'Songs of U.S.' Video Series to Feature Grace Potter, Amy Grant, Mickey Guyton for America's 250th Birthday
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Chris Willman
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Summary
A new video series called "Songs of U.S." is launching to celebrate America's 250th birthday by exploring the American songbook. The series will feature artists including Amy Grant, Grace Potter, Mickey Guyton, Linda Perry, Samara Joy, and Old Crow Medicine Show performing classic American songs and discussing their cultural significance. Additional participants include Joy Oladokun, Brittney Spencer, Corook, Tiny Habits, Trousdale, Chance Emerson, and Raye Zaragoza, with more artists to be announced. The performances will include both classic covers and original songs.
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· 3 pulled'Songs of U.S.,' a video series devoted to exploring the American songbook on the nation's 250th birthday, will feature artists such as Amy Grant, Linda Perry, Grace Potter, Mickey Guyton, Samara Joy and Old Crow Medicine Show in both song and conversation about what these American tunes have meant to the country.
The artists involved are doing a mixture of classic covers and original songs.
More are to be announced in the coming weeks.
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