The Americana Revolution : From Country and Blues Roots to the Avett Brothers, Mumford and Sons, and Beyond.

Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Origins of the Americana Movement -- 2 Will the Circle Be Unbroken? -- 3 When Things Go Wrong, Blame the Radio -- 4 Don't Drink from a Bottle If You Didn't See It Opened -- Interlude: Roger McGuinn: Respecting Tradition while Transforming It -- 5 "If I Could Find a White Boy Who Sang Black . . ." -- 6 Appropriating Black Culture -- Interlude: Rosanne Cash: The Search for Self -- 7 The Irish Claim the Bronx -- 8 Bringing the Good News -- 9 The Battle for the Soul -- Interlude: Kris Kristofferson -- 10 As Duke Ellington Said, There's Only Two Types of Music: Good and Bad -- 11 Speaking the Truth to Those Who Have Ears to Listen -- 12 Americana as a Symbol of Musical Adulthood -- 13 Let's Go Backward When Forward Fails -- 14 Swallowing Other Genres -- 15 A Sense of Community -- 16 It Might Be a Great Bag to Be In, But Why Must I Be in a Bag at All? -- Interlude: Jim Lauderdale:The Face of America -- 17 The Archetypes of Americana -- 18 Back to the Question -- Coda -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Michael Cain offers an informal social history that describes Americana as both a musical genre and a movement, showing what it is, where it came from and where it is going. Through anecdotes and interviews, Cain provides a firsthand view into the creation of Americana, trying to clarify how the genre can be categorized and defined.

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