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Rosanne Cash, Avett Brothers Win Americana Music Awards

The 9th annual Americana Music Association Honors and Awards were handed out in Nashville’s celebrated Ryman Auditorium last night, honoring a selection of notable music greats....  read more

Industry Chat: Jed Hilly of the Americana Music Association

Readers of Paste have long noticed our affinity for a certain segment of the music world known as "Americana." For some music lovers, it's an epithet—for others, it's a sign of life. Long revered (and now defunct) magazine No Depression carried the torch for the genre and helped popularize the term. Ten years ago, an industry association was born to encourage development of the genre. Paste recently spoke with the executive director of the Americana Music Association, Jed Hilly. ...  read more

Mindy Smith Long Island Shores [Vanguard]

Maybe Thomas Wolfe was wrong, maybe you really can go home again. On her sophomore album Long Island Shores, Americana singer/songwriter Mindy Smith explores this premise, and discovers some previously unmapped territory of the heart along the way.   Raised on Long Island, N.Y., Smith moved first to Knoxville, Tenn., where she immersed herself in the Appalachian musical tradition, then to Nashville, where she pursued her songwriting muse. But back on Long Island, she left behind some painful childhood memories, some unresolved conflicts and a beloved mother buried in the cold, windswept ground. And since ghosts travel light, they...  read more