A flashback of a flashback. The time: May 2000. The setting: Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium. The occasion: An all-star gathering of Americana and bluegrass giants celebrating the almost ...

Carlene Carter, granddaughter to country music matriarch Maybelle Carter, last year told The Tennessean that the Americana genre existed "so honest people can make real music that defies needing smash ...

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 ...

Americana, by definition, is American roots music, which has grown from folk beginnings to the country rock of Gram Parsons to the alternative country of Uncle Tupelo and beyond. Uncle Tupelo not only ...

Sierra Ferrell, arguably the roots-music queen of the moment, made good on her ascendance with two top wins at the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards, picking up trophies for both artist of the year and ...

The Americana Music Honors & Awards handed out its top competitive trophies to Sierra Ferrell, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, I’m With Her, MJ Lenderman and Gillian Welch & David Rawlings in a ...

You can credit the pandemic — and the misery and free time it brought with it — for bringing both the twanger and the songwriter out of Molly Brandt. “I always wanted to write songs, but lacked the ...

Three years ago, NPR published an article on the Black female recording artists who were challenging racism and exclusion, in an industry that has long refused to properly acknowledge the foundational ...

If you’re a country or Americana fan, 2026 is shaping up to be a dream year — the UK will be absolutely bursting with ...

NATURAL THERAPIES INSTEAD OF USING ANTIBIOTICS. WELL, THERE IS A NEW FESTIVAL IN THE CRESCENT CITY AND IT IS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND. THE BLACK AMERICANA FEST TAKES OVER THE BROADSIDE TOMORROW FROM 2 ...

Singer-songwriter Flamy Grant organized an "Alt-Mericana" showcase for LGBTQ+ artists during Americanafest in Nashville. The event will take place at The Lipstick Lounge on Sept. 12 and feature ...