americana

/AH0 M EH0 R AH0 K AE1 N AH0/
noun
  1. 1

    All things peculiar to the culture and people of the United States; anything that is a symbol of American life.

  2. 2

    (music) An amalgam of roots musics formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical ethos; specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influential styles.