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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,
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AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Number 2 – Neil Young “After The Goldrush”

March 18, 2021 Clint West 0

So readers we reach the last two of our top 10 americana albums ever. Neil Young, along with Bob Dylan,  was nominated more times than any other artist in this process. The fact that different writers […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Jayhawks + related albums

March 18, 2021 Clint West 5

Welcome to ‘Essentials’ a brand-new AUK series where we will be delving into the back catalogue of prominent americana artists and bringing you our estimation of either their top ten albums or their top ten tracks. […]

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AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Number 3 – Lucinda Williams “Car Wheels On A Gravel Road”

March 17, 2021 Clint West 0

Once the AUK writers’ votes started to come in, it soon became clear that there was a top-five breakaway. Already this week we have revealed our equal fourth albums that were part of that breakaway. Now […]

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AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Number 4=Gene Clark “No Other”

March 16, 2021 Clint West 1

Following yesterday’s unveiling of Jason Isbell’s ‘Southeastern’ as equal fourth in our ongoing top 10 rundown, today we can reveal the album that it is tied with. The voting was close throughout, and we will reveal the […]

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AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Number 4=Jason Isbell “Southeastern”

March 15, 2021 Clint West 1

As we enter the second week of our top 10 rundown, we reach the top 5. However, we don’t actually have a number 5 as two albums released 39 years apart, tied for the number 4 […]

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Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]

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