Everything Viyolens publishes on Americana — reviews, buying guides and how-tos written for players and producers in the UK.
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Essential Americana Albums Explained
Not a chart, just the records that keep getting handed down between fans and musicians because they still hold up on a tenth listen.
The Best Americana Artists to Know
The fastest way into Americana is through the people who write and sing it. Here are the essential names, grouped by era, with where to start listening.
The Best Americana Songs Right Now
Forget the news cycle - these are the Americana songs that keep turning up on other people's playlists and still land on the first listen.
The Ultimate Guide to Banjo
The banjo's true history, the difference between five-string and tenor, open-back and resonator, and how to choose your first instrument by the music you want to play.
A Beginner's Guide to Americana
Americana blends country, folk, blues, bluegrass and rock into something else entirely. Here's a friendly, no-jargon way in for first-time listeners.
Americana Subgenres, Explained
Americana isn't one sound - it's several older traditions sharing a roof. Here's every subgenre named plainly, with no jargon left unexplained.
The History of Americana
From Carter Family recordings to the Americana Music Association, this is how decades of country, folk, blues and gospel converged into one genre.
