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 ...

West Virginia native Sierra Ferrell's now storied ability to turn any concert in any venue in the world into an existential journey into a juke joint party is growing in renown. She can now add yet ...

We dig deeper into the roots of the Americana music genre and how the meanings laid into the groundwork of its songs aren't always fully understood.

The term Americana, at least when applied to music, is somewhat amorphous. It's specific, but also quite broad; it's one thing made up of all these other things, which is kind of like America itself.

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 ...

The Americana Honors presented by 'Austin City Limits' air on PBS on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET Brandy Clark and Brandi Carlile teamed up to honor Americana music. The singer-songwriters were among the ...

The Americana Music Honors & Awards handed out its top competitive trophies to Sierra Ferrell, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, I’m With Her, MJ Lenderman and Gillian Welch & David Rawlings in a ...

On Wednesday night (September 20), Bonnie Raitt took home the Song of the Year trophy at the Americana Awards & Honors. The moment, eleven years after her first win at the ceremony, was especially ...

Americana music has been in the midst of a huge surge in recent years. The genre went from the realm of older folk musicians to a mainstream force with clear influence on the charts. And with the ...

Kevin Russell, founder of the Sonoma County Americana Music Festival, heeding the musical adage “It Don’t Mean of Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing,” has expanded his event to two nights this year, ...

Yola, Brandi Carlile and Allison Russell are among this year's Americana Honors & Awards nominees. The Americana Music Association unveiled the complete list of 2022 nominees on Monday (May 16) during ...

Adeem the Artist, the nonbinary songwriter who earned raves for their 2022 album, White Trash Revelry, is criticizing the Americana Music Association in an open letter published Wednesday night. The ...