Bill Monroe was born in 1911 in Rosine, Kentucky, the youngest of eight children who worked their family's 655-acre farm and helped with mining and timber operations. His family was also musical: his mother sang and played harmonica, button accordian, and fiddle; his brother Charlie played the guitar

Improvised, Pastoral, Pioneering, Playful, Slangy

One dance writer hailed Mark Morris as "our Mozart of Modern dance," and the comparison is not unfounded. Like Mozart, Morris has proven to be both an incredibly prolific artist and an outspoken rabble-rouser. But it is his musicality that truly cinches the comparison. Mark Morris began making dances

Bombast, Expansive, Joyful, Pastoral, Pure movement, Rough, Visceral

George Ivan Morrison OBE (generally known as Van Morrison) (born August 31, 1945) is a Grammy Award-winning Northern Irish singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician during the last five decades. He plays a variety of instruments, including the gu

Classic rock, Contemplative, Dreamy, Eclectic, Enigmatic, Epic, Erotic, Intense, Lyrical, Pastoral, Political, Primal, Religious, Self-reflection, Sensual, Sincere, Singer/songwriter, Smoky, Spiritual, Sublime

Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature nasal tenor (and frequently alto) singing voice. Although he accompanies himself on several different instruments'”including piano and harmonica'”his style of hammer-on acoustic guitar and often idiosy

Agitated, Contemplative, Domestic, Gritty, Loose, Melancholy, Pastoral, Pathos, Political, Power, Quiet, Rough, Self-reflection, Sincere, Social revolution