Americana

[pipnasty]

What is it?

 

Wikipedia says;

"In music, Americana is a loose subset of American folk music, that is perhaps best defined as "classic American music"?ranging in style from roots-based bluegrass to alternative country, blues, zydeco, and other native forms. One of the main reasons Americana is used to describe such a wide variety of musical genres is because of the diverse range of cultural influences which we call American. For example, traditional Bluegrass instrumentation consists of the banjo which originated on the African continent, guitars from Europe, and fiddling styles which have their roots in traditional Irish and other Gaelic fiddling techniques. The 1960s group The Band is often cited as having the biggest modern influence on Americana, especially in rock and roll."

 

So, which musicians sum up Americana best and why?

 

What about authors? Steinbeck always springs to mind for me.

 

 

 

What say you?

[Ostrich Man]

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