More than marketing: The Blueflowers and the New Wave of Americana
source: http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2011/05/09/more-than-marketing-the-blueflowers-and-the-new-...
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So there you have it – Americana as a sort of catch-all driven by the need to market yourself in terms people recognize. Except…except that The Blueflowers have a lot in common with The Lost Patrol (and if you’ve paid any attention at all you know how much I respect what they’re doing). And then there’s Munly, whose insanely dark Petr & the Wulf was one of my co-CDs of the Year for 2010. And Munly is also a key piece of Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, the iconic expression of the alt-Western Denver Sound. And what about the rootsy left-hand turn out of Neo-Soul that Nicole Atkins takes in her latest, Mondo Amore? (And for that matter, what about that far broader Neo-Soul context provided by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and She & Him?) Hmmm….
