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AUK’s Chain Gang: Will Oldham “Big Balls”

March 21, 2022 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

Last week it was Malvina Reynolds and her ‘Little Boxes’. This week it is something opposite – Will Oldham and his ‘Big Balls’. Now, Oldham is one true musical chameleon, from the changing personalities he records […]

The Weeping Willows “You Reap What You Sow”

March 3, 2022 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

With “You Reap What You Sow”, Australian duo The Weeping Willows notch another extra point for Gothic Americana. If ‘You Reap What You Sow,’ the latest (third) album by Melbourne’s duo The Weeping Willows, sounds like […]

Classic Americana Albums: Willard Grant Conspiracy “Flying Low”

February 23, 2022 Ljubinko Zivkovic 4

The nineties were abundant with americana bands that brought some serious innovation and new sounds to the genre. Some, like Wilco, made it big. Others, like American Music Club and Willard Grant Conspiracy, built quite a […]

Kyle Morgan “Younger At Most Everything”

February 21, 2022 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

On “Younger At Most Everything”, Kyle Morgan is able to successfully cover the broad landscape of Americana music. Covering the full terrain of such a wide musical spectrum that is Americana is quite a daunting task […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: The Triffids “Wide Open Road”

February 7, 2022 Ljubinko Zivkovic 1

Last week, Lyndon Bolton wrote about Billy Bragg & Joe Henry’s ‘In The Pines’. This immediately brought