Americana play list

One of the great things about blogs is that I get to share my current stream of consciousness, interests or whatever and yet not intrude on anyone who doesn't want to be intruded upon.  Music is a great example of this - my musical tastes have at various times been called "weird", "strange", or more charitably "eclectic".  I like eclectic.  It fits.  As does the genre "Americana" - not quite country, a little west of folk, and a little north of bluegrass.  It covers a big collection of artists and styles, mostly acoustic, but not rigidly so.

Here's my current Americana playlist.  (I even have an Urban playlist). Some of them are current, some are older than the hills.  Hopefully something strikes a chord with you.  Feel free to suggest others, too.

Oh Colorado - Willie Sugarcapps - from about as far south in Alabama as you can get.
Bounder to Birmingham - The Fray, feat. Emmylou Harris.  Really interesting version.
Ripple - Greatful Dead (until the day Miss AJ Lee cuts it to mp3) - check out AJ Lee (not the WWE performer) on youtube.  She gets better and better as she grows up.
Dublin Blues - Guy Clark - I think Guy Clark was at his best in the 80/90s.  He's got some health problems now, and doesn't perform that much.
Galway Girl - Steve Earle - most popular pub song in Galway, written by an American.
Girl of the North Country - Sam Bush - much prefer to Dylan's phrasing.
Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show, NOT the Darius Rucker Nashville pop version.
Drinkin' - Holly Williams - Hank's daughter.
Merry-go-round - Kasey Musgraves -- It was great to see this win at the Grammys.  She is a great artist.
The longest day - Megafaun - very much a mountain sound
Summer Wages - Ian Tyson - The one and only
Someday Soon - Suzy Bogguss - I think this is the definitive version.  Better than Judy Blue Eyes
Buckskin Stallion Blues - Townes Van Zandt
February Seven - The Avett Brothers (hard to pick just one of theirs)
Dark as a dungeon - John Cowan - very different from the Johnny Cash sound
White Freightliner - Gillian Welch - She has such a unique voice. Written by Townes VZ
I will wait - Mumford & Sons - ok, they are English. So what? They still sing Americana
Pancho & Lefty - Emmylou Harris - hard to pick a single Miss Emmylou song.
Till I can gain control again - Rodney Crowell

I tried to keep it to one artist/song, but...

Emmylou Harris wrote Boulder to Birmingham and supplies harmony for some versions of Dublin Blues and Till I can gain control again.
Rodney Crowell was a longtime member of Emmylou's band
Ian Tyson wrote Summer Wages and Someday Soon
Townes Van Zandy wrote Buckskin Stallion Blues, Pancho & Lefty, White Freightliner Blues.