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Polaroid Collective – “Polaroid Collective Vol. 1”

September 11, 2023 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

The 11 songwriters of the Polaroid Collective are presented in the best possible light on their Vol. 1 release. When a musical project bears the tag collective, it surely involves a wide number of artists involved […]

Classic Americana Albums: Skip Spence “Oar”

July 5, 2023 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

One of the roads to great americana is paved with maverick artists who have found new ways to interpret roots music in an unexpected manner. A legend like Gram Parsons is considered as one of the […]

Bob Bradshaw “The Art of Feeling Blue”

June 23, 2023 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

On his tenth album, Bob Bradshaw comes up with a set of songs that exemplify what modern Americana is all about. Bob Bradshaw is an Irishman who relocated to the U.S. some three decades ago. He […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Charlie Rich “Try A Little Tenderness”

June 20, 2023 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

So last week Vera Lynn asked us to ‘Try A Little Kindness.’ This week good old Charlie Rich (in his not-so-old days) asks us to ‘Try A Little Tenderness.’ Now, this song, written back in 1932 […]

Nathan Connolly “The Strange Order of Things”

June 2, 2023 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

There is a fine Americana undercurrent going through the mainly guitar-oriented new solo album from Snow Patrol’s guitarist Nathan Connolly. It seems that the way Snow Patrol guitarist Nathan Connolly went on his latest solo outing […]