Americana

Americana refers to the basic characteristics of American culture. It is the distinctly American way of life that exists within our cultural aesthetics. The foods eaten, the clothes worn, the movies loved and the music listened too all refer to the concept of Americana.

Americana speaks to more than an American way of life or American tastes; it also refers to the norms that govern the cultural practices within America. Within the culture there are acceptable and unacceptable behaviors, which are determined by the norms governing the American way of life.

Furthermore, with respect to the practices within American culture, Americana reflects the tensions present within American society, while also reflecting the good. It is a complex interrelation of all things American.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Americana”

• Meatskull presents Another Angle Vol 38

  
  Meatskull..Because Life's Too Short For Boring Music — Authority: 122
  After a short delay, my Angle set returns! This one’s filled with surprises, thrills, chills and ills. From the gentler side of The Aphex Twin to the Germany via Paris Chanson pop sound of Die Moulinettes and way more, here’s all you need to see you through the week. I love you all. Meatskull ...
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• MerleFest Announces Line-Up, Tickets On Sale Tomorrow!

  
  Dirty Linen Newsfeed — Authority: 117
  MerleFest 2010 , presented by Lowe’s and slated for April 29 -May 2, is proud to announce the line up for the event’s 23rd year.  The following artists will join host Doc Watson on the campus of Wilkes Community College for a celebration of “traditional-plus” music­a term Doc coined to describe the unique ...
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• Discovered: The Honey Dewdrops

  
  Crib Notes — Authority: 436
  A helping of bluegrass relief at the Chomp and Stomp
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• CD Review: Gabriel Sullivan – By the Dirt

  
  Lucid Culture — Authority: 471
  Gabriel Sullivan knows a lot of styles and he’s adept at them. More specifically, his new cd By the Dirt runs through a whole bunch of stylized genres, pretty successfully – the playing is generally good, he’s got a good sense of melody and a feel for vintage Americana styles. Mixed by Craig Schumacher of ...
  17 hours ago

• Root

  
  Stash Studios — Authority: 128
  Here is a bit of Americana for you. Art in the Age has brought back ROOT . A truly American liqueur. I am fascinated and looking to acquire some for a little tasting. I love the fact that they have taken something with deep American roots and revived it and maintained an organic base. Read more below. “At 80 ...
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• The NBT Review 46

  
  NBT Independent Music — Authority: 106
  Somewhere Up North – Meet Citizen K (Paraply Records) Oh there is almost nothing as entrancing than the lonely sound of the trumpet played on the ocean’s (or river’s) edge. The sound sets the scene, the mood, gently takes hold of the emotions and readies us for a personal conversation with the artist. The ...
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• Mark Eitzel – Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh

  
  Extreme Listening Mode! — Authority: 121
  For the truly great American bands of the 80s – R.E.M., Húsker Dú, the Replacements, Black Flag, Uncle Tupelo – success (or a relative of it) shined upon them at some stage, be it in those incarnations or for some of their members after the fact. For Mark Eitzel, it didn’t. American Music Club were [...]
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• Ruby Tuesday #64: "Properly British"

  
  Why? What Have You Heard? — Authority: 146
  "Tea and Scones" Wake Forest, NC - October 2009 (Click to embiggen)  Hosted at Work of the Poet
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• World of Change

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 596
   There were more trees than citizens, more cowboys than bankers. It was an era when America still held her virtue.  It was the beginning of a new century and on the threshold of shifting history.  The skies were sparkling without smog. The rivers and creeks were pristine. The wind blew with the fresh scent of ...
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• Apple Muffins: the healthy ones

  
  Think On It — Authority: 116
  Once upon a time, muffins were little nuggets of slightly sweet bread that often hid little treasures. They were considered a tea bread or a breakfast bread, and were eaten smoking hot with a bit of real butter.And then something happened. Over the past few decades the innocent muffin was judged with a [...]
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• Blind Boys of Alabama – Duets

  
  Twangville — Authority: 490
  Seventy years.  That’s right, this year marks the seventh decade the Blind Boys of Alabama have been performing.  Sure, the personnel have undergone some changes in that time, but one of the original members, Clarence Fountain, still tours with them as his health allows.  What’s more, they’ve never been as ...
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• The Goodness That is Biscuitville

  
  A Continuous Lean. — Authority: 577
  A Biscuitville near Greensboro, North Carolina. The thing that makes homogenization work is that it makes people comfortable; you can go to Starbucks in Chicago or Dubai and it will basically be the same thing. While this can be soulless and depressing, it can also come in handy. A hungover breakfast in Tokyo for ...
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• Keeping Soul Alive presents The Voice Of In Dangerous Rhythm

  
  Meatskull..Because Life's Too Short For Boring Music — Authority: 122
  Soul brother number one, KSA brings the warmth and humility with his usual high standards of soul-jazz surprises. Always recommend. Via his website . Go man, go. 1.Ted Ford – Real Soul (Budd) 2.Darrow Fletcher – My Young Misery (Groovy) 3.Johnny Talbot – Whatcha Wanna Do (Red Fire) 4.JJ Callier – It’s ...
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• CD Review: The Asylum Street Spankers – God’s Favorite Band

  
  Lucid Culture — Authority: 471
  Things like this happen with bands who’ve been around awhile and have the good sense to record themselves in fortuitous circumstances. Back in 2006, the Asylum Street Spankers – the world’s smartest, most deliriously fun oldtimey Americana band – recorded some live performances at the Saxon Pub in their ...
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• Lassoing The Cowboy Myth

  
  Indoor Street Art by Paul Baines — Authority: 416
  Matt Straub is well known for his use of mythologised cowboy iconography in his paintings. His style strides both pop art and abstract expressionism , his intent to deconstruct the idealised nostalgia associated with Americas gun-slinging past, appropriating metaphor for his treatise on a fragile future and its ...
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• Died On This Date (November 8, 1995) Country Dick Montana / The Beat Farmers

  
  The Music's Over — Authority: 485
  Country Dick Montana (Born Daniel McLain)May 17, 1955 – November 8, 1995The bigger-than-life Country Dick Montana was the founding drummer, co-lead vocalist, and heart and soul of the great San Diego roots rock band, the Beat Farmers.  Formed by Montana, Jerry Raney, Buddy Blue and Rolle Love in 1983, the band ...
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• Monochrome Monday #58: Slow Day

  
  Why? What Have You Heard? — Authority: 146
  "White Street" Wake Forest, NC - October 2009 (Click to embiggen)
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• Trade Me Anything, or Buy Some Americana

  
  Thorzul Will Rule — Authority: 122
  Just an update, Ive got some Donruss Americana available on eBay ending tomorrow, including an autograph and some numbered Proof cards. So if you like John Travolta , check it out. Also, Id like to remind everyone that Trade Me Anything! III still has some great cards available, so get in while you still can.
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• David Vidal: Americana Blues

  
  Bluesmen's World(Music) — Authority: 120
  Recording artist David Vidal’s fourth solo CD, Americana Blues, has just been released on Los Angeles-based WilMac Records. The eleven song compilation, which highlights Vidal’s outstanding songwriting skills and acoustic slide guitar work, also includes two instrumentals featuring violinist Dorian Cheah. Vidal ...
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• Woohoo-New items on Ebay!

  
  Primitive Folk Art by Benedetta — Authority: 114
  2 new items available~~~ this week only. Click on the pics to visit the auctions! :-)
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