The full lineup for the 2014 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival was just announced. And holy smokes, it's good. But are the bands hardly or strictly bluegrass? Using a scientific method—consisting of reading the name of the band—we figured it out. Below, the results of our exhaustive investigation.
St. Paul & The Broken Bones
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Carlene Carter
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
The Apache Relay
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Parker Millsap
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Sarah Jarosz
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Caitlin Rose
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Steve Earle & The Dukes
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
The Sam Chase
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
The Aquabats! (Friday morning middle school program)
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Hot Rize Featuring Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Rising Appalachia
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Mavis Staples
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Evolfo
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Conor Brings Friends For Friday Featuring: Waxahatchee, The Good Life, Jonathan Wilson, Sharon Van Etten, Dawes, and Conor Oberst
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Shelly Colvin
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
The Waybacks
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Holler Down The Hollow: A Hardly Strictly Salute To the Masters (Dickens, Hellman, Reed, Scruggs, Seeger, Watson & Winchester)
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Reckless Kelly
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Chris Smither
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
The McCrary Sisters
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Bruce Cockburn
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Red Baraat
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Peter Rowan's Twang An' Groove,
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys,
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Buckwheat Zydeco,
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Social Distortion
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Emmylou Harris
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly, obviously.
The Flatlanders Featuring Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Rose's Pawn Shop
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
The Felice Brothers
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Malawi Mouse Boys
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Jesse DeNatale
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Dry Branch Fire Squad,
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Joe Russo's Almost Dead
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Dwight Yoakam
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Willie Watson
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Dave Rawlings Machine,
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Rosanne Cash
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Lucinda Williams
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Alison Brown Quintet
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express 'Strings In The Temple'
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Chuck Cannon
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Robbie Fulks
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Jason Isbell
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
The Lone Bellow
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Yo La Tengo
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Deltron 3030 with The 3030 Orchestra
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Sun Kil Moon
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Ryan Adams
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
The Time Jumpers Featuring Vince Gill, Kenny Sears, Dawn Sears and Ranger Doug Green
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
T Bone Burnett, Blackie and The Rodeo Kings
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Chris Isaak
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Johnnyswim
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Hurray For The Riff Raff
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
John Prine
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Lake Street Dive
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Whograss
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Blue Rodeo
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Tweedy
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Robert Earl Keen
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Kevin Welch
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Buddy Miller's Cavalcade of Stars: Kate York, Striking Matches, Nikki Lane, Shawn Colvin, Tony Joe White, Buddy Miller & Friends
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Jerry Douglas Presents Earls of Leicester
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Justin Townes Earle
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Poor Man's Whiskey (Friday morning middle school program)
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Moonalice
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
Built To Spill
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
The Mastersons
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Cibo Matto
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
X Acoustic
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
The Go To Hell Man Clan
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
The High Bar Gang
Hardly or Strictly? Strictly
Bad Luck Jonathan
Hardly or Strictly? Hardly
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