List of bluegrass bands

This is an alphabetical list of bluegrass bands. A bluegrass band is a group of musicians who play acoustic stringed instruments, typically some combination of guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, dobro and upright bass, to perform bluegrass music.^[1]

Each band on this list has been selected because there is a Wikipedia article about it or because it has been confirmed as a performing and/or recording bluegrass band in a published source such as a news report, magazine article or book.

For individual musicians, see the List of bluegrass musicians.

See also: Bluegrass music, Country music, and List of country music performers.

Contents :

• Top
• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• The Accidentals
• Acoustic Syndicate
• The Avett Brothers

B

• Balsam Range
• Barry Scott & Second Wind
• Bearfoot
• The Beef Seeds
• Big Smith^[2]
• Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
• Biscuit Burners
• Blackberry Smoke
• BlueBilly Grit
• Blue Highway
• Bluegrass Album Band
• Bluegrass Brothers
• Bob Paisley and the Southern Grass
• Kathy Boyd and Phoenix Rising

C

• Chesapeake
• Charles River Valley Boys
• The Charlie Daniels Band
• The Coal Porters
• The Country Gazette^[3]
• Coyote Hill Bluegrass
• The Country Gentlemen
• The Cox Family
• Cherryholmes
• Chatham County Line
• Crooked Still

D

• Dailey & Vincent
• Dan Paisley and the Southern Grass
• The Dappled Grays
• David and Valerie Mayfield
• Del McCoury Band
• The Dillards
• Dixie Flyers
• Dixie Gentlemen
• Donna Ulisse
• Druhá Tráva
• Dry Branch Fire Squad

E

• East Coast Bluegrass Band

F

• Foggy Mountain Boys (aka "Flatt and Scruggs")

G

• Grass Backardz^[4]
• Gary Ruley and Mule Train
• The Gibson Brothers^[5]
• Good Old Guard Gospel Singers
• The Grascals
• The Greenbriar Boys
• The Greencards
• Greensky Bluegrass

H

• Hackensaw Boys
• Hamilton County Bluegrass Band^[6]
• Hayseed Dixie
• The Hillmen
• Hot Rize

I

• IIIrd Tyme Out
• Ila Auto
• Iron Horse (band)
• Indonesian Navy Bluegrass Band

J

• Jim and Jim and Jesse McReynolds and the Virginia Boys
• Jim & Jennie and the Pinetops
• Johnson Mountain Boys

K

• Kentucky Colonels
• Alison Krauss and Union Station
• Kidnap Alice^[7]

L

• Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
• Lonesome River Band
• Lonesome Sisters

M

• Mission Mountain Wood Band
• Mountain Heart
• Muleskinner
• Mumford & Sons
• Midnight Rain

N

• Nashville Bluegrass Band
• Nashville Grass
• New Grass Revival
• New South
• Northern Lights
• Nothin' Fancy

O

• Oakhurst
• Old and in the Way
• Old South Bluegrass Band^[8]
• Open Road (band)^[9]
• Osborne Brothers
• Old Crow Medicine Show

P

• Packway Handle Band
• Petersens
• Psychograss
• Punch Brothers
• Purdy River Band ^[10]

R

• The Rarely Herd
• Rautakoura
• Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out
• Railroad Earth

S

• Salamander Crossing
• Saddle River String Band

• The Seldom Scene
• Seagrass
• The Stanley Brothers
• The SteelDrivers
• Steep Canyon Rangers
• The Stonemans^[11]
• Sleepy Man Banjo Boys

T

• Tangleweed
• Trampled by Turtles

U

• Uncle Monk

W

• The Whiskey Boys
• Wildfire
• Willie Bean Bluegrass^[12]
• Wimberley Bluegrass Band^[13]

Y

• Yonder Mountain String Band

References

1. Dix Bruce (17 December 2010). Getting Into Bluegrass Mandolin. Mel Bay Publications. pp. 54–. ISBN 978-1-61065-119-6.
2. "Stroke not likely to end Big Smith farewell tour". The City Wire.
3. "The Country Gazette", AllMusic Guide, retrieved 2011-03-14
4. Dye, Cherie. "Bluegrass & Folk Festival not dampened by rain". The Daily Tribune, October 2013.
5. "The Gibson Brothers", AllMusic Guide, retrieved 2011-03-14
6. Obermiller, P. (1999). Paving the way. Backtalk from Appalachia: Confronting stereotypes, 251-66.
7. "Moseley Folk Festival @ Moseley Park, Birmingham 2nd-4th September 2011". Birmingham Live.
8. "2013 Wirrina Festival Review". Australian Bluegrass, 30 Sep, 13 by Ian Main
9. "Open Road", AllMusic Guide, retrieved 2011-03-14
10. Eskridge, Larry. "The sound of bluegrass fills the air at local festival". Canton Daily Ledger
11. "The Stonemans", AllMusic Guide, retrieved 2011-03-14
12. "HOPE thanks community for supporting homeless outreach". Times-Call'. by Lisa Searchinger September 23 2013
13. "The Wimberley Bluegrass band is a family affair". Orange County Register.