Americana
- noun
- /əˌmɛrɪˈkɑːnə/
- Welcome to our fifth installment of New Bedford Streets: A Piece of Americana.
- Americana music
- Americana album
- Americana singer
Examples
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His music is pure Americana and will be perfect.
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Artists like the up-and-coming Americana band The Bailey Hounds know this firsthand.
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Later on, the album "Surrender" brings exceptional two-part harmonies over a timeless Americana beat.
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Acclaimed Americana duo Birds of Chicago are playing this amazing three-day festival, and we've got your pair of 3-day passes!
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Nothing otherwise too surprising here so far—nice mix of Ward's mellower sound and his more rocking Americana roots.
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The festival showcased a variety of Americana music, blending folk, country, and blues traditions.
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He discovered new artists while exploring the Americana genre, which combines elements of rock and traditional sounds.
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The documentary highlighted the impact of Americana music on contemporary culture and its roots in American history.
Synonyms
A kind of music like old folk, country and blues that sounds simple and honest
Compounds
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A tall North American plant with white flowers whose young shoots people cook but whose berries and roots are poisonous
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A small wild animal like a weasel, native to North America with soft brown fur
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A shrub from eastern North America that produces edible hazelnuts
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A North American vine that climbs and has purple-brown flowers and edible underground roots
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A large spiky plant that blooms once after many years and then dies
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A fast animal with hooves like an antelope that lives on western North American plains and has forked horns
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A small silvery fish from eastern United States rivers called white perch that people eat and catch for sport
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A North American plant that grows in clumps with spotted leaves and small flowers on stems
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A large reddish-brown cockroach from the southern United States now found worldwide
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A tropical bush with strong, sweet-smelling yellow-white flowers that open at night
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A plant with long spikes of blue or white bell-shaped flowers that grows in eastern North America
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A plant that lives one year with purple flower heads and basket-like leaves below them
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A small brown North American bird that climbs tree trunks to find insects
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A tall plant from the woods of eastern North America with spikes of white flowers
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A medium duck whose male has a white crown and a green patch by the eye
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A diving duck from North America with a grey and black body and a reddish brown head
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A medium-sized water bird in North America with dark feathers and a white bill
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A disease that causes sores on the skin and on the mouth or nose
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A North American form of the twinflower that is a low creeping plant with two small bell-shaped flowers
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A tropical tree from the Caribbean and northern South America that has fruit the size of an orange
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A rare North American crane with white and black feathers and a loud trumpet call called the whooping crane
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A large stork with a long curved bill that wades in warm American wetlands
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A wild plum tree from eastern and central North America that has red-orange fruit with yellow inside
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A small forest plant with thick leaves and clusters of white flowers
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A small evergreen plant with round thick leaves and white flowers native to eastern North America
A large South American bird like an ostrich that runs fast, cannot fly, and has three toes
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A small North American bird with blue-grey feathers and a yellow throat and chest
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A small tree with divided leaves and clusters of bright red berries from eastern North America
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A low spreading plant with dense light purple flowers that grows near streams in western North America and northeastern Asia
Surface Forms
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Etymology
Americana for music is formed from American and the ending -ana, meaning 'about' or 'connected with'. So Americana music is a mix of American roots like folk, country, and blues that feel true to American traditions.