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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 spectrum of genres: Bluegrass, yes but also Americana, Country, Soul,

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Bluegrass Underground Season 9 Episode 1 - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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    #1 - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    S9:E1

    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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  2. Bluegrass Underground Season 9 Episode 2 - Amanda Shires
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    #2 - Amanda Shires

    S9:E2

    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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  3. Bluegrass Underground Season 9 Episode 3 - Keb' Mo'
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    #3 - Keb' Mo'

    S9:E3

    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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  4. Bluegrass Underground Season 9 Episode 4 - Josh Ritter
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    #4 - Josh Ritter

    S9:E4

    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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  5. Bluegrass Underground Season 9 Episode 5 - Lucero
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    #5 - Lucero

    S9:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Bluegrass Underground Season 9 Episode 6 - Brothers Osborne
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    #6 - Brothers Osborne

    S9:E6

    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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  7. Bluegrass Underground Season 9 Episode 7 - Gregory Alan Isakov
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    #7 - Gregory Alan Isakov

    S9:E7

    Isakov strikes a balance of space and instrumentation with precise arrangements and poignant lyrics.

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  8. Bluegrass Underground Season 9 Episode 8 - Steve Earle and the Dukes
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    #8 - Steve Earle and the Dukes

    S9:E8

    Producer, author, actor and singer-songwriter Steve Earle is master musician and writer's writer.

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  9. Bluegrass Underground Season 9 Episode 9 - Lauren Morrow
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    #9 - Lauren Morrow

    S9:E9

    Lauren Morrow showcases her broad vocal range and sweet Georgia drawl in her unique songs.

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  10. Bluegrass Underground Season 9 Episode 10 - Glen Hansard
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    #10 - Glen Hansard

    S9:E10

    Glen Hansard brings the heart and soul of the Irish backed by a powerful Folk-Rock horn band.

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  11. Bluegrass Underground Season 9 Episode 11 - The Devil Makes Three
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    #11 - The Devil Makes Three

    S9:E11

    The trio evokes songs from some bygone era, rooted in folk, delta blues, and reckless rock.

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  12. Bluegrass Underground Season 9 Episode 12 - Mandy Barnett
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    #12 - Mandy Barnett

    S9:E12

    Mandy Barnett has a keen interpretative sense and a powerful style rooted in Country and Pop.

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Season 9 Ratings Summary

"Nitty Gritty Dirt Band" is the best rated episode of "Bluegrass Underground" season 9. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/4/2019. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Amanda Shires".