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Essentials: The Top 10 Paul Simon Americana Songs

March 20, 2025 Jonathan Smith 5

Is Paul Simon americana? For all his early involvement with the folk scene (including the British one), and his movement into various different world music threads, Paul Simon can ultimately be seen as a writer whose […]

Essentials: The top 10 Icarus Phoenix/Drew Danburry songs

March 13, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Editing an americana site for the last 24 years, one of the things I often get asked is the age old question “what is Americana?” and while not particularly having an answer, I commented on our […]

Essentials: The Top Ten Songs of Ben Bullington

March 6, 2025 FredArnold 5

Ben Bullington was a general medical practitioner in White Sulphur Springs, Montana (pop. 965), and then in Big Timber, MT (pop. c 1600), a doctor who wrote songs and played guitar for his family and friends […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Tom Russell Songs

February 27, 2025 Graeme Tait 23

Tom Russell requires little if any introduction to the readers of these pages, or for that fact, anyone who is instinctively drawn to the art of the singer-songwriter within the Americana genre. With a recording career […]

Essentials: A ten song americana trip through California

February 20, 2025 Richard Parkinson 1

The Golden State is one of the geographical pillars of country and roots music giving rise to the Bakersfield sound, acid folk, country rock, the Paisley underground and much more. In 2023, the Country Music Hall of […]