THE RECORDS THAT CHANGED THE WAY AMERICANA SOUNDED

Americana did not begin with a sound.

It began with a question.

What happens when you take the music you grew up with and refuse to leave it exactly where you found…

How a word for independent music became a sound, a scene and an identity.

There is a strange moment in the history of music when a word changes underneath the people using it.

For years, “independent” meant something fairly concrete…

More Than A Music Video: Why Jelly Roll's Return to San Quentin Matters

Some places never stop carrying history.

Long after the lights are packed away and the applause has faded, certain rooms continue to remember the people who stood…