You can call it what you want, but you won’t hear it on mainstream country radio. That’s the consensus of Americana’s top musicians and thinkers. And if you haven’t heard the term before, that’s kind ...

It was supposed to be one of the proudest moments of her career. Adia Victoria was performing with her band at the historic Newport Folk Festival last year when, shortly after their set, a prominent ...

We dig deeper into the roots of the Americana music genre and how the meanings laid into the groundwork of its songs aren't always fully understood.

On Wednesday (Aug. 7), the Americana Music Association announced a new partnership with the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM), as well the institution of the Legacy of Americana Award.

West Virginia native Sierra Ferrell's now storied ability to turn any concert in any venue in the world into an existential journey into a juke joint party is growing in renown. She can now add yet ...

Americana is at a crossroads. As night fell at the 22nd edition of Bristol, Tennessee's Rhythm and Roots Reunion Festival, Allison Russell – a French Canadian woman, a champion of the queer community ...

The term “Americana” has been around for a long time. Its origins can be traced back to the early 1900s, but it really began to take shape during the resurgence of American folk music in the 1940s and ...

The term Americana, at least when applied to music, is somewhat amorphous. It's specific, but also quite broad; it's one thing made up of all these other things, which is kind of like America itself.

No one ever knew what to call Mumford & Sons. The Guardian had already described them as “Coldplay reincarnated as hillbillies” by the time the group released their debut album in the U.S. in February ...

Country music has undergone an incredibly polarizing split since its origins and what has resulted is two rivaling genres—Country and Americana. Now what is considered “better” is entirely up the the ...

Allison Russell cries before accepting her award at the 21st Annual Americana Honors & Awards on Sept. 14, 2022 in Nashville, Tenn. Getty Images for Americana Music NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Canadian ...