Americana UK

Graham Nash, David Crosby and others talk about their favourite tracks from Joni’s “Blue”

June 22, 2021 0

The Guardian have published a piece this morning as Joni Mitchell’s legendary ‘Blue’ album turns 50, and they’ve interviewed “the musicians it inspired – and those who inspired it – [to] tell us which track […]

Alex Rex “Scandalise The Birds” – psychfolk magnificence

June 22, 2021 0

Alex Rex is the recording name of Alex Neilson, who was the driving force behind the much missed Trembling Bells. He’s released three albums as Alex Rex, and the fourth – ‘Paradise‘ is due out […]

Video: Watchhouse “New Star”

June 22, 2021 0

“Someday we’ll be older…at least we’re all in this together,” sing Watchhouse on their delicate, calming single ‘New Star’ and, after our lives have been on hold for so many months, these simple, direct lines […]

Track Premiere: Wild Earp & The Free For Alls “Livin’ The Life”

June 21, 2021 0

Wild Earp’s ‘Livin’ the Life‘ is in a long line of humorous songs that have a serious point or two to make along the way. It’s the same root as Hank Williams singing about ‘Window […]

Features

AUK’s Chain Gang: Guy Clark “Hemingway’s Whiskey”

Guy Clark’s pean to Ernest Hemingway and the freedom to live life to the full. Last week we were in the Highlands of Scotland with Gaelic supergroup Daimh who have been known to use a [...]
Features

Whatever Happened To…The Hellecasters

Having recently written about The Desert Rose Band in our ‘Whatever Happened To’ series it got me thinking about John Jorgenson and what he did after he parted company with Chris Hillman. His next major [...]
Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Palace tracks before Will Oldham became Bonnie Prince Billy

I thought it best to start at the genesis of BPB through the various guises and before BPB became the nom de plume de jour. I would find it impossible to tease out the 10 [...]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: The Byrds “Ballad Of Easy Rider”

The Byrds’ place in the pantheon of rock greats is assured given their influence on folk rock, psychedelic rock and with ‘Sweetheart Of The Rodeo’ country rock and subsequently americana. However, this very brief summary [...]
A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember: A triple bill at The Princess Charlotte, Leicester, probably early 1994

My route into americana was through the alternative music scene of the eighties. My first real experiences listening to something which could be called americana was The Mekons’ cover of Hank Williams’ ‘Alone & Forsaken’ [...]

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