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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Americana_musicAmericana music - Wikipedia

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   The origins of Americana music can be traced back to the early 20th century, when rural American musicians began incorporating elements of folk, blues, and country music into their songs. [4] Americana musicians often played acoustic instruments such as the guitar , banjo , fiddle , and upright bass , and their songs typically told stories about the struggles and hardships of everyday life.

2. www.udiscovermusic.com › in-depth-featuresAmericana: A Short History Of The Roots And Country Genre

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   May 2, 2024 · In 2017, Clapton told an audience at the Toronto International Film Festival, ... Americana music is progressive and cutting-edge, and one of the best-selling music genres for albums ...

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3. www.rollingstone.com › feature › americana-musicHow Americana Went Mainstream in the 2010s - Rolling Stone

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   Dec 20, 2019 · Once a niche genre, Americana music found a mainstream audience in the 2010s. ... In 2017, several years before she would become one of the genre’s brightest newcomers, Yola talked about ...

4. www.popmatters.com › best-americana-2017The 15 Best Americana Albums of 2017 - PopMatters

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   • Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – The Nashville Sound (Southeastern) Jason Isbell recently played a six-night run at the Ryman Auditorium and played a different Tom Petty cover each night.
   • Lilly Hiatt – Trinity Lane (New West) There’s something undeniably powerful about heartbreak and anger as fuel for great songs. Whatever stoked Lilly Hiatt’s fires during the creative process this time out should be saluted as much as the singer-songwriter herself.
   • Hurray for the Riff Raff – The Navigator (ATO) Bronx native Alyndra Segarra takes her Crescent City band Hurray for the Riff Raff back to her Nuyorican roots.
   • John Moreland – Big Bad Luv (4AD) John Moreland has been building a buzz for the past couple years, and with Big Bad Luv, where he moves from mostly acoustic arrangements to a full band sound, he explodes all expectations.

5. www.culturefrontier.com › americana-musicAmericana Music: The Genre History and Top Musicians

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   May 20, 2023 · Honorees Emmy Lou Harris, Billy Joe Shaver, and T Bone Burnett were joined by the inaugural Spirit of Americana recipient, Johnny Cash. Johnny Cash receiving Spirit of Americana Award, 2002, via The Tennessean. That evening, Johnny and June Carter Cash gave their last live performance together after nearly half a decade of musical influence and ...

6. www.rollingstone.com › music › music-countryInside the Americana Genre’s Identity Crisis - Rolling Stone

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   Sep 13, 2017 · How the Americana music community and format is continuing to fine-tune its identity. ... September 13, 2017 "There should be more people of color, and more women, and, especially now, more ...

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   What is Americana Music?

   • Americana (also known as American roots music) is an amalgam of American music formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the musical ethos of the United States of America, with particular emphasis on music historically developed in the American South.

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   What makes Americana music different from other music genres?

   • Both instruments (primarily stringed) and voice can distinguish Americana music from older American roots music genres—or, in the Recording Academy’s Rules and Guidelines for the 65th Grammys, from “pure forms” of influencing genres, including country, folk, blues, bluegrass, and R&B.

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   Is Americana Music a progressive community?

   • Traci Thomas, a founding member of the AMA who manages Jason Isbell, John Moreland and St. Paul & the Broken Bones, sees Americana music first and foremost as an overwhelmingly inclusive, progressive community. “The whole point of this format is that there aren’t really borders.

   Inside the Americana Genre’s Identity Crisis - Rolling Stone

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   Who is Americana & why is it so popular?

   • With flagship artists like Jason Isbell and Chris Stapleton earning CMA Awards nominations and Number One country albums as they blur the lines between commercial country music and its singer-songwriter-based alternative, Americana has more mainstream visibility than ever before.

   Inside the Americana Genre’s Identity Crisis - Rolling Stone

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   When did Americana music become popular?

   • Through its first decade, Americana music held its ground outside the look and sound—and success-by-numbers—of popular country. In 2010, however, the genre popped into the mainstream, swept along by a British folk rock band and an electro-pop dance diva’s blockbuster movie.

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   What is Americana radio?

   • “It’s an industry category and a commercial radio format that has grown to include the big half-dozen or so American roots genres.” As one of its touchstone artists, Rosanne Cash is deeply grateful, if not downright effusive, when she talks about Americana.

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8. www.rollingstone.com › music › music-country2017 Americana Honors & Awards: Complete Winners List

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   Sep 14, 2017 · Lifetime Achievement Award, Songwriting: Van Morrison. Lifetime Achievement Award, Performance: Robert Cray. Lifetime Achievement Award, Instrumentalist: Hi Rhythm Section. Lifetime Achievement ...