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About Clint West
From buying my first record aged 10 and attending my first gig at 14, music has been a lifelong obsession. A proud native of Suffolk, I have lived in and around Manchester for the best part of 30 years. My idea of a perfect day would be a new record arriving in the post in the morning, watching Ipswich Town win in the afternoon followed by a gig and a pint with my mates at night,
Columns

Clint’s Classic Clips: Jason Isbell “The Life You Chose” Later… with Jools Holland 2016

July 30, 2021 Clint West 3

Everyone’s favourite ex-Trucker gives a polished performance at the Beeb. I once saw BBC6 Music presenter Mark Radcliffe perform with one of his occasional bands. It probably won’t make my AUK ‘A Night to Remember’ slot […]

Features

The Twang Factor 2 presents: Chris Fox

July 28, 2021 Clint West 0

Welcome to Week 2 of The Twang Factor 2. Our guest this week is Chris Fox who hails from the beautiful city of Cambridge. Chris Fox describes himself as “an independent musician and loop station chemist”. He […]

Columns

Clint’s Classic Clips: Dolly Parton “Coat of Many Colors” ‘Parkinson’ 1979

July 23, 2021 Clint West 0

The Queen of Country Music gives a spellbinding performance on the BBC’s ‘Parkinson’ show. Michael Parkinson hosted a chat show on the BBC from 1971 to 1982, later returning from 1998-2004 and finishing with a short […]

Features

The Twang Factor 2 presents: Ian David Green

July 21, 2021 Clint West 1

Welcome to our new season of The Twang Factor. We’ve got an amazing array of talent to bring you over the coming weeks starting off this week with Ian David Green, a songwriter from Liverpool, now […]

Columns

Clint’s Classic Clips: Whiskeytown “Houses on the Hill” Austin City Limits 1998

July 16, 2021 Clint West 1

Ryan Adams’ trailblazing ‘alt-country’ band captured live at the peak of their powers. Even though he has fallen from grace in recent years and the ‘person v their art’ debate has been had, if not resolved, […]

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Classic Clip: Mary Gauthier and Jaimee Harris “How Could You be Gone” -Take Root Festival, Groningen, Netherlands. November 2024

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Oh no, I don’t recall, I can’t remember anything at all – Jon Aird’s 2025 year in review

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  • Classic Clip: Mary Gauthier and Jaimee Harris “How Could You be Gone” -Take Root Festival, Groningen, Netherlands. November 2024
  • Oh no, I don’t recall, I can’t remember anything at all – Jon Aird’s 2025 year in review
  • Interview: Mikel Jollett of the Airborne Toxic Event on struggles, joys and the journey
  • Americana UK Podcast 11 now live with The Autumn Defense
  • Anna Tivel “Swan Song” – a rumination on ephemerality
  • Video: Amy Speace “Weight of the World”
  • The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Peter Churchill
  • Interview: Ian Gomm on Brinsley Schwarz, Nashville, Jeb Loy Nichols and football records
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Interview: Mikel Jollett of the Airborne Toxic Event on struggles, joys and the journey

December 12, 2025 0

Hard times, no, unusually hard times served to bring the Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett a sense of purpose in life as a singer, songwriter, band leader, author and speaker about childhood trauma. As he […]

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Interview: Ian Gomm on Brinsley Schwarz, Nashville, Jeb Loy Nichols and football records

December 11, 2025 0

The Brinsley’s “Silver Pistol” was the album that perfected their Band obsession and, at the same time, showed that there was a lot more to them than being simple wannabes. Coincidentally, it was the first time […]

Interviews

Interview: Brian Dunne asks is it so bad to want a good life?

December 9, 2025 0

While patiently waiting for Brian Dunne to get his due from those who listen to and hopefully buy physical media, it is worthwhile to linger in the brilliance of his fourth album, “Clams Casino” (Missing Piece, […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

July 13, 2023 48

As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

July 8, 2021 37

Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 4

I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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