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What is Americana music? The central and elusive question asked in the 13-year history of the Americana Music Festival & Conference was attempted to be put to rest in 2011 when the word was added to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary. According to the dictionary listing, Americana is a “genre of American music with roots in early folk and country music.” But what the definition achieves in brevity it fails in accuracy as the genre stretches far beyond early folk and country music. From Sept. 12–15 Nashville played host for the premier gathering of Americana’s industry professionals and fans, including roughly 150 performers. Though there is a unifying DIY ethos and a paramount focus on songwriting among Americana artists, the enthralled audience witnessed a sampler platter of performances that ranged from Canadian neo-folk duo Whitehorse to the hell-raising, guns-blazing red dirt band Reckless Kelly. Audience members would not be remiss if they questioned whether the diverse lineup of artists spawned from the same Americana family. Read full review.
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What is Americana music? The central and elusive question asked in the 13-year history of the Americana Music Festival & Conference was attempted to be put to rest in 2011 when the word was added to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary. According to the dictionary listing, Americana is a “genre of American music with roots in early folk and country music.”

But what the definition achieves in brevity it fails in accuracy as the genre stretches far beyond early folk and country music. From Sept. 12–15 Nashville played host for the premier gathering of Americana’s industry professionals and fans, including roughly 150 performers. Though there is a unifying DIY ethos and a paramount focus on songwriting among Americana artists, the enthralled audience witnessed a sampler platter of performances that ranged from Canadian neo-folk duo Whitehorse to the hell-raising, guns-blazing red dirt band Reckless Kelly. Audience members would not be remiss if they questioned whether the diverse lineup of artists spawned from the same Americana family.

Read full review.

It’s perhaps appropriate that the East Coast-bred Grace Potter & The Nocturnals derived the latter part of their name from their late-night practice sessions as a band. Fronted by the Vermont-born namesake and frontwoman, Grace Potter, the collective is in the midst of playing dates on the Brothers of the Sun tour with Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw. The group self-released two albums, 2004’s Original Soul and 2005’s Nothing But The Water, before catching the interest of Hollywood Records. Subsequently, they released 2007’s This Is Somewhere and 2010’s Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, which peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard 200 on the strength of songs such as “Paris (Ooh La La)” and “Medicine.” In 2011 Potter earned her first GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “You And Tequila“ with Chesney. Continued…
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It’s perhaps appropriate that the East Coast-bred Grace Potter & The Nocturnals derived the latter part of their name from their late-night practice sessions as a band. Fronted by the Vermont-born namesake and frontwoman, Grace Potter, the collective is in the midst of playing dates on the Brothers of the Sun tour with Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw. The group self-released two albums, 2004’s Original Soul and 2005’s Nothing But The Water, before catching the interest of Hollywood Records. Subsequently, they released 2007’s This Is Somewhere and 2010’s Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, which peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard 200 on the strength of songs such as “Paris (Ooh La La)” and “Medicine.” In 2011 Potter earned her first GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “You And Tequila“ with Chesney. Continued…

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