Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A flashback of a flashback. The time: May 2000. The setting: Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium. The occasion: An all-star ...

Carlene Carter, granddaughter to country music matriarch Maybelle Carter, last year told The Tennessean that the Americana genre existed "so honest people can make real music that defies needing smash ...

Country meets jazz meets EDM this week in a glorious series of mash-ups, as well as a heaping serving of more standard ...

The Americana community's growth as a space for multi-genre musical education continues via a just-announced streaming content partnership between the Americana Music Association and the Smithsonian's ...

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, ...

Early in her career, Guatemalan-American singer Gaby Moreno was advised to make a choice: Sing the music of her homeland or embrace the sounds of her adopted country. But Moreno, who won a Grammy in ...

Music fans around the globe, and Nashvillians in particular, know the Americana Music Association Festival and Conference as “AmericanaFest” for short. And they’ve been flocking to Music City since ...

If you’re looking for an afternoon of toe-tapping tunes and authentic storytelling, check out “Women of Americana,” coming to Popejoy Hall on Sunday, March 22. Featuring songs made famous by Dolly ...

Residents sorely missing the conviviality and top-notch tunes of the Twilight or Jazz on the Lawn summer concerts will find solace and joy in the new “Americana in the Park” series this fall.

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 ...

Country music has undergone an incredibly polarizing split since its origins and what has resulted is two rivaling genres—Country and Americana. Now what is considered “better” is entirely up the the ...