PROGRESSIVE BLUEGRASS

PROGRESSIVE BLUEGRASS (c. 1975–present) The mid-1970s BLUEGRASS revival spawned a number of groups that used traditional bluegrass instrumentation but were influenced by other types of music, from swing and jazz to rock and progressive music. Known at the time as either progressive or newgrass bands (the latter name coming from the popular group NEW GRASS REVIVAL), these bands met with some hostility from traditionalists while they greatly helped expand the bluegrass style and the market for…