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Alison Brown

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Alison Brown (born August 7, 1962) is an American banjo player, guitarist, composer, and producer. [1]

49 relations: Alison Krauss, Americana (music), Banjo, Béla Fleck, Best of the Vanguard Years (Alison Brown album), Bluegrass music, Catie Curtis, Colin Hay, Compass Records, Darol Anger, David Grisman, Drew Gilpin Faust, Evergreen (Alison Brown album), Fair Weather (album), Folk music, Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance, Grand Ole Opry, Hartford, Connecticut, Harvard University, I've Got That Old Feeling, International Bluegrass Music Association, Irish America (magazine), Jazz, Jeff Coffin, Lúnasa (band), Look Left (album), Martin Hayes (musician), Master of Business Administration, Michelle Shocked, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, Northern Lights (bluegrass band), Out of the Blue (Alison Brown album), Quartet (Alison Brown album), Replay (Alison Brown album), Ridge Runner Records, Russ Barenberg, Sam Bush, Simple Pleasures (Alison Brown album), Stolen Moments (Alison Brown album), Stuart Duncan, Tennessee, The Company You Keep (Alison Brown album), Twilight Motel, Union Station (band), University of California, Los Angeles, Vanguard Records, Vanguard Visionaries (Alison Brown album), Victor Wooten, 1990s in music.

Alison Krauss

Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer and musician.

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Americana (music)

Americana is an amalgam of American music formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the musical ethos of the United States, specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, gospel, and other external influences.

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Banjo

The banjo is a four-, five- or six-stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity as a resonator, called the head.

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Béla Fleck

Béla Anton Leoš Fleck (born July 10, 1958) is an American banjo player.

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Best of the Vanguard Years (Alison Brown album)

Best of the Vanguard Years is a compilation album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 2002.

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Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music named after Kentucky mandolin player and songwriter Bill Monroe's band, the Bluegrass Boys 1939-96, and furthered by musicians who played with him, including 5-string banjo player Earl Scruggs and guitarist Lester Flatt, or who simply admired the high-energy instrumental and vocal music Monroe's group created, and carried it on into new bands, some of which created subgenres (Progressive Bluegrass, Newgrass, Dawg Music etc.). Bluegrass is influenced by the music of Appalachia and other styles, including gospel and jazz.

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Catie Curtis

Catie Curtis (born 22 May 1965) is an American singer-songwriter working primarily in the folk rock idiom.

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Colin Hay

Colin James Hay (29 June 1953) is a Scottish-born Australian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actor.

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Compass Records

Compass Records is an independent record label founded in 1995 by musicians Garry West and Alison Brown that specializes in folk, bluegrass, Celtic, jazz, and acoustic music.

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Darol Anger

Darol Anger is an American violinist and founding member of The David Grisman Quintet.

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David Grisman

David Grisman (born March 23, 1945) is an American mandolinist.

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Drew Gilpin Faust

Catharine Drew Gilpin Faust (born September 18, 1947) is an American historian and the 28th President of Harvard University, the first woman to serve in that role.

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Evergreen (Alison Brown album)

Evergreen is a Christmas album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 2008.

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Fair Weather (album)

Fair Weather is album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 2000.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance was awarded from 1970 to 2011.

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Grand Ole Opry

The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country-music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, which was founded on November 28, 1925, by George D. Hay as a one-hour radio "barn dance" on WSM.

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Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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I've Got That Old Feeling

I've Got That Old Feeling is an album by American violinist/singer Alison Krauss, released in 1990.

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International Bluegrass Music Association

The International Bluegrass Music Association, or IBMA, is a trade association to promote bluegrass music.

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Irish America (magazine)

Irish America is a bi-monthly periodical that aims to cover topics relevant to the Irish in North America including a range of political, economic, social, and cultural themes.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jeff Coffin

Jeff Coffin (born August 5, 1965) is a saxophonist, composer, and educator.

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Lúnasa (band)

Lúnasa is a traditional Irish music group.

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Look Left (album)

Look Left is album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 1994.

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Martin Hayes (musician)

Martin Hayes (born 4 July 1962) is an Irish fiddler from County Clare.

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Master of Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration (MBA or M.B.A.) is a master's degree in business administration (management).

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Michelle Shocked

Michelle Shocked (born Karen Michelle Johnston; February 24, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter.

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Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is an American multinational financial services corporation specializing in retail brokerage.

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Northern Lights (bluegrass band)

Northern Lights was an American Progressive bluegrass band formed in 1975 in New England, which musical career spanned more than three decades.

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Out of the Blue (Alison Brown album)

Out of the Blue is album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 1998.

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Quartet (Alison Brown album)

Quartet is album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 1996.

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Replay (Alison Brown album)

Replay is album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 2002.

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Ridge Runner Records

Ridge Runner Records was a record label based in Fort Worth, Texas specializing in acoustic music from Texas and Oklahoma.

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Russ Barenberg

Russ Barenberg (born October 8, 1950) is an American bluegrass musician.

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Sam Bush

Charles Samuel Bush (born April 13, 1952) is an American mandolinist who is considered an originator of progressive bluegrass music.

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Simple Pleasures (Alison Brown album)

Simple Pleasures is an album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 1990.

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Stolen Moments (Alison Brown album)

Stolen Moments is album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 2005.

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Stuart Duncan

Stuart Duncan (born April 14, 1964) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo.

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Tennessee

Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

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The Company You Keep (Alison Brown album)

The Company You Keep is the latest album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 2009. The other members of the Quartet, especially pianist John Burr contribute to Brown's compositions more than on any of her previous albums, where she composed mostly on her own.

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Twilight Motel

Twilight Motel is album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 1992.

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Union Station (band)

Union Station is a bluegrass / country band associated with singer Alison Krauss.

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University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public research university in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, United States.

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Vanguard Records

Vanguard Records is an American record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York City.

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Vanguard Visionaries (Alison Brown album)

Vanguard Visionaries is a compilation album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 2007.

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Victor Wooten

Victor Lemonte Wooten (born September 11, 1964) is an American bass player, composer, author, producer, educator, and recipient of five Grammy Awards.

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1990s in music

Popular music in the 1990s saw the continuation of teen pop and dance-pop trends which had emerged in the 1970s and 1980s.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Brown

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