"The Chicken Reel" - Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass, at his home in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, 1995. Credit: Marty Stuart, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The idea for this feature on the Country Music ...

"Bill Monroe, often called the father of Bluegrass music, established the classic Bluegrass sound - high, pure tenor voice, powerful mandolin solos against the banjo background. Bluegrass remains ...

She has covered the country music scene almost exclusively ... the mandolin of Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass. The 95-year-old instrument permanently resides, like a crown jewel, behind ...

"Bill Monroe had a great idea for [bluegrass]. He was looking for a new kind of music," Douglas says. "But he didn't have it until Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt played with him on the Opry [in 1945]." ...

Through the Kentucky School of Bluegrass & Traditional Music, Ellis had a two-year apprenticeship ... him into bluegrass - Bobby Osborne and Bill Monroe." At that time, Lewandowski was in the ...

the "Father of Bluegrass," mandolinist Bill Monroe, first introduced his new sound live on WWNC radio during the "Mountain ...

The Kentucky-born Bill Monroe, often called the Father of Bluegrass, first popularized the music in the 1940s. His Blue Grass Boys band originally featured Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs ...

In August 2022, Mayor Tom Watson announced that his Bluegrass Music Capital of the World Task ... birthplace of Bill Monroe, and Muhlenberg, which has deep connections with musicians like the ...