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This Week In Americana: February 16, 2024. Discover the latest Americana music on the This Week in Americana newsletter. View Article. 2. 3. 23. Keep up with the latest Americana Music Association News.
Each year the Americana Music Association honors distinguished members of the music community. Six member-voted awards and several Lifetime Achievement Awards are handed out while over 2000 artists, music-loving fans and entertainment industry executives look on.
Jul 4, 2014 · Americana is roots music – an amalgam of country, folk, the blues and even some rockabilly thrown in for good measure. It was in the 1990s that American radio first picked up on the idea of ...
Jul 4, 2022 · The difficulty many have in defining Americana likely has something to do with the fact that the phrase was popularised by radio stations in the mid-1990s, many of which were looking for a concise term to describe a combination of country, folk, honky-tonk, Cajun and old-time music. The label stuck and Americana has since become regarded as a ...
Each year the Americana Music Association honors distinguished members of the music community. Six member-voted awards and several Lifetime Achievement Awards are handed out while over 2000 artists, music-loving fans and entertainment industry executives look on.
Like America itself, Americana can be summed up as a melting pot containing elements of the country’s most storied musical traditions. Since its unofficial dawn in the ‘90s, Americana typically contains the acoustic intimacy of bluegrass, the gravelly heart of country, and the lonesome sting of the blues.
The annual event brings together fans and music industry professionals alike, offering five days of celebration through seminars, panels and networking opportunities by day and raw, intimate showcases each night. Our 24th annual AMERICANAFEST will take place September 17-21, 2024, gathering thousands of artists, fans, and industry professionals ...