Kate Bush, N.W.A., Brian Eno, Madonna, Prince, and the other icons who defined a decade
For her book, It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music, longtime Pitchfork staffer Amanda Petrusich hoped to nudge our collective notions of "Americana" by looking at the ways in which Americana music-- rural, indigent, acoustic music-- has evolved and endured, and how those changes may or may not reflect a new American landscape.
Califone leader Tim Rutili on the long process that led to his band's new album, Roots and Crowns-- the personal troubles he had, the samples he found, and the melodies they inspired.