OK, a little different take here... I guess Americana would cover it, but my wife and I have been trying to find some kind of genre classification that makes sense for our music. Although we've been using bluegrass instruments (Mandolin, guitar, banjo, bass -- I think that's bluegrass -- but also celtic bouzouki and everything is anchored by the big powwow drum) on our last few CD's, we've never called it bluegrass. Oh, and we sing all original music in Cherokee. So it's not exactly folk (though we've been nominated for national awards in that category), or country, and it really isn't bluegrass, but based on what DataNick said, maybe we should start using that label too. It just doesn't seem completely authentic to me, though...
Now we don't do festivals, and aside from playing a few powwows, we're strictly a recording band, so the only reason this matters is for entering competitions like the NAMMYs and the Indian Summer Music awards (neither one of which have bluegrass as a category, but I guess that's another story...). It's just tough to get new music heard if you don't fit into some existing category, y'know? Not complaining, we're having a blast, but that's the conundrum.
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