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  2. Americana (song) - Wikipedia

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    The song is a salute to small-town America and a celebration of its values and camaraderie. Various observations – elderly men playing checkers, children playing hopscotch and teenagers going on a date at a local soda fountain – are observed first-person style from a traveling performer, whose vehicle had pulled off of a four-lane highway for a short break.

  3. List of films about bands - Wikipedia

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    Year Film/Title Director(s) Cast/Leads Notes 1954 The Glenn Miller Story: Anthony Mann: James Stewart June Allyson: The film tells the story of the Glenn Miller Orchestra and big band leader Glenn Miller (1904–1944) (James Stewart) from his early days in the music business in 1929 through to his 1944 death when the airplane he was flying on was lost over the English Channel during World War II.

  4. America (band) - Wikipedia

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    The last song Peek recorded was "Kiss Me on the Waves" (2011) with the Spanish band Etcetera, as guest singer. The song was written by Guillermo Albelo and included in the album Steps on the Water . Continuous speculations of Peek reuniting with America finally came to an end when Peek died in his home in Farmington, Missouri, of fibrinous ...

  5. The Silent Comedy - Wikipedia

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    The band was founded in San Diego, California by brothers Joshua and Jeremiah Zimmerman, [5] [6] In September 2010, their album Common Faults won the San Diego Music Awards's 'Best Pop Album' award. [7] Their songs "Bartholomew" and "All Saints Day" were used in 2011 TV advertisements for the video game Dark Souls. [8] "Bartholomew" was the ...

  6. Miss Americana - Wikipedia

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    The film is titled after "Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince", a 2019 song by Swift. The film has been described as an unvarnished and emotionally revealing look at Swift, during a metamorphic phase in her life, as she learns to accept her role as not only a singer-songwriter and entertainer, but as an influential woman "harnessing the full ...

  7. Americana (1981 film) - Wikipedia

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    Americana is a 1981 American drama film starring, produced, edited and directed by David Carradine. The screenplay and story, written by Richard Carr, was based on a portion of the 1947 novel, The Perfect Round , by Henry Morton Robinson .

  8. Jason Isbell - Wikipedia

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    The band released their self-recorded and produced second album, Here We Rest, on April 12, 2011, on Lightning Rod Records. The song "Alabama Pines" was named Song of the Year at the 2012 Americana Music Awards. On March 13, 2017, Isbell announced a new album with the 400 Unit, The Nashville Sound, which released in June of that year. [49]

  9. American Utopia (film) - Wikipedia

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    American Utopia is a 2020 American concert film directed and produced by Spike Lee, from a screenplay by David Byrne. The film is a live recording of a Broadway performance of the show adapted from the touring show that supported the album of the same name. The film features selections from that album, as well as songs from throughout Byrne's ...