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Alison Krauss and Union Station .... country genre or folk music?

Posted by i'm not dead yet ! (aka pacrat) Aug 1 '13, 12:56

I always thought of her as more of a country music artist ... but there's a definite folk feel to a lot of it, and she's showing up on my pandora music under the folk music station a lot here lately ...

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I prefer Gillian Welch -- nm - dave rawlings Aug 1, 13:12
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- This. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 1, 12:58
- that's kind of a funky distinction. i'd say bluegrass was a subset of country.....nm - x Aug 1, 12:58 10
  - Bluegrass (a style of banjo playing using picks on all five fingers) was invented in the 50s before that it was single picked or 'frailed' - zeitgeist Aug 1, 13:06 2
    - Bluegrass is a genre of music that originated in the 18th century. Flatpicking, 3-finger (Scruggs) picking and frailing are styles of banjo playing. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 1, 13:18
    - Blue Grass starts with Bill Monroe who started in the late 30s. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 1, 13:12
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    - naw. country starts in like the teens with string bands, jimmy rodgers, the carter family et al.... - x Aug 1, 13:04 3
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        (i cheated. i just finished country music usa by bill c. malone, that covers the first 50 years of country)....nm - x Aug 1, 13:19
      - [bookmarks post] -- nm - mud Aug 1, 13:07
    - Yeah. There was a great documentary a while back called Appalachia that talked all about this - con_carne Aug 1, 13:03
    - agreed. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 1, 13:00

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