Cybergrass

Cybergrass www.cybergrass.com is the first web site dedicated to bluegrass music. The music web site was created on the Internet September 9, 1992 by Bob Cherry. The site acquired its current name and trademark in 1995 and rebranded itself as Cybergrass - The Internet's Bluegrass Music Magazine. The site has had numerous face lifts over the years. Beginning as a lyrics site, it progressed into a bluegrass music portal with a variety of features. Today, the site's current configuration is as a daily bluegrass music news site.

The subject of the publication has always been bluegrass music. The site has been an innovator in music web sites. Cybergrass was the first web site to ever carry a music awards show—the GRAMMYs in 1996 and has webcast the IBMA Awards show for every year they have been available from the International Bluegrass Music Association. The site was also the first Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) licensed web site (1995). Cybergrass remains an IBMA bluegrass resource.

Cybergrass editorial content continues to profile artists, announce new releases, announce new events and products of interest to a bluegrass music audience. The site removed all music content when DMCA was written but continues their promotion of anything surrounding the music.

After the release of O Brother Where Art Thou, there has been a resurgence of interest in the music of Bill Monroe. More than a thousand bluegrass music related web sites are online around the world today.

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Bluegrass music

Typical instruments	Acoustic guitar Banjo Dobro Fiddle Bluegrass mandolin Upright bass

Stylistic origins	Blues Country music Folk music Old-time music

Sub- and fusion genres	Traditional bluegrass Progressive bluegrass Bluegrass gospel Czech bluegrass

Notable festivals	High Sierra Music Festival Festival of the Bluegrass Merlefest Podunk Bluegrass Festival Telluride Bluegrass Festival Tottenham Bluegrass Festival List of bluegrass music festivals

Notable performers	List of bluegrass musicians List of bluegrass bands List of bluegrass mandolinists

Other	International Bluegrass Music Museum International Bluegrass Music Association International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Bluegrass Unlimited magazine Central Canadian Bluegrass Awards International Bluegrass Music Awards

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