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”

 

• Speaking of the greatly under rated Walter Brennan.

  
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• Summer road trip recommendation: Illinois Ronald Reagan Trail

  
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  The liberal Rockford Register Star wrote about the Ronald Reagan Trail yesterday. Which reminded me, that we are nearing summer road trip season. Two Junes ago I drove the entire trail, which includes Dutchs birthplace and his boyhood home in Dixon--along with many interesting places in between, including Reagans ...
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• Introducing >>> The August List

  
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• Watch Out! Della Mae: “Empire” [VIDEO]

  
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  When Sara and Maybelle Carter, along with A. P. Carter, forged the foundation of country and roots music they rendered the question of women’s impact in the genre moot. Della Mae build on that legacy, by not just being a band of pretty faces, but being cracker jack musicians with a keen sense of legacy and modern ...
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• Scooped: 12 Chilled Out Abandoned Ice Cream Stands

  
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• Vintage American clothing in Tokyo. (via Golley’s American...

  
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  Vintage American clothing in Tokyo. (via Golley’s American Used Clothing )
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• New York, New York... 1976

  
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  Ive been away from my home of New York for far too long - I cant wait to return today! Editorial photographed by Patrick Bertrand for LOfficiel 620, 1976.
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• Mad Mackerel The Last Five Years – Dr Roddy Looks Back

  
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  Believe it or not, Mad Mackerel has been around for more than five years now. During that time we’ve posted more than 4,000 times, and offered more than 5,000 songs for your listening pleasure. And more than three quarters of a million people have paid MM a visit during our lifetime on Google’s godawful blogspot ...
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• Freida Pinto in Gucci: l’abito corallo al gala di Cannes

  
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  Il vestito adatto per le cerimonie ufficiali è, per definizione, lungo fino ai piedi e mai troppo scollato: l’eleganza di Freida Pinto ha sfiorato la perfezione
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• Jimmy Page’s unused soundtrack to Lucifer Rising

  
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  I like this a lot. It’s a totally different vibe from the original soundtrack though. Much darker. Filed under: Americana , occulture Tagged: Jimmy Page , Led Zeppeling , Lucifer Rising , occultism
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• American Songwriter’s Muse Sampler For May

  
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  American Songwriter’s latest free Muse sampler is a gem featuring twelve tracks that includes such MM faves as Phosphorescent, Caitlin Rose, Water Liars, Cheyenne Marie Mize and Futurebirds alongside some Americana heavyweights like Son Volt and Will Johnson and the new-wave inspired indie rock of the ...
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• Duquette Johnston Offers Up Cherry Blossom

  
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  Next week sees the release of Rabbit Runs A Destiny , the fourth studio album from Birmingham, Alabama native  Duquette Johnston . In advance of the big occasion, he has now released a third track from the record to tickle the earbuds and this time it is the excellent Cherry Blossom . It has a slightly more ...
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• 150 years ago today: Siege of Vicksburg begins

  
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  On May 18, 1863, the Siege of Vicksburg began. The battle for the Mississippi river town lasted until July 4--it was a Union victory. That battle, along with the northern victory at Gettysburg the day before, was the turning point for Union forces in our Civil War. I visited the Vicksburg battlefield in 2008. I ...
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• Listen To 4 Tracks Off “Ocha Scores” On Soundcloud

  
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    Can we be real for a moment? We really REALLY want you to take a listen to Ocha La Rocha ‘s upcoming debut LP “Ocha Scores.” We’re pretty proud of the way it came out. It’s two parts southern rock mixed with 1 part west coast psychadelic and puts a dynamic spin on Classic Americana.  Some have referred ...
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• Postmodern American Poets and Poetry

  
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    This is the first part of the Foreword to Dialects of the Tribe: Postmodern American Poets and Poetry:   FOREWORD I.          In the history ofliterature there have always been two major types of poetry, religious andsocial. In pre-scientific cultures,the "words of power" associated with ...
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• MM Shorts 376: The Lawsuits

  
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  Meet The Lawsuits from Philadelphia PA. They have been described as a schizophrenic mix of modern Americana, and that seems to suit them very well based on a few spins of their first single, Onion,  which is a real treat. It comes is from the upcoming album COOL COOL COOL . Download it below. Follow @madmackerel
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• Watch The First Trailer For Jeunets THE YOUNG AND PRODIGIOUS SPIVET

  
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  Are you ready to see what happens when Jean-Pierre Jeunet delivers his particular vision of Americana? Because thats whats coming in his first 3D film, an adaptation of Reif Larsens The Selected Works Of T.S. Spivet starring Helena Bonham Carter, Kathy Bates, Judy Davis, Callum Keith Rennie, Dominique Pinon and Kyle ...
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• Root Down: Digging Into the Hard Soil of American Music

  
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  Tweet How can you not love a festival where the co-headliners are re-formed hardcore standard-bearers Black Flag and Red Simpson, the king of trucker songs? Yes, that’s who’s topping the bill at the fourth annual Muddy Roots Music Festival this Labor Day weekend in Nashville, and I just ...
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• Videos of the Day: The Parson Red Heads || Lumineers || Barry Brusseau

  
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  Videos today from the wonderful Parson Red Heads and their studio film for new track Times, and also a brand new video from the Lumineers for Stubborn Love. Lastly we have Barry Brusseau’s new video for Til The Wind Blows Everything from his wonderful album The Royal Violent Birds . . . Follow ...
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• Strand of Oaks – Satellite Moon (live)

  
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  On l’avait déjà écouté ici , en voici une version live de Satellite Moon par Strand of Oaks  : © Matt for SkyMinds.Net , 1999-2013. | Permalink | Pas de commentaires | Classé dans Music/Ciné | 19 mots.
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