Defining Americana (It’s Not What You Think)

Описание: What is Americana? The answer seems simple, but when you look a little closer, americana is a deceptively difficult to define genre. Let’s look at what separates americana from similar genres (like folk, rock, and country), why the genre line is so blurred, and provide a definition of americana music that I think hits closer to the genre’s actual makeup.

0:00 - Tyler Childers 2018 Americana Music Awards
0:57 - Alt-Country Roots
1:12 - Why Genre Matters
1:58 - Americana Definition
3:27 - Subgenres
3:55 - Americana, Folk, Country, and Rock
4:32 - Fusion and Subgenres
4:52 - Is Americana a Community? (Brandi Carlile)
6:19 - Americana’s Lack of Diversity (Buffalo Nichols)
8:47 - What Does it Mean to Be a Community
9:20 - Artists vs Sounds
10:28 - Americana vs the Music Industry
12:04 - Outlaw Country and Americana
12:41 - Americana vs Record Labels
13:17 - Americana Reinvents Tradition (Rhiannon Giddens)
14:02 - The Free Spirits of Americana Artists (Amanda Shires)
14:55 - My Definition for Americana