MU121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Alison Krauss, Bluegrass Music, Alternative Songs
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Roots run deep: folk styles return to the. Soundtrack to film won grammy award for album of the year. Performed by artists like ralph stanley, alison krauss, john hartford etc. Fascinating middle ground between country, folk, pop interests. Success forshadowed series of popular albums uring next decade that exhibited renewed interest in music with strong acoustic base. Situated between classic song, jazz, and album oriented pop. Success showed noticeable split between modern pop market and music made according to older production and songwriting techniques. Don"t know why won multiple grammy awards and heavy critical praise despite mediocre success of single on pop market. Easygoing music marketed strongly against his brief background as a professional surfer. However singles not very successful in pop market. Jones, johnson and other acoustic oriented artists more prone to find success in other market segments such as triple a (adult album alternative), adult pop, alternative songs (new name for easy listening)
