Todd Mayo
Director
Bluegrass Underground (2011)
Season 6
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, Blues, Rock N Roll, Gospel, Folk, and everything between.
Released Sept. 7, 2011
Episode 30 min
2+
Genres: Documentary, Music
Keywords: tmdb.concert, tmdb.folk-music, tmdb.americana, tmdb.bluegrass, tmdb.roots-rock, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.cumberland-caverns + 2 more, imdb.live-in-concert-recording, imdb.bluegrass-music
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S6E1 - Dave Rawlings Machine
Savor the Underground debut of a group that personifies “Americana”: Guitarist-singer-songwriter Rawlings with Gillian Welch, Punch Brothers bassist Paul Kowert, fiddler Brittany Haas and former Old Crow Medicine Show guitarist Willie Watson.
Sept. 7, 2016, midnight
S6E2 - The Suffers
Welcome these relative newcomers, a 10-piece band fresh out of Houston and fronted by the massive-voiced singer Kam Franklin and influenced by classic rock 'n' roll, country, Latin and southern hip-hop as much as Stax/Volt or Muscle Shoals era.
Sept. 14, 2016, midnight
S6E3 - Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Join monster mandolinist (and chef) Frank Solivan and his band, Dirty Kitchen, whose sturdy matrix of bluegrass veined with jazz, blues, country and jam band delivers on their main rule: “No filler.”
Sept. 21, 2016, midnight
S6E4 - Hurray for the Riff Raff
Hurray for the Riff Raff - with Alynda Lee Segarra, who hopped freight trains across America before settling in sultry New Orleans - promises to turn the Volcano Room into the French Quarter with a high-energy, funky, folky N'Awlins groove.
Sept. 28, 2016, midnight
S6E5 - Mac McAnally
Enjoy a set by this Mississippi-raised musical force of nature-a Grammy winner, eight-time CMA Musician of the Year, soulful singer, hit songwriter and Muscle Shoals session musician who boasts a following of fans devoted to the art of the song.
Oct. 5, 2016, midnight
S6E6 - JJ Grey & MoFro
Described as a mash-up of jam band, blues, funk, soul and Southern rock, the songs of JJ Grey, the "North Florida sage and soul-bent swamp rocker," reflect the area around Jacksonville, where he was raised.
Oct. 12, 2016, midnight
S6E7 - The Cox Family
Hear the Cox family, who contributed several songs to the soundtrack of O Brother, Where Art Thou?-the best-selling roots music album of all time. They returned to the national music scene recently with their first album in almost 20 years.
Oct. 19, 2016, midnight
S6E8 - The Lone Bellow
As his wife recovered from an accident that nearly paralyzed her, The Lone Bellow was born as a creative outlet for singer Zach Williams. Now a thriving part of Brooklyn’s Americana scene, The Lone Bellow Roots-folk-rock trio was recently nominated for Americana Duo/Group Of The Year.
Oct. 26, 2016, midnight
S6E9 - Drivin' N Cryin'
Rolling Stone magazine explained veteran rockers DNC thusly, “Crunching hard rock is the Drivin’ part. Brittle country-ish balladry.” Hailing from Atlanta, GA, Kevn Kinney and Drivin’ N Cryin’ have for 30 years offered die-hard fans a blend that arcs from intimate acoustic folk to soaring (and searing) guitar-laden southern rock.
Nov. 2, 2016, midnight
S6E10 - Sierra Hull
The Tennessee mandolin prodigy is all grown up and comes to Bluegrass Underground fresh from releasing her third solo album, the jaw-dropping, Bela Fleck-produced Weighted Mind. Of her, Fleck notes, “She plays the mandolin with a degree of refined elegance and freedom that few have achieved
Her vocals and songwriting matured to the level of her virtuosity.”
Nov. 9, 2016, midnight
S6E11 - St. Paul & the Broken Bones
Seemingly born fully formed in 2012, this Birmingham, Alabama Soul band’s career hit the ground as big and strong as their sweat-soaked, seven-piece Soul-Funk sound, earning major raves from major media, including Paste magazine, Garden and Gun, Southern Living, Rolling Stone and NPR.
Nov. 16, 2016, midnight
S6E12 - Jason & The Scorchers
Led by Illinois native Jason Ringenberg, the Scorchers crashed out of Nashville and began smashing down the walls between genres with their own brawling brand of country-rock almost 35 years ago. As trailblazers for the cowpunk and alt-rock bands that would follow, Jason and the Scorchers have received the Americana Music Association's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Nov. 23, 2016, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 5100 min.
Released: Sept. 7, 2011
Last Air Date: Nov. 26, 2025, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G / 2+
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