"What if this was someone coming to the music for the very first time?

VOA: special.2010.07.12

This is the first time there has been a separate category for Americana music.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

and went on to sell more than 100,000 copies of the song at a time when there were only about That song is regarded as the first-ever country music hit, and Loudon Wainwright performs it under the title "The Deal" on his Grammy-nominated CD.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24