Music scene · Shelbyville
A Bluegrass Country town between Louisville and Lexington where country cover groups, church choirs, and county fair shows define the local sound.
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A Bluegrass Country town between Louisville and Lexington where country cover groups, church choirs, and county fair shows define the local sound.
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Shelbyville is a Bluegrass Country town where music reflects small-town Kentucky life through school bands, church choirs, country cover groups, and the annual county fair. Louisville and Lexington musicians often pass through.
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Music guides for Shelbyville
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