Arts and Music

Bluegrass Underground

Taped deep within the subterranean amphitheater of The Caverns in Tennessee's majestic Cumberland Mountains, this "musical adventure" series features both long-established and emerging artists within a broad spectrum of genres to include roots-rock, jamband, r&b, soul, folk, Americana and bluegrass.

Bluegrass Underground: Making of the Caverns

26m 28s

Come along as we take you to the new home of Bluegrass Underground, The Caverns, on a behind-the-scenes tour from when the subterranean amphitheater was first purchased. The musical adventure series features both long-established and emerging artists within a broad spectrum of genres including roots-rock, jam band, R&B, country, soul, folk, Americana and bluegrass.

Episodes

  • Bluegrass Underground: Making of the Caverns: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Bluegrass Underground: Making of the Caverns

    26m 28s

    Come along as we take you to the new home of Bluegrass Underground, The Caverns, on a behind-the-scenes tour from when the subterranean amphitheater was first purchased. The musical adventure series features both long-established and emerging artists within a broad spectrum of genres including roots-rock, jam band, R&B, country, soul, folk, Americana and bluegrass.

Extras + Features

  • Del McCoury Band - "John Henry": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Del McCoury Band - "John Henry"

    S10 E12 - 7m 30s

    Band patriarch Del McCoury has earned a National Heritage Fellowship, induction into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, GRAMMYs and multiple IBMA awards.

  • Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit - "Flying Over Water": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit - "Flying Over Water"

    S10 E11 - 4m 22s

    Unrepentantly southern, Jason Isbell serves as the point of the americana spear and one of the country's absolute best young singer-songwriters with carefully crafted songs simultaneously inspiring and intimidating musicians and critics alike.

  • The McCrary Sisters - "I'll Take You There": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The McCrary Sisters - "I'll Take You There"

    S10 E10 - 9m 41s

    Raised on church harmony, these four Nashville-born siblings form one of the world's premier gospel quartets in their own right. These soulful and powerful sisters bring profound strength and truth to their message of love and redemption.

  • The Lone Bellow - "Green Eyes and a Heart of Gold": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Lone Bellow - "Green Eyes and a Heart of Gold"

    S10 E9 - 4m 49s

    The Lone Bellow roots-folk-rock trio has been nominated americana duo/group of the year. With simple, finely-crafted songs of redemption buoyed by a larger-than-life power, their set created magic in the Underground.

  • Davina and The Vagabonds - "I'd Rather Go Blind": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Davina and The Vagabonds - "I'd Rather Go Blind"

    S10 E8 - 5m 57s

    Davina is the rare dichotomy of the self-professed shy, reserved, and tentative personality juxtaposed with a primal piano prowess and look-at-me brass that embodies the idea of "showmanship." In her, Mae West meets Bette Midler meets Dr. John.

  • Vince Gill - "One More Last Chance": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Vince Gill - "One More Last Chance"

    S10 E7 - 11m 52s

    A Country Music Hall of Famer and 22-time GRAMMY winner, Gill is known for his razor-sharp instrumental skills, an ultra-expressive tenor voice, his richly varied songwriting and his sense of humor. This is as good as country music gets.

  • St. Paul & The Broken Bones - "Try a Little Tenderness": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    St. Paul & The Broken Bones - "Try a Little Tenderness"

    S10 E6 - 6m 23s

    Fronted by Paul "St. Paul" Janeway — one of the most charismatic lead singers to take a stage since James Brown — this seven-piece Alabama band's sound is big, strong, sweat-soaked and a true homage to soul forefathers.

  • Widespread Panic - "Wondering": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Widespread Panic - "Wondering"

    S10 E5 - 4m 5s

    Melding southern rock, blues-rock, funk and hard rock, Widespread Panic are, unquestionably, one of the most successful bands of a generation, having risen to elite status among American jam bands.

  • Lucinda Williams - "Get Right With God": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Lucinda Williams - "Get Right With God"

    S10 E4 - 6m 14s

    Multiple Grammy winner and an enormous presence in the diversified world of deep, literary songwriters, Williams is a groundbreaking, truly unapologetic architect of that simmered blend of country, blues, folk, off-the-shoulder rock 'n' roll that has been born as the Americana genre.

  • The Mavericks - "Dance in the Moonlight": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Mavericks - "Dance in the Moonlight"

    S10 E3 - 6m 22s

    Grammy-winning, Country-Latin-Rockin' band is fronted by the transcendent vocals of Raul Malo. Serving up irresistible Cuban groove under clean Bakersfield-guitar twang, the band have charted 14 singles with their fresh "Pan-Americana" sound.

  • Brandi Carlile - "The Story": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Brandi Carlile - "The Story"

    S10 E1 - 5m 6s

    Multi-Grammy winner, Brandi Carlile's style revolves around several genres, including pop, rock, alt-country, and folk. Hers are the stories of love, forgiveness, reconciliation.

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