Kimberly Bright

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Kimberly Bright

January 18, 2024 Kimberly Bright 4

After seven months of this series, it has been entertaining to see how many different artists have appeared on AUK writers’ lists instead of the same names repeatedly. By my count, it has been about 110 […]

Album cover art for kd lang's 'Shadowland'

Classic Americana Albums: k.d. lang “Shadowland”

January 10, 2024 Kimberly Bright 3

While Canadian singer-songwriter k.d. lang achieved international success in 1992 with the release of her signature jazzy romantic album ‘Ingenue’ she created three solid country albums just prior to that: ‘Angel With A Lariat,’ ‘Shadowland,’ and […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Joan Armatrading “All The Way From America”

January 8, 2024 Kimberly Bright 0

Kittitian-British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading’s ‘All The Way From America’ was the second single from her 1980 album ‘Me Myself I.’ The album, like the artist, was difficult to classify and may have come along too early […]

Album cover art for Martyn Joseph's "This Is What I Want To Say"

Martyn Joseph “This Is What I Want To Say”

January 4, 2024 Kimberly Bright 1

Martyn Joseph gathers the world in a giant bear hug, advising listeners how to power through despair and heal everything with radical love. Penarth, Wales’s Martyn Joseph has been called “The Welsh Springsteen,” but it’s hard […]

Uncle Lucius “Like It’s The Last One Left”

December 6, 2023 Kimberly Bright 0

A welcome return from the gold standard of Texan Southern roots rock bands with their first album in eight years. AUK’s Rick Bayles called Uncle Lucius “one of Texas’ finest” in 2021, hoping that they would […]