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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 […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

August 5, 2026 0

Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

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