First Blog Entry:Raheel Kapadia

In the book, It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and The Search for The Next American Music by Amanda Petrusich, she asks many question to understand why things are the way they are. For example she said, “What does Americana look like? Is it a John Deere alarm clock? A wooden yo-yo? A peppermint stick? A tin of Virginia Peanuts? What does it sound like? Does it move?” (5). She is trying to answer the main question, What does Americana look like? Within that question she states a lot more questions to understand the main question.

Amanda Petrusich tries to observe why Americana is not that important now a day. “There is no pressure for Americana music so rarely fractures the Hot 100 Billboard charts” (6). American music which is mainly folk and country music rarely ever becomes a hit in the 21^st century. Because of that Amanda tries to understand why this phenomena or behavior is happening.

Amanda also tries to examine the issues from other points of view. Amanda wants everyone’s opinions so she can make a better thesis. In the first two chapters she explains how there are two different types of culture. Especially when she goes to New York she kind of faces a new world. New York is a place where new people get lost in its culture. She then learns from both cultures.