Brothers Osborne, Steve Earle, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band To Play ‘Bluegrass Underground’

Producers of the 16-time, Emmy award-winning public television series Bluegrass Underground announced today (Aug. 29) the national PBS premiere of Season IX will be on Sept. 4, 2019 with an episode featuring one of the most accomplished bands in American roots music, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

Taped in The Caverns in Tennessee’s Cumberland Mountains, Bluegrass Underground is a musical adventure series showcasing a broad spectrum of music from the heart of the American experience. Produced by Todd Squared Productions (Todd Mayo and Todd Jarrell) and presented on PBS by WCTE Upper Cumberland PBS, Season IX is jam-packed to the stalactites with revered living legends, groundbreaking musical innovators, and future household names.

Each week for 12 weeks Bluegrass Underground offers a new episode. In addition to The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Season IX artists include musical legends Keb’ Mo’ and Steve Earle; Platinum-selling country rockers Brothers Osborne; Americana Music Association’s Emerging Artist of 2017, Amanda Shires; Josh Ritter, one of Paste Magazine’s “100 Greatest Living Songwriters”; Memphis-based country-punk trailblazers Lucero; South African-born, indie-folk artist Gregory Alan Isakov; Oscar and Tony award-winning, Irish songwriter Glen Hansard; folk-rock power trio The Devil Makes Three; lyrically talented Americana newcomer Lauren Morrow; and Nashville musical treasure and song stylist Mandy Barnett. Air dates will vary.

Underwriters of this PBS television series include the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development and Grundy County Tennessee.

 

The complete Bluegrass Underground Season IX artist line-up:
1. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
2. Amanda Shires
3. Keb’ Mo’
4. Josh Ritter
5. Lucero
6. Brothers Osborne
7. Gregory Alan Isakov
8. Steve Earle
9. Lauren Morrow
10. Glen Hansard
11. The Devil Makes Three
12. Mandy Barnett