Artists like Pete Seeger and Joan Baez made music that was, at the time, hard to classify into a genre. Over the years Americana has seen a bit of an evolution.

Driving the news: Steven Hyden, one of the preeminent rock music critics, propelled the discussion forward with his column in ...

About 15 years into a career as a country-noir singer-songwriter, Tami Neilson received some good news last week. Her latest album, Neon Cowgirl, had broken into the Top 10 of the Americana Music ...

So, here are three forgotten Americana albums from 20th-century Americana artists. John Prine’s ‘Diamonds In The Rough’ By no means is John Prine a forgotten artist.

John Hiatt Feted by Fellow Americana Stars in Splendid Troubadour Tribute Show: Concert Review Los Lobos, Brandy Clark, Lyle Lovett, Tom Morello, Michael McDonald, Little Feat and Joe Bonamassa ...

Poets and Dreamers is Saviano’s own story. But it many ways it is also the story of the resurgence of Americana music in the ’90s and its blossoming as its own genre independent of the country ...

Emporia’s own artist Elexa Dawson is flourishing beyond the local scene, having earned a coveted nod in The Bluegrass ...

August 7, 2025, brings a wide variety of new music for fans, with several albums and singles hitting streaming platforms.

In September, the Americana Music Association will host its 25th annual AmericanaFest and awards show in Nashville. “We’re not political,” says WMOT’s Scott. “We don’t have news.

The defunding of stations that predominantly play American roots music could silence some singers’ careers By David Browne (Courtesy of Rolling Stone) About 15 years into a career as a country-noir ...