Americana Putumayo

From Austin to Asheville, contemporary singer-songwriters explore America’s rural musical roots 1 RobinElla•Down the Mountain 2 Mulehead•Frankie Lee 3 The Little Willies•It’s Not You It’s Me 4 Robert Earl Keen•Ride 5 Eliza Lynn•Sing a New Song 6 Old Crow Medicine Show•Wagon Wheel 7 Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez•Sweet Tequila Blues 8 Tim O’Brien•House of the Risin’ Sun 9 Alison Brown•Deep Gap 10 Terri Hendrix•Prayer for My Friends 11 Josh Ritter•Harrisburg 12 Ruthie Foster•Hole In My Pocket The landscape of American music is as vast and varied as the geography of the country itself. At its root are a range of diverse cultural influences that have combined to form what is now called Americana music. Sometimes called “alternative country,” it’s a genre whose parameters are broad enough to include bluegrass, folk and traditional country with occasional elements of blues, jazz and others thrown in. In the 1990s, Americana made a home for itself on the airwaves, bridging the gap between Triple A (Adult Album Alternative) and mainstream country radio and allowing audiences to explore a sound stripped of the slick production that usually dominates the industry.