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Originally posted by fnordfnordhummingbird
Bela Fleck is pretty much the gold standard of bluegrass right now.
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Fleck's new album with Edger Meyer (Music for Two) is amazing, although not really bluegrass. Their previous collaboration (Appalachain Journey) is more bluegrassy, and was recently in constant rotation at the balt summer compound where it seemed to be enjoyed by people 2 to 82.
I think Dolly Parton's album The Grass is Blue is one of the finest recordings ever. By anybody. In any musical genre. YMMV. But she does look creepy on the cover.
D.C. NPR station WAMU has had a Sunday bluegrass schedule for years, and consequently their website has lots of information on great bluegrass, old and new.
http://www.wamu.org/bulletin.html
