Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters

good reminder, I "found" them a couple years ago and then forgot to follow them. 

Another fun group: Shovels and Rope

I keep saying Katy Kirby. If she has a lot more in her (age-wise definitely) she will give us great music

Shania Twain might want to have a word of Canada and country. 

(before the 51st state fairy tale)

btw to my ears Amanda Ann Platt is country not, Americana.

@stuartk yes I did read it. To be honest, I am no expert in various music genre, I am just an Americana/folk fan. Can’t stand modern country :(

To me, Shania Twain is one of the inventor’s of modern country (but she is good. she did it with substance). By now, modern country is a cliche, zero substance, lots of empty "feelings"

I mentioned her because when she started, she represented Canada and country at its roots, Then she blasted into pop/rock with a country spirit and it worked very well for her. I love her energy, country girl sweetness and laid-back-ness.

I know I am absolutely butchering it but to me country is people playing music to make a living and folk is people singing/making music after work. Which is why country is labored and folk is inherently free spirited. 

Americana is a grouping but closest to folk. The Be Good Tanyas, one of my favorite bands is classic Americana to me, very acoustic, underproduced, harmony based, lacking elements of popular music and just free/"country liberal"

I did butcher it with a lot of non-sense

@stuartk I don't think there is any value in explaining my ignorant and half-informed definitions.  By labored I meant more professional, with the goal of selling the product. Folk always felt to me like playing to themselves and their bubble and enjoying it. But of course your examples prove how I make no sense.  

I studied music theory when I grew up but it was strictly for my country's musical background where there was folk, folk-dance, gipsy, beat, rock, and classical music. (Totally butchering it, my teacher would smash my head with a book)

And I totally understand if someone doesn't get Shania. I had a phase and it stuck with me. 

@stuartk it's a sad excuse for a country, but one has no say in where to be delivered. It's that evil money laundering hole for dictators called Hungary. 

@stuartk no I don't, I live in California.

I do visit once a year to not be detached from reality 

@tomic601 I thought you measure time/distance as in how far from Stereo Unlimited  - understandably 

Btw, I love those vintage audio pics you posted. And I love the Vandies more and more!

@stuartk that’s a very scenic part of the State with four seasons!. And must be peaceful too.

Re "Shania Twain is the highest paid lap dancer in Nashville."

That's the sad part. She was practically a kid, waiting tables and singing for money to support her family, they were so dirt poor - before her career took off. So ironically the "poor girl in a broke town lap dancing" cliche may apply. 

i admit, I grew up with Shania when my kids were little and they listened to her a lot. I wouldn't have discovered her myself. She is like a capuccino with a tablespoon of sugar and 2 extra shots of espresso, too much but sometimes it hits the spots.