newgrassn.
/ˈnjuːɡrɑːs/, /ˈnjuːɡras/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uˈɡræs/ A modern form of American bluegrass folk music incorporating elements of rock and jazz and making use of modern (often electric) instrumentation.Popularized as a generic term by the group The New Grass Revival (see quot. 1972). It is also known as progressive bluegrass.
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country music1942
country-western1949
bluegrass1955
country and western1960
Nashville1963
country1969
newgrass1972
alternative country1990
alt-country1993
1972 S. Bush et al. (perf. by ‘The New Grass Revival’) (title of album) Arrival of the new grass revival.
1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 26 Apr. h12 Bluegrass fans who bemoan their music's accent on pop-oriented ‘newgrass’ have reason to rejoice with the release of ‘The Johnson Mountain Boys’... This Montgomery County quintet plays bluegrass the old-fashioned way.
1991 Time Out 20 Nov. 104/4 Informal cajun doings with one of the circuit's favourite bunch of fiddling good-timers, Crayfish Five, Plus the Stubbs, a stompin' Anglo-Canadian sextet mixing new-grass and cajun.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1972