Americana

Michael Chapman - Americana (2000/2002} {2019, Reissue}  Music

Posted by popsakov at Oct. 16, 2022
Michael Chapman - Americana (2000/2002} {2019, Reissue}

Michael Chapman - Americana (2000/2002} {2019, Reissue}
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u8 + Log ~ 647 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 260 Mb
Full Scans ~ 253 Mb | 00:48:35 + 00:59:16 | RAR 5% Recovery
Folk Rock, Folk, Country, Americana | Mooncrest Records #CRESTCD102

Chapman has long had a fascination, not just with American music, but the American South and West. So an album explicitly inspired by the country should come as no surprise. The joy is how much it highlights his fabulous guitar picking. “Sweet Little Friend from Georgia” and “Coming of the Roads” might seem relatively straightforward, but the more epic “Swamp” and “Gaddo’s Lake” delve into decidedly complex territory; in fact, the impressionistic “Swamp” is probably the record’s centerpiece. As an instrumental portrait of the southern states it’s loving, very finely honed, and played in a way that reminds you that Chapman is one of the best, and most undervalued, guitarists around. Even if “Jumping Geordie” has its origins on the other side of the Atlantic, it still fits in. For longtime fans, “Indian Annie’s Kitchen” brings back some memories of “Kodak Ghosts,” and throughout small touchstones of blues, country, and jazz slip by.

VA - Definitive Americana (2009)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Oct. 3, 2022
VA - Definitive Americana (2009)

VA - Definitive Americana (2009)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 327 MB
2:19:39 | Country, Folk, Americana | Label: Not Now Music

The 50 tracks showcased here each offer their own riches and rewards as representatives of Americana in its many forms. It's music that expresses hopes and fears in straight-talking lyrics with memorable tunes to match - a description of Pete Seeger's output that surely applies to all the artists featured here.

Ray Davies - Our Country: Americana Act II (2018)  Music

Posted by Domestos at July 4, 2018
Ray Davies - Our Country: Americana Act II (2018)

Ray Davies - Our Country: Americana Act II (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 395.35 Mb + 158.83 Mb (Scans) | 01:01:18
Contemporary Singer-Songwriter | Country: UK | Label: Legacy Recordings / Sony Music - 19075820052

Sequels are not Ray Davies' forte. Back in the 1970s, when he was in the thick of his theatrical aspirations, he expanded upon The Village Green Preservation Society with the muddled rock opera Preservation, whose downfall was a labored second act. Americana, the song cycle adaptation of Davies' memoir of the same name, suffers the same pitfalls as its Preservation predecessor, with the singer/songwriter larding up Our Country with recitations, characters, allusions, and repetitions.

Ray Davies - Americana (2017)  Music

Posted by popsakov at Jan. 31, 2024
Ray Davies - Americana (2017)

Ray Davies - Americana (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 388 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 143 Mb
Full Scans ~ 201 Mb | 00:58:31 | RAR 5% Recovery
Rock, Folk, Country | Legacy #8875102362

Ray Davies published a memoir chronicling his life-long affair with America in 2013. Naturally, it was called Americana, and that's also the title of this 2017 musical adaptation of the book. Davies plays a little fast and loose with his facts, which is perhaps a detriment in an autobiography but suits the condensed nature of songwriting. He doesn't tell a story with Americana – it's not a song cycle along the lines of Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) – but rather offers a series of vignettes, some torn from the pages of his book, others expanding upon its themes. Images of highways, cowboys, and movies dance through the songs, as do sly allusions to the Kinks.
Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops Orchestra - Americana Cavalcade (1996)

Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops Orchestra - Americana Cavalcade (1996)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 374 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 162 Mb
Full Scans ~ 108 Mb | 01:07:08 | RAR 5% Recovery
Classical, Easy Listening, Instrumental Pop | BMG Music / Time Life Music #TCD-751 R832-02

