The official history describes the genre's rise as a victory of rugged, rustic folk culture over Tin Pan Alley's high-toned treacle.
But for the Cajuns, whose rustic French-American culture is almost wholly dependent on the natural bayous that open to the Gulf of Mexico, it has forced the question of whether they can preserve their way of life — and if so, at what cost?
(Chinen) ★ Bill Frisell / Bill Morrison: The Great Flood (Friday) The guitarist Bill Frisell has always had use for the rustic byways of American culture, places of quiet and plain-spoken grace.
The guitarist BILL FRISELL has always had use for the rustic byways of American culture, places of quiet and plain-spoken grace.
8 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway, at Chambers Street, Lower Manhattan, (212) 625-8369, dnadance.org; $17. Pop Nate Chinen The guitarist BILL FRISELL has always had use for the rustic byways of American culture, places of quiet and plain-spoken grace.
As we film events like this for our Easter special, I'm so happy we're complementing the big-city culture with rustic, small-town passion.
"It's all about function and Swedish purity," said the designer Jonny Johansson, referring to the early denim culture as "democratic, rustic and natural" and almost "political" in its down-to-earth statement.
Set on a secluded compound blocks from the South Congress shopping district, the hotel's suites, studios, and bungalows blend rustic accents with colourful, pop culture-inspired modern flair; think black and white tiled floors, chrome and neon lighting, and retro rock'n'roll memorabilia.
After a successful first edition last year, the gallery has invited 27 artists working with digital mediums or whose works engage with digital culture to fill up an expansive, rustic barn.
In a more positive sense, these peoples who were known as "savages" in Qing parlance were invested with a cultural authenticity that marked them as culture-bearers and avatars of fast-disappearing rustic virtues.
