Band;  Laurie Lewis;  Blue Highway;  IIIrd Tyme Out;  Ralph Stanley;  The Johnson Mountain Boys;  The Seldom Scene;  Larry Sparks;  Front Range;  Northern Lights;  The Nashville Bluegrass Band;  Laurel Canyon Ramblers;  Traditional Grass;  Charlie Sizemore;  Longview;  Rice Brothers;  Ronnie Bowman;  Sam Bush;  Rhonda Vincent;  Del McCoury;  Alison Brown;  Claire Lynch;  Nickel Creek;  James King;  Jim & Jesse;  David Grier;  Jerry Douglas;  Reno Brothers;  Diamond Rio;  Larry Stephenson;  The Cox Family;  Lynn Morris;  Front Porch String Band;  Southern Rail;  Ricky Skaggs;  Lou Reid;  Kate MacKenzie;  Tim O'Brien;  Jeff White;  New Vintage;  Crowe & McLaughlin;  Rickie Simpkins;  The Derailers;  Alison Krauss;  Hot Rize;  Tony Furtado;  The Dillards;  The Country Gentlemen;  The Bluegrass Album Band;  Steve Earle;  New Coon Creek Girls;  Dolly Parton;  Patty Loveless;  Robert Earl Keen, Jr.;  Chris Jones;  Dale Ann Bradley;  Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen;  David Parmley;  Osborne Brothers;  Darryl Worley;  The Fox Family;  Sally Van Meter;  Lonesome Standard Time;  Jeanette Williams;  Roland White;  The Gillis Brothers;  Rambler's Choice;  Kathy Kallick;  The Country Gazette;  Cache Valley Drifters;  Bass Mountain Boys;  Butch Baldassari;  Tom T. Hall;  David Ball;  Pat Green;  Vince Gill;  Béla Fleck;  Stuart Duncan;  Kevin Williamson;  The Boys from Indiana;  Craig Smith;  The Rarely Herd;  Gary Ferguson;  The Acousticats;  Tom Adams;  Weary Hearts;  John McEuen;  Mac Wiseman;  Warrior River Boys;  Tony Trischka;  The Special Consensus;  Tony Rice;  New Grass Revival;  Livewire;  Gary Brewer;  Ian Van Dahl;  Sand Mountain;  Missa Johnouchi;  Jill Scott;  Mountain Heart;  The Chapmans;  Harry "Choo Choo" Romero;  Phil Vassar;  Los Zafiros;  Chris Thile;  The Forbes Family;  Dan Tyminski;  Sammy Shelor;  Mark Newton; 
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