Bluegrass at Tall Stacks

Categories: In the News , Entertainment , Local Interest , Nonfiction

The Bluegrass music tradition is well represented with masters of the genre at Tall Stacks this year: my favorite Del McCoury Band, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Cherryholmes family, Ralph Stanley, and so many more fantastic musicians. This is heaven on earth!

Many of these groups are award winners, and all of them have played on the stage of The Grand Ole Opry!

We have music here at the Library by these extraordinary musicians, as well as books to read about the Bluegrass heritage.

The Bluegrass Reader (2004), edited by Thomas Goldsmith, is an entertaining collection of articles about the Bluegrass music scene.

From Every Stage: Images of America's Roots Music (2005) by Stephanie P. Ledgin is a fascinating look at the development of bluegrass among other types of music that originated in the Americas.

Bluegrass might be something that is unfamiliar to you. Give it a chance; get to know it. It is original American Music that expresses the heart of all of us.