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Americana (music) and Roots rock

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Difference between Americana (music) and Roots rock

Americana (music) vs. Roots rock

Americana is an amalgam of American music formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the musical ethos of the United States, specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, gospel, and other external influences. Roots rock is rock music that looks back to rock's origins in folk, blues and country music.

Similarities between Americana (music) and Roots rock

Americana (music) and Roots rock have 31 things in common (in Unionpedia): Alternative country, Blues, Bob Dylan, BoDeans, Bonnie Raitt, Country music, Country rock, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Heartland rock, John Mellencamp, Linda Ronstadt, Lucinda Williams, Michael Nesmith, Neil Young, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Poco, Rhythm and blues, Rock and roll, Ry Cooder, Son Volt, Southern rock, Steve Earle, The Band, The Bottle Rockets, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Killers, The Rave-Ups, Uncle Tupelo, United States, ..., Wilco. Expand index (1 more) »

Alternative country

Alternative country (sometimes alt-country, insurgent country, or Americana) is a loosely defined subgenre of country music and rock music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream country music and pop country music.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century.

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, and painter who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades.

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BoDeans

BoDeans is a rock band formed in Waukesha, Wisconsin in 1983.

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Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born November 8, 1949) is an American blues singer-songwriter, musician, and activist.

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Country music

Country music, also known as country and western or simply country, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s.

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Country rock

Country rock is a subgenre of popular music, formed from the fusion of rock and country.

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Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and musician.

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Gram Parsons

Ingram Cecil Connor III (November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973), known professionally as Gram Parsons, was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist.

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Heartland rock

Heartland rock is a genre of rock music that is exemplified by singer-songwriters Tom Petty, Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp.

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John Mellencamp

John J Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, painter, and actor.

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Linda Ronstadt

Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American retired popular music singer known for singing in a wide range of genres including rock, country, jazz, light opera, and Latin.

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Lucinda Williams

Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953).

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Michael Nesmith

Robert Michael Nesmith (born December 30, 1942) is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman, and philanthropist, best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968).

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Neil Young

Neil Percival Young, (born November 12, 1945), is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, producer, director and screenwriter.

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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, an American country rock band, has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966.

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Poco

Poco is an American country rock band originally formed by Richie Furay, Jim Messina and Rusty Young.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950sJim Dawson and Steve Propes, What Was the First Rock'n'Roll Record (1992),.

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Ry Cooder

Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, and record producer.

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Son Volt

Son Volt is an American alternative country group, formed by Jay Farrar in 1994 after the breakup of Uncle Tupelo.

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Southern rock

Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music and a genre of Americana.

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Steve Earle

Stephen Fain Earle (born January 17, 1955) is an American rock, country and folk singer-songwriter, record producer, author and actor.

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The Band

The Band was a Canadian-American roots rock group formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1968 by Rick Danko (bass guitar, vocals), Garth Hudson (keyboards, saxophone), Richard Manuel (keyboards, vocals), Robbie Robertson (guitar, vocals), and Levon Helm (drums, vocals).

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The Bottle Rockets

The Bottle Rockets are an American band formed in 1992, currently based in St. Louis, Missouri.

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The Flying Burrito Brothers

The Flying Burrito Brothers are a seminal American country rock band, best known for their influential 1969 debut album, The Gilded Palace of Sin.

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The Killers

The Killers are an American rock band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2001 by members Brandon Flowers (lead vocals, keyboards, bass) and Dave Keuning (lead guitar, backing vocals).

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The Rave-Ups

The Rave-Ups are an American rock group founded in 1979 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who gained greater attention after relocating to Los Angeles, California.

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Uncle Tupelo

Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Wilco

Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Americana (music) and Roots rock Comparison

Americana (music) has 297 relations, while Roots rock has 138. As they have in common 31, the Jaccard index is 7.13% = 31 / (297 + 138).

References

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