AmericanaWoman Music Fest #1
What is Americana music?
Americana is music that honors and is derived from the traditions of American roots music. It is music inspired by American culture traditions which is not only represented in classic man made / roots based sounds but also through new and contemporary artists whose music is clearly inspired by these great traditions.
It is a great genre, vast, like jazz which encompasses a wide range of music. Like jazz, which spans from Miles Davis to Harry Connick to the Preservation Hall, Americana's range includes artists like Gram Parsons, Soloman Burke, The Band, Lucinda Williams, Lyle Lovett, Mavis Staples...
What is Americana music? Americana is music that honors and is derived from the traditions of American roots music. It is music inspired by American culture traditions which is not only represented in classic man made / roots based sounds but also through new and contemporary artists whose music is clearly inspired by these great traditions.
It is a great genre, vast, like jazz which encompasses a wide range of music. Like jazz, which spans from Miles Davis to Harry Connick to the Preservation Hall, Americana's range includes artists like Gram Parsons, Soloman Burke, The Band, Lucinda Williams, Lyle Lovett, Mavis Staples. . .
. . . and the fabulous lineup for the first AmericanaWoman Fest,
Friday March 19 and Saturday March 20.
Catch this two-day event starting 7pm on Friday at the American Legion Hall,
then continues Saturday at 2pm
at Bird's Aphrodisiac Oyster Shack with Girlz with Guitars (single performers doing original music in-the-round),
and wraps up Saturday evening back at the American Legion Hall.
For more information, check out the event website and event poster.
Phone: (850) 322-6917
Email: americanawomanfest@gmail.com
Official Website: http://www.americanawomanfest.com/
Added by butterfieldsociety on March 5, 2010