Comments on: Bluegrass on year end lists http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/bluegrass-on-year-end-lists/ News at the speed of Bluegrass! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:52:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: David Royko http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/bluegrass-on-year-end-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-55293 David Royko Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:01:37 +0000 http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/bluegrass-on-year-end-lists/#comment-55293 I hear you--for a number of years now, I've submitted my year-end piece to the Trib under the heading "Bluegrass/Newgrass" and always wonder what the piece will appear under. This year, it was "FOLK/BLUEGRASS". So it goes. Here's the full piece with comments (don't know if the Trib keeps it up beyond 7 days): http://www.geocities.com/davidroyko/BestOf2008.html As for newgrass, I think all but the Stanley disc falls squarely into the "newgrass" catagory, but of course, WINA? ;-) Dave Royko I hear you–for a number of years now, I’ve submitted my year-end piece to the Trib under the heading “Bluegrass/Newgrass” and always wonder what the piece will appear under. This year, it was “FOLK/BLUEGRASS”. So it goes. Here’s the full piece with comments (don’t know if the Trib keeps it up beyond 7 days):
http://www.geocities.com/davidroyko/BestOf2008.html
As for newgrass, I think all but the Stanley disc falls squarely into the “newgrass” catagory, but of course, WINA? ;-)
Dave Royko

]]> By: mwrowe http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/bluegrass-on-year-end-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-55257 mwrowe Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:32:48 +0000 http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/bluegrass-on-year-end-lists/#comment-55257 Interesting-- do any of these albums actually qualify as bluegrass? Or even newgrass? Sure, they all have banjo, but beyond that... even the Ralph Stanley album is clawhammer, which I always took as one of the things that distinguishes old timey from bluegrass. Don't get me wrong-- these are great albums! But what does it say about the state of bluegrass? Interesting– do any of these albums actually qualify as bluegrass? Or even newgrass? Sure, they all have banjo, but beyond that… even the Ralph Stanley album is clawhammer, which I always took as one of the things that distinguishes old timey from bluegrass.

Don’t get me wrong– these are great albums! But what does it say about the state of bluegrass?

]]>