Americana is a loose subset of American roots music, that is perhaps best defined as "classic American music"—ranging in style from folk, country blues, bluegrass, alternative country, rockabilly, neotraditional and roots rock. Americana music is one of the focuses of the bi-monthly U.S. magazine No Depression. American folk music, also known as Americana, is a broad category of music including Native American music, Bluegrass, country music, gospel, old time music, jug bands, Appalachian folk, blues, Tejano and Cajun. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Bluegrass music is considered a form of American roots music with its own roots in English, Irish and Scottish traditional music. ... Alternative country is a term applied to various subgenres of country music. ... Rockabilly is one of the earliest and most important styles of rock n’ roll music to emerge during the 1950s. ... Neotraditional country, also known as new traditional country, is a country music style that rejects most elements of modern Top 40 country music. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... No Depression is a bi-monthly magazine which covers the genre of Alternative Country music. ...

In recent years, the genre can be seen as being typified by artists such as Tom Russell, Dave Alvin, the Derailers, Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, The Jayhawks, The Creekdippers, Victoria Williams, Michelle Shocked, Jim Lauderdale, Neil Young, Martin Zellar, The Band and Bob DylanSteve Earle, Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams who incorporate themes of cultural Americana in their songwriting. Tom Russell with a fan at a gig in the UK, 2003 Thomas George Tom Russell (born in 1950 in Los Angeles) is an American singer-songwriter. ... Dave Alvin (born November 11, 1955, in Downey, California, USA) is a guitarist, singer and songwriter. ... Uncle Tupelo Uncle Tupelo was a popular music group formed in 1987 in Belleville, Illinois. ... Son Volt Son Volt is a popular music group formed by Jay Farrar in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1994, after the breakup of the band Uncle Tupelo. ... Hailing from Minneapolis, the Jayhawks are a band playing a style of alt-country and roots rock with elements of folk. ... The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers are an Americana group formed by the iconoclastic songwriter Mark Olson and his wife Victoria Williams after Olson left his previous band The Jayhawks. ... Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958) is a singer/songwriter, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana but for the length of her career a resident of Southern California. ... Michelle Shocked is a U.S. singer-songwriter whose music and performances seem influenced by her Texas roots, her political activism, and a self-assured style that her first major label producer likened to troubadors such as Joni Mitchell, Spider John Koerner, and Dave Van Ronk. ... Jim Lauderdale was born in Statesville, North Carolina on April 11, 1957. ... Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist and film director who grew up during his teen years in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ... Martin Zellar was the lead singer, main songwriter, and guitarist for the country-tinged rock band the Gear Daddies. ... The Band was an influential Canadian-American rock group of the 1960s and 1970s. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ... Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning to cultivate), generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. ... An apple pie and baseball bat sitting atop an American flag. ...

Americana music is more likely to be played on Triple-A or noncommercial college radio stations than on commerical country radio. Part of the History of baseball series. ... College radio (also known as university radio, campus radio or student radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college or university. ...

External Link

• Americana Music Association