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09-02-2024, 05:25 AM | #1221 (permalink) | |
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09-06-2024, 12:27 AM | #1223 (permalink) | |
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09-06-2024, 10:05 PM | #1224 (permalink) |
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I'm curious as to how you would define "Americana", Safar. To me it's an all purpose category which includes a lot of musicians who would seem to not have a lot to do with one another, from purely acoustic music to performers like Gillian Welch to straight ahead rock and rollers like Webb Wilder. It's like, "we'll, we don't know what to call it--it's ot a clear cut category like counrty, folk, metal or punk, so let's just call it Americana."
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09-07-2024, 11:02 AM | #1226 (permalink) | |
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When I first read the quote which I used for Gillian Welch, I hesitated for a second and thought, „isn´t Appalachian music, bluegrass and country included in Americana?“, but it was not enough not to post the quote, and not to think that the author probably knows something I don`t. Personaly I would not use the term Americana. Mainly because it is still nebulous to me and also because I noticed it only a few years ago and have not become familiar with it since then. I knew what bluegrass, folk, country was before I stumbled upon the word Americana, tried to guess the meaning, with the result that probably it is restricted to early US folk music ( Woody Guthrie, Carter family....). Later did some research to broaden my understanding only to come to the conclusion, leave it to the locals. If I try hard to define the word (that I hesitate to use), it would be (I know it´s more than the music) kind of roots music of the United States; if my narrow view makes sense. How large the span is, I have no idea. |
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09-07-2024, 11:59 AM | #1227 (permalink) | |
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May be it is of interest what HNA a German local newspaper wrote.
Whether it catches all aspects of the definition Americana I doubt. Quote:
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09-07-2024, 03:09 PM | #1228 (permalink) | |
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Thanks. I just wanted to get your view. I wouldn't criticize anyone using the word "Americana", even though I sometimes think it's applied to musicians who definitely merit another descripton. |
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09-07-2024, 03:13 PM | #1229 (permalink) |
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That's an interesting take. I don't like the "bro country" stuff the writer describes. But I think Americana gets applied to people who are rock and roll, like Webb Wilder because rock and roll isn't considered in fashion with younger listeners like pop and hip hop are. So "Americana" seems more salable
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09-09-2024, 08:34 AM | #1230 (permalink) | |
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Thanks for your opinion. Helps to clear the fog around the term americana.
I have fed the AI translater with more parts of the German newspaper article (2017) from above. Also interesting for me to read a perspective from my country. Quote:
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