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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brandi Carlile was named Artist of the Year at the 2021 Americana Honors & Awards on Wednesday night (Sept. 23). Changes are taking place amid continuing calls for diversity by Americana artists, who ...