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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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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Number 8 – Townes Van Zandt

February 7, 2024 Clint West 1
Arriving at Number 8 today, the keenly observant amongst the AUK readership will notice that the great Townes Van Zandt sits on 30 points – the same tally as Jason Isbell yesterday. So how have we […]
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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Number 9 – Jason Isbell

February 6, 2024 Clint West 1
At Number 9 in our Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists is Jason Isbell on 30 points. Whilst none of our writers selected Isbell as their Number 1 choice, he did gain two second spots Here’s […]
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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Number 10 – Drive-By Truckers

February 5, 2024 Clint West 2
Today we begin the countdown to ‘The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists’. Over the next two weeks we will reveal one each publication day, in reverse order, until we reach our number one at the […]
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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Best of the Rest

February 1, 2024 Clint West 3
It’s done, the articles have been written, the numbers crunched and AUK writers are slowly regaining their sanity. Twenty-four of our finest offered their assessment and came up with over 120 different artists. Points were awarded […]
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AUK’s Clint West to present new radio show

January 22, 2024 Clint West 5
AUK’s Clint West is to present a new radio show. The show is called ‘Clint West’s Americana Plus’ and will be broadcast every Tuesday evening between 8.00pm and 10.00pm beginning this week. It will go out […]

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