Browsing American Roots

  1. Early Evangelists

    Early Evangelists

    Through the crackling of acetate, hope in a fractured time can still be heard. These songs are bigger than the church walls they are housed in; these are songs as much about joy as they are about God.

  2. Truck Driving Honky Tonk

    Truck Driving Honky Tonk

    An exploration of the late '60s and '70s country music movement. Songs about trucks, big trucks, missing your dog, and dodging the law.

  3. Introduction to Newgrass

    Introduction to Newgrass

    Progressive Bluegrass (a.k.a. "newgrass") is the counterculture-inspired approach to traditional bluegrass instruments and songs that brought folk, rock, blues, and jazz techniques and songs to the party. This Set introduces the artists that pushed Bluegrass to new and...

  4. Zydeco Beginnings

    Zydeco Beginnings

    Zydeco music belongs to southwestern Louisiana's black Creoles and is an accordion-heavy blend of traditional Creole music, traditional Cajun music, and early rhythm & blues. This Set explores the beginnings of a genre.

American Roots

American Roots is all about country music, literally. These Sets are comprised of music originating in rural parts of the US and its antecedents, and includes early rock & roll, blues, traditional country, folk, Tex-Mex, Cajun, Zydeco, Rockabilly, Honky-Tonk, early r&b, Bluegrass, early Gospel, field recordings, Western Swing, Americana, and more.