Spotlight: The Americanos

3/29/2012

Lineup: AJ Szozda, guitar, harmonica; Steve Knurek, bass; Mick Mason, guitar; and Tom Goodwin, mandolin, violin, percussion.

Year formed: 2009.

Style of music: Americana, roots music.

Influences: Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison.

Sounds a little like: Old Crow Medicine Show crossbred with Bob Dylan and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

Favorite Local Venue: Culture Clash Records.

Albums released: "Redempted Sinner," 2012, which is reviewed on Page 13.