Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music

Examine the history of bluegrass music, from its origins to its eventual worldwide popularity, and hear from dozens of musicians who explain the ways bluegrass music transcends generational, cultural and geographic boundaries.

Music Documentary

Bill Monroe

(Self (archive footage))

Earl Scruggs

(Self (archive footage))

Lester Flatt

(Self (archive footage))

Alison Krauss

(Self - Musician)

Del McCoury

(Self - Musician)

Peter Rowan

(Self - Musician)

Rhonda Vincent

(Self - Musician)

Jerry Douglas

(Self - Musician)

Bobby Osborne

(Self - Musician)

Sam Bush

(Self - Musician)

Sierra Hull

(Self - Musician)

Ricky Skaggs

(Self - Musician)

Laurie Lewis

(Self - Musician)

Jim Lauderdale

(Self - Grammy Award Winner)

Graham Sharp

(Self - Grammy Award Winner)

Béla Fleck

(Self - Musician)

Abigail Washburn

(Self - Grammy Award Winner)

Chris Thile

(Self - Grammy Award Winner)

Bob Dylan

(Self (archive footage))

Dale Ann Bradley

(Self - Musician)

Alison Brown

(Herself - Musician)

Chris Wadsworth

(Self - Freshgrass Foundation)

Neil V. Rosenberg

(Self - Bluegrass Music Historian)

Rex Ellis

(Self - Smithsonian Institution)

Marian Leighton Levy

(Self - Co-founder, Rounder Records)

Blake Williams

(Self - Radio Broadcaster, WSMT)

Joe Mullins

(Self - Radio Broadcaster)

Kelsi Robertson Harrigill

(Self - Musician)

Ned Luberecki

(Self - Radio Broadcaster / Musician)

Jon Weisberger

(Self - Musician)

Darol Anger

(Self - Musician / Berklee College of Music)

Noam Pikelny

(Self - Grammy Award Winner)

Eugene O'Brien

(Self - European Bluegrass Music Association)

Chris Eldridge

(Self - Grammy Award Winner)

Larry Stephenson

(Self - Singer/Songwriter)

Raymond McLain

(Self - Kentucky Center for Traditional Music)

Ralph Stanley

(Self (archive footage))

Sonny Osborne

(Self (archive footage))

Terry Eldredge

(Self - Musician)

Don Reno

(Self (archive footage))

Red Smiley

(Self (archive footage))

John Hartford

(Self (archive footage))

Tom Smothers

(Self (archive footage))

Dick Smothers

(Self (archive footage))

Glen Campbell

(Self (archive footage))

Steve Martin

(Self (archive footage))

Jerry Garcia

(Self (archive footage))

Tony Rice

(Self (archive footage))

John Cowan

(Self - Musician)

J.D. Crowe

(Self (archive footage))

Dan Tyminski

(Self - Grammy Award Winner)

Kaia Kater

(Self - Musician)

Molly Tuttle

(Self - Musician)

Missy Raines

(Self - Musician)