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In this entry in the excellent "Music in American Life" series, Milward (Crossroads: How the Blues Shaped Rock 'n' Roll [and Rock Saved the Blues]) provides a history of the rather amorphous genre known today as "Americana," which the Americana Music Association defines as "contemporary music…including country, roots-rock, folk, bluegrass, R&B, and blues…in a world apart from the pure forms of the genres upon which it may draw." Listeners might have only an "I know ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More