A flashback of a flashback. The time: May 2000. The setting: Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium. The occasion: An all-star gathering of Americana and bluegrass giants celebrating the almost ...

Americana music encompasses country, bluegrass, folk, and blues and has deep roots in Black musical traditions. As the sonic influences of southern Blacks gained international popularity in the early ...

Every year at the Americana Honors & Awards program in Nashville, Jim Lauderdale will exclaim, as a running joke, “Now, that’s Americana!” — usually right after someone has given a rousing performance ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, in collaboration with the Americana Music Foundation, is presenting its inaugural “Roots to Pop” series, an initiative connecting contemporary ...

Since 2010, Clay and Zach Chance have fronted the Americana duo Jamestown Revival. Now, they’re coming to grips with being first-time Grammy nominees — but not for their work under Jamestown Revival.

There are two main musical pedestals upon which youngsters can be placed that have been deemed mostly acceptable within our cultural world. The first pedestal is that of the classical music prodigy — ...

“Americana is a refuge,” said Seth Avett of the Avett Brothers, as the trio accepted a lifetime achievement award from the Americana Association. “It’s a community. … I was thinking about how it would ...

"You don't choose music," Jonathan Clay says. "Music chooses you. We love making music, in any facet." Since 2010, Clay and Zach Chance have fronted the Americana duo Jamestown Revival. Now, they're ...