The American band The Bluegrass Journeymen (TBJ) will be performing at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) today in collaboration with the US Embassy in India.
The Bluegrass Journeymen is a collective of ace musicians with an aim to present the traditional American Bluegrass music to the world. The band travels across the globe to perform, plans musical outreach and organises cross-cultural musical collaborations with local folk musicians.
On Tuesday, the US Embassy delegation along with the band will arrive at the Bidholi campus of UPES. The university will witness accomplished musicians like Patrick Carrigan Fitzsimons, Nabanita Sarkar, William James Cardine, Shaun Robert Nicklin, Summers Leigh Baker, Andrew Bain Conley, Coleman Lewis Smith and Jean-Luc Michel Davis performing live at the university.
The band shall be accompanied by US embassy officials during their visit to Dehradun.
Bluegrass music has roots in traditional English, Scottish and Irish ballads and dance tunes, and African-American blues and jazz. It was developed in the 1940s in the United States.
This genre derives its name from the band Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys. Bluegrass music gives prominent place to instruments like banjo, mandolin and fiddle. While bluegrass music is the main highlight, the audience will also get a chance to enjoy country, old time, jazz, swing and other influences blended in the tunes.