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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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Live Reviews

The Sheepdogs + Creatures, The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 18th June 2019

June 26, 2019 Clint West 0

The Sheepdogs may hail from Saskatoon, Canada but it’s clear that their musical roots lay much further south – The Allman Brothers and the whole early seventies ‘southern rock’ scene based around Capricorn Records in Macon, […]

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Live Reviews

Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets + Sinead Burgess, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 9th June 2019

June 18, 2019 Clint West 0

One dictionary definition of ‘perfection’ states that it is, “a state, variously, of completeness, flawlessness, or supreme excellence.” It is doubtful whether anyone at Nick Lowe’s sold out show tonight would have any hesitation in applying […]

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Album Reviews

The Hollering Pines “Moments in Between” (Independent, 2019)

June 12, 2019 Clint West 0

‘Moments in Between’ is the third album from Salt Lake City band The Hollering Pines. It has a clear, crisp production, some nice harmonising by sisters Marie Bradshaw and Kiki Jane Sieger and even features pedal […]

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Live Reviews

Peter Bruntnell + Sophia Marshall, Gullivers, Manchester, 30th May 2019

June 4, 2019 Clint West 1

Deciding whether to catch the support artist or not can be a bit of a lottery. Stay in the bar and you risk missing out on something special, roll up and you can end up shuffling […]

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Live Reviews

Hayes Carll + Travis Linville, Deaf Institute, Manchester, 15th May 2019

May 22, 2019 Clint West 1

Hayes Carll is in a pretty good place right now. His new album ‘What It Is’ is a triumphant return to form following two releases which some considered somewhat flat. In addition, at the start of […]

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Our latest features

  • Features

    AUK Shortcuts September 2023: Jeff Plankenhorn, The 19th Street Band, The Waymores, Andrew Rumsey, The Street Arts Project, The Two Tracks, Ludwig Wright and Bret Mosley

  • Classic Clips: Bonny Light Horseman “The Roving” opbmusic Live Session, 2020

  • The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Jonathan Smith

  • Classic Americana Albums: Dave Alvin “Ashgrove”

  • More People Should Really Know About: Otis Gibbs

  • VERSIONS: “White Freightliner Blues”

  • Americana Vinyl Treasures : Splinter “The Place I Love” – Dark Horse Records, 1974

  • For The Sake Of The Song: Wilco “What’s The World Got In Store”

  • Classic Clips: Jackson Browne with JD Souther – AMA Awards Ryman Auditorium, 2014

  • More People Should Really Know About: Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams

Our latest live reviews

  • Live Reviews

    Live Review: An Evening With Guise & Hannah Rose Platt, Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester – 7th September 2023

  • Live Review: Steve Tilston, Nettleham Village Hall, Lincoln – 16th September 2023

  • Live Review: Septembersong, Braziers Park, South Oxfordshire – 17th September 2023

  • Live Review: Bonny Light Horseman with the London Contemporary Orchestra, The Barbican, London – 15th September 2023

  • Live Review: The Unthanks Alldayer, The Barbican, London – 10th September 2023

  • Live Review: Tommy Prine + Old Man Boom, The Portland Arms, Cambridge – 3rd September 2023

  • Live Review: Graham Nash, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London – 11th September 2023

  • Live Review: Dan Stuart, Fallen Angels Cub, Glad Café, Glasgow – 10th September 2023

  • Live Review: The War and Treaty + Foreign Affairs, Omeara, London – 1st September 2023

  • Live Review: The Walkmen + Almost Nothing. Koko Camden, 30th August 2023

Our latest book reviews

  • Book reviews

    Paperback Riders: Will Birch – “Cruel To Be Kind – The Life & Music Of Nick Lowe”

  • Book Review: Michael Streissguth “Highways & Heartaches”

  • Paperback Riders: Emily St. John Mandel – “Station Eleven”

  • Book Review: David C Morton with Charles K Wolfe “DeFord Bailey, A Black Star in Early Country Music”

  • Book Review: Mandi Bates Bailey “The Downhome Sound; Diversity and Politics in Americana Music”

  • Something for the weekend: Brad Paisley “The Medicine Will”
  • AUK Shortcuts September 2023: Jeff Plankenhorn, The 19th Street Band, The Waymores, Andrew Rumsey, The Street Arts Project, The Two Tracks, Ludwig Wright and Bret Mosley
  • Ben Stubbs “Light of my Life”
  • Classic Clips: Bonny Light Horseman “The Roving” opbmusic Live Session, 2020
  • Live Review: An Evening With Guise & Hannah Rose Platt, Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester – 7th September 2023
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Interviews

Interview: Cruz Contreras on cosmic country and Idaho

September 26, 2023 0

Mixing lo-fi with classic sounds and a Steinway piano to create a unique sound. After 25 years playing music, latterly with his band the Black Lillies, Cruz Contreras has finally got around to releasing his first […]

Interviews

Interview: Tommy Prine on going this far South with friends

September 21, 2023 0

Songs that document the journey to being a man. Acclaimed singer-songwriter Ruston Kelly helped to persuade his friend, Tommy Prine, that he should pursue a life in music.  Subsequently, Kelly, a wise man, indeed, co-produced ‘This […]

Interviews

Interview: Jonathan Wilson on following his gut instincts and eating the worm

September 19, 2023 2

Adding a dollop of Finnish Wigwam to his Southern musical family heritage. There is no better example of a musical polymath than Jonathan Wilson. He is a successful solo artist, an in-demand record producer for artists […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

July 13, 2023 46

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 […]

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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 […]

Features

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Martin Johnson

August 31, 2023 27

How does anyone go about determining the top ten americana artists ever, and once you’ve worked that one out, how do you rank them in a meaningful way? These are the legitimate questions facing Americana UK […]

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Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

July 8, 2021 22

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 […]

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