The territory

Bluegrass

High lonesome, hot picking, Monroe's invention.

Bill Monroe invented bluegrass in 1939 and it has been mutating ever since. The 'high lonesome sound' of the Stanley Brothers, the chamber-grass of Tony Rice, the jam-band psychedelia of Billy Strings — same DNA.

The artists

Names worth knowing

Tyler Childers

USA · 1991 — present

Tyler Childers

Appalachia, unfiltered and unembarrassed.

Sierra Ferrell

USA · 1988 — present

Sierra Ferrell

Sings like she found the songs in a creek bed.

Billy Strings

USA · 1992 — present

Billy Strings

Bluegrass at the speed of a freight train.

Molly Tuttle

USA · 1993 — present

Molly Tuttle

First woman to win IBMA Guitar Player of the Year — twice.

Sarah Jarosz

USA · 1991 — present

Sarah Jarosz

Octave mandolin, NYC fog, Texas hill-country bones.

Steve'n'Seagulls

Finland · 2011 — present

Steve'n'Seagulls

Finnish bluegrass band that covered metal classics into a global cult.