i hear a "new" genre being called americana..
of course that has it's limits as it refers
only to USA, and if you are in another part
of the world, that would not apply.

but it seems to be a good label for the type of music
i enjoy most, folk, bluegrass, old timey, new grass,
(is there such a thing as new timey :>) ) acoustic,
ballads, instrumental, fiddle tunes, ethnic, alt.country, why do
we always want to fit things into a neat little category?

http://www.americanamusic.org/

http://www.americana-music.com/