For a complete and comprehensive listing of other things to see and do in New Jersey during September, pick up a copy of the September 2000 issue of New Jersey Monthly, on sale at newsstands now, or subscribe online now. If you've always associated banjos and fiddles with the hills of southern appalachia, it's time to think again.
Bluegrass music is alive and well right here in the industrial belt of the Northeast.
Originating in Kentucky in the 1950s, the music traveled north with southern migrants. The bluegrass sound is produced with vocal harmonies and stringed instruments such as the mandolin, guitar, bass, fiddle, and banjo. It's like the blood that carries nutrients to the body. It carries oneness and wholeness to the family. This music keeps families together.