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Bluegrass vs Newgrass - What's the difference?

bluegrass | newgrass |

As nouns the difference between bluegrass and newgrass

is that bluegrass is (countable) (kentucky bluegrass), while newgrass is a progressive subgenre of bluegrass music, typically incorporating electric instruments, non-traditional chord progressions, and lengthy improvisation.

bluegrass

English

(wikipedia bluegrass)

Alternative forms

* blue grass

Noun

  • (countable) (Kentucky bluegrass), .
  • (uncountable) A style of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz. Characterized by banjos, fiddles, and mandolins, but containing no drums.

    • newgrass

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia newgrass)
  • A progressive subgenre of bluegrass music, typically incorporating electric instruments, non-traditional chord progressions, and lengthy improvisation.
  • * 2002 , Bill C. Malone, Country music, U.S.A.
    • At the beginning of the new century, the chief standard bearers of the newgrass style are an ensemble of California-born musicians known as Nickel Creek...