Arthur Fiedler was a long-time conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, a symphony orchestra that specializes in popular and light classical music. With a combination of musicianship and showmanship, he made the Boston Pops one of the best-known orchestras in the United States of America. Fiedler was sometimes criticized for over-popularizing music, particularly when adapting popular songs or edited portions of the classical repertoire, but he kept performances informal and sometimes self-mocking to attract a bigger audience.
Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin & Bill Frisell - Americana (2020)

Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin & Bill Frisell - Americana (2020)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 235 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 119 Mb | Digitial booklet | 00:49:41
Jazz | Label: ACT Music

Harmonica virtuoso Gregoire Maret and acclaimed pianist Romain Collin team up to paint an egalitarian vision of the American Dream, exploring the varied roots of American music alongside guitar visionary Bill Frisell.

Ray Davies - Our Country: Americana Act II (2018)  Music

Posted by delpotro at June 28, 2018
Ray Davies - Our Country: Americana Act II (2018)

Ray Davies - Our Country: Americana Act II (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 397 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 140 Mb | 01:01:16
Rock, Folk Rock, Singer-Songwriter | Label: Sony Legacy Records

The continuing story of The Kinks co-founder's journeys through America, as depicted in his 2013 memoir Americana and 2017's album of the same name, 'Our Country: Americana Act II' is a concept album borne from Davies' vision of America - how it shaped him and evolved through the years. Like its predecessor, the album was recorded at the legendary Konk Studios in London with guitarist Bill Shanley and The Jayhawks once again serving as Davies' backing band.
VA - Ambient Americana (A Road Trip Across Psychic State Lines) (2021)

VA - Ambient Americana (A Road Trip Across Psychic State Lines) (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 354 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 170 Mb | 01:14:07
Electronic, Ambient | Label: Uncut Magazine

This CD compiles 15 tracks by artists mixing the traditions of country and folk with the mind-expanding sounds of ambient and kosmische music – from the blown-out songforms of Steve Gunn and Sarah Louise to the pedal-steel transcendence of Chuck Johnson, SUSS and Luke Schneider, via the droning majesty of William Tyler, North Americans, Mary Lattimore and others.

Roch Voisine - Americana II (2009)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at Jan. 14, 2017
Roch Voisine - Americana II (2009)

Roch Voisine - Americana II (2009)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 00:56:16 | 427 MB
Genre: Pop-Rock, Country | Label: RV International | Catalog: RVCD-2316

Americana II, otherwise billed as AmerIIcana, is a sequel to Roch Voisine's album from the previous year, Americana (2008), a full-length collection of American country standards that was recorded in Nashville. Sung mostly in English with a few French-language versions appended as bonus tracks, Americana was a big hit in France, where it reached number three on the albums chart. Despite its success, it wasn't a great album. It features standards like "Ring of Fire" and "Crazy" that have been covered a million times over, and worse, the album was produced in a very plain country-pop style without any edge whatsoever. Tellingly, the album wasn't as well received in Voisine's native Canada, where listeners are more accustomed to country music.

Harold López-Nussa - Timba a la Americana (2023)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Nov. 13, 2023
Harold López-Nussa - Timba a la Americana (2023)

Harold López-Nussa - Timba a la Americana (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 231 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 99 Mb | 00:41:50
Cuban Jazz, Post-Bop, Fusion | Label: Blue Note Records

Pianist and composer Harold López-Nussa has been steadily building a global following in jazz and beyond over the past two decades since winning the prestigious Montreux Jazz Piano Competition in 2005. López-Nussa has released nine acclaimed albums and captivated audiences across the world with his thrilling performances at esteemed venues and jazz festivals. Born into a musical family in Havana, Cuba, his music reflects the full range and richness of the Cuban musical tradition with its distinctive combination of classical, folkloric, and popular elements, as well as its embrace of improvisation. With his Blue Note Records debut Timba a la Americana, López-Nussa reaches a career milestone with a vibrant album teeming with joy and pathos that was inspired by the pianist’s recent decision to leave his Cuban homeland and begin a new life in France.