September 18, 2026

Bluegrass

Bluegrass music is an acoustic American roots genre that developed in the mid-1940s, pioneered by musician Bill Monroe. It blends old-time string band music with blues, jazz, and Scottish/Irish traditions, defined by fast tempos, instrumental virtuosic solos, and high-pitched vocal harmonies known as the “high lonesome sound”

Pert Near Sandstone at First Ave (12-02-2023)

Pert Near Sandstone at First Ave (12-02-2023)

dave@weheartmusic.com December 3, 2023

into music by playing in heavy metal and ska bands. But as their music lessons progressed they too were caught by infectious music of bluegrass. And for almost twenty years they have been playing music that is impossible not to dance to, mainly because their percussionist, Andy Lambert, wears a pair of clogs. He was joined on stage with Nate Sipe on fiddle and mandolin, Kevin Knibel on banjo, J Lenz on guitar, Chris Forsberg on fiddle and Justin Bruhn on bass.

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Elephant Revival at the Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (25 Sep 2014)

Elephant Revival at the Cedar, Minneapolis (25 Sep 2014)

vusleeper September 26, 2014

There's no denying it, bluegrass/Americana music is huge in Minnesota, as demonstrated by the recent Trample by Turtles' Festival Palomino that took place over last weekend. Elephant Revival and the Lowest Pair are currently heading down to "Boats & Bluegrass Festival" and "Maximum Ames Music Festival" in late September, but before stopped all that, they were in town at the Elephant Revival show at Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis last night, September 25th.

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