bluegrass

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Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and it is a sub-genre of country music. It has its own roots in Irish, Scottish and English traditional music. Bluegrass was inspired by the music of immigrants from the United Kingdom and Ireland (particularly the Scots-Irish immigrants in Appalachia), as well as jazz and blues. In bluegrass, as in jazz, each instrument takes a turn playing the melody and improvising around it, while the others revert to backing; this is in contrast to old-time music, in which all instruments play the melody together or one instrument carries the lead throughout while the others provide accompaniment. Bluegrass is distinctively acoustic in instrumentation, not using electrical instruments of any kind.

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October 2008
Saturday 18 October 2008
Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival at Joshua Tree Lake Campground South Austin Jug Band, Nathan, Peter Case, Carrie Rodriguez, Trampled By Turtles, Hillstomp, Devil Makes Three, Star Anna	Joshua Tree Lake Campground Joshua Tree, CA, United States	1 person attending Add shout
Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival at Joshua Tree Lake Campground The Devil Makes Three, Nathan, Peter Case, Carrie Rodriguez, South Austin Jug Band, Trampled By Turtles, Hillstomp, The Stairwell Sisters	Joshua Tree Lake Campground Joshua Tree, CA, United States	1 person attending Add shout
Saturday 25 October 2008
LA Phil Presents - An Intimate Evening with Vince Gill at Walt Disney Concert Hall Vince Gill	Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, United States	1 person attending Add shout
Tuesday 28 October 2008
Vince Gill	California Center for the Arts San Diego, United States	Add shout Buy Tickets
November 2008
Friday 7 November 2008
Keller Williams w/ Moseley, Droll, & Sipe	El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, United States	3 people attending Add shout

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