7.8/105 votes#1 - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/2019
Truly iconic, profoundly influential, and a catalyst for an entire movement in country rock and American roots music, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, continues to add to their legendary status. With multi-platinum and gold records, strings of Top 10 hits, multiple Grammy, IBMA, CMA Awards, the band's accolades continue to accumulate.
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NaN/100 votes#2 - Amanda Shires
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 9/11/2019
Singer-songwriter and violinist, road warrior, and recently minted MFA in creative writing, Amanda Shires cuts her own genre blended roots-rock with fierce-sweet violin, soaring vocals and critically acclaimed compositions. Shires was Americana’s 2017 Emerging Artist of the Year and won for Best Americana Album with husband Jason Isbell’s band, The 400 Unit.
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7.5/106 votes#3 - Keb' Mo'
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/2019
Nashville-based singer-songwriting bluesman and four-time Grammy Award winner, Keb’ Mo’ has been described as "a living link to the seminal Delta blues that traveled up the Mississippi River and across the expanse of America." A musical force defying typical genre labels, Mo’s post-modern blues style harkens many eras and genres, including folk, rock, jazz, pop and country.
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NaN/100 votes#4 - Josh Ritter
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 9/25/2019
Ritter is a vocalist, musician, New York Times best-selling author, painter, and consummate live performer - a true artist. Best known for his distinctive Americana style and narrative lyrics, Josh Ritter is — two decades into a storied career — unafraid of growing, changing and constantly challenging then estimable, earlier versions of himself. Josh Ritter, it seems, may just be getting started.
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NaN/100 votes#5 - Lucero
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 10/2/2019
Lucero’s first gig in Memphis was for a crowd of six. But for a band with a 20-year string of successes and aural iterations, who carried the alt-country torch back in the '90s and helped pave the way for “Americana,” Lucero have returned to what inspired them in the first place. They tour behind a streamlined sound honoring their seminal southern and rock influences.
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NaN/100 votes#6 - Brothers Osborne
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 10/9/2019
Two talented boys from a working class Maryland family, the Brothers Osborne bring us a “twang-and-crunch,” equal parts country and rock into one of the freshest, most identifiable sounds to come out of Nashville in recent years. Five-time Grammy nominees, The Brothers Osborne reign as back-to-back ACM Vocal Duo of the Year Awards as well as the two-time CMA Vocal Duo of the Year.
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NaN/100 votes#7 - Gregory Alan Isakov
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 10/16/2019
Isakov strikes a balance of space and instrumentation with precise arrangements and poignant lyrics.
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8.2/107 votes#8 - Steve Earle and the Dukes
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 10/23/2019
Producer, author, actor and singer-songwriter Steve Earle is master musician and writer's writer.
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NaN/100 votes#9 - Lauren Morrow
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 10/30/2019
Lauren Morrow showcases her broad vocal range and sweet Georgia drawl in her unique songs.
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NaN/100 votes#10 - Glen Hansard
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 11/6/2019
Glen Hansard brings the heart and soul of the Irish backed by a powerful Folk-Rock horn band.
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7.4/105 votes#11 - The Devil Makes Three
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 11/13/2019
The trio evokes songs from some bygone era, rooted in folk, delta blues, and reckless rock.
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NaN/100 votes#12 - Mandy Barnett
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 11/20/2019
Mandy Barnett has a keen interpretative sense and a powerful style rooted in Country and Pop.
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The Best Episodes of Bluegrass Underground Season 9
Every episode of Bluegrass Underground Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Bluegrass Underground Season 9!
A musical adventure series emanating from The Caverns in Tennessee's majestic Cumberland Mountains. Celebrating the diversity of America’s musical heritage with artists from the full...
Genre:Documentary
Network:PBS
Season 9 Ratings Summary
"Nitty Gritty Dirt Band" is the best rated episode of "Bluegrass Underground" season 9. It scored 7.8/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/4/2019. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Amanda Shires".