How to Use bluegrass in a Sentence

bluegrass

noun
  • There's The Station Inn in the Gulch for live bluegrass.
    — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2018
  • The bands range in genre from classic rock to bluegrass, Stamidis said.
    — Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Many new bluegrass artists came to the music through this film.
    — Kara Martinez Bachman, NOLA.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • 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
  • Ethan Robbins, and fuses bluegrass and folk with a dash of funk.
    — Courant Community, 15 May 2018
  • 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.
    — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
  • He's been a ‘Led Head’ from day one and also loves bluegrass and big-band music.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 15 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • These fescues do no mix well with bluegrass and ryegrass, because of the wider grass blades.
    — Dick Crum, Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2017
  • 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 should warm the heart of every fan of fiddling, whether bluegrass, Celtic or Bachian.
    — Anthony Tommasini, James R. Oestreich, David Allen, Seth Colter Walls and Joshua Barone, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2017
  • 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
  • Two sons of the South bond over a love of Southern rock, outlaw country, bluegrass, R&B and … fishing.
    — Bill Thompson, Cincinnati.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Eight bands, ranging from bluegrass and country to rockabilly and folk, will perform favorites from the Man in Black.
    — Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Lloyd’s musical tastes range from Merle Haggard to George Strait, from old-school bluegrass to more contemporary acts.
    — Matthew Geiger, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2025

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