1970s-subgenres · krakauer2018-experimental-bluegrass

Beginning in the late 1960s, bands like the Country Gentlemen, the Osborne Brothers, and the Bluegrass Alliance began to incorporate aspects of folk, rock, country, and contemporary songwriting and arranging while adhering to the timbral, rhythmic, and ensemble roles characteristic of traditional bluegrass. ... Collectively, they established a template for mainstream bluegrass bands of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. Newgrass Beginning with the 1971 album Aereo-Plain by John Hartford, a new type of music known as newgrass emerged. ... Like some progressive bluegrass, newgrass often featured extended jam sections, typically over a simple chord progression or a vamp. Unlike progressive bluegrass, newgrass sometimes employed grooves not found in first-generation bluegrass and occasionally featured odd-meter time signatures. ... Dawg music is the label for a more eclectic style of instrumental music pioneered by David “Dawg” Grisman ... Dawg music drew from bluegrass, swing, modal jazz, and the “Gypsy jazz” of Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt.