This week’s Classic Americana pick honors a hitmaking singer who also became a champion for people with speech impairment: Mel Tillis.

For this week’s Classic Americana pick, we spotlight an artist known as a godfather of Americana: Rodney Crowell. He’s an artist who has written many songs for other artists, and he also has enjoyed success as a singer-songwriter under his own name.

For this week’s Classic Americana pick, we celebrate Carly Simon, one of the most prolific and dominant singer-songwriters of the late 20th century, whose career continues to this day.

For this week’s Classic Americana pick, we mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary performer Clifton Chenier, known as the King of Zydeco.

This week’s Classic Americana selection spotlights Leon Payne, an artists who enjoyed a No. 1 hit of his own, but was more successful at writing songs that became hits for others.

This week’s Classic Americana selection spotlights one the most influential bluegrass guitarists in the history of the genre: Tony Rice.

This week’s Classic Americana pick spotlights a massively influential blues guitarist: T-Bone Walker.

Our Classic Americana pick spotlights a breakthrough solo single by Stevie Nicks, who brought in some friends to help her roll it out.

Our Classic Americana pick was recorded in Minneapolis by an artist from Wisconsin — and it ended up launching a whole new subgenre.

Our Classic Americana pick this week features Willie Nelson’s version of a song he wrote that became a massive hit for Patsy Cline.