How to Use bluegrass in a Sentence

bluegrass

noun
  • The bands range in genre from classic rock to bluegrass, Stamidis said.
    Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Rich Strike is resting now on a farm in the bluegrass, just being a horse.
    Joe Drape, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The drive on 127 South is vintage bluegrass, the distillery tour is good and the product is very tasty.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2020
  • The best things are the most simple and bluegrass kind of draws on tradition.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2021
  • And a little bit of Old-time, bluegrass, and Western swing.
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 31 May 2024
  • Walsh was a proud veteran, a fan of bluegrass and Prince, a lover of dogs and travel.
    Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2023
  • Ahead of the rally, demonstrators lined the steps of the building, where a bluegrass band played in front of the main entrance.
    Bailey Loosemore, The Courier-Journal, 2 May 2020
  • Then there’s the fun stuff: A new teen bluegrass ensemble.
    Anne Kadet, WSJ, 5 June 2018
  • Rice’s love of bluegrass music prompted him to take up the banjo in 1966.
    Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2020
  • As long as there’s bluegrass, the spirit and impact of J.D. Crowe will always live on.
    NBC News, 25 Dec. 2021
  • He's been a ‘Led Head’ from day one and also loves bluegrass and big-band music.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 15 Mar. 2023
  • He's been a 'Led Head' from day one and also loves bluegrass and big-band music.
    Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The bluegrass, country group sounds just as good live — maybe even better.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 10 June 2020
  • The live music onstage will be eclectic as in folk, jazz and bluegrass.
    David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024
  • What to expect: Live music from artists who play folk, bluegrass, blues, jazz, gospel and more.
    Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 6 May 2023
  • It’s as much a soul album and a bluegrass album as a country record.
    Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2018
  • Then a few days later, this all happened… Church: And [Billy] has a lot of ties to that area with bluegrass.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2024
  • This is one of the oldest bluegrass festivals in the Southwest.
    Alison Stanton, azcentral, 12 Sep. 2019
  • From bluegrass to country and pop to rock ‘n’ roll, Dolly has contributed and helped to shape the sound, look and style of them all.
    Storme Warren, Variety, 4 Nov. 2022
  • This is not the Thile who can make Bach arresting on the mandolin but rather turns more to his, and the mandolin’s, bluegrass roots as well as jazz.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Bison Ranch, is a weekend of folk fun and bluegrass music.
    Naomi Stock, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2022
  • On thousands of acres of lush bluegrass with gently rolling hills mapped by limestone and plank fences.
    New York Times, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The first generation [of bluegrass] has been wiped out.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The third and fourth movements reference choro and bluegrass.
    Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The Black Dog Cafe, a Lowertown old-timer, is open all day and has live music (jazz, roots, bluegrass) most nights.
    Melanie D.g. Kaplan / Washington Post, Twin Cities, 10 Oct. 2019
  • The folk and bluegrass ensemble Trampled by Turtles plays 2:15 to 3 p.m. on the Seaside Stage.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Nearly 50 artists will play on three stages over the course of the weekend, including two side-by-side main stages and a bluegrass stage.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The bluegrass singer-guitarist is on tour throughout the summer and will play a pair of shows in Illinois this weekend.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2021
  • In a bluegrass song by Gillian Welch, a woman, Miss Ohio, drives down the highway, the ragtop of her convertible down.
    Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Students fill the living room with old-time bluegrass, a sound heard less and less in this changing community.
    Ella Adams, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024

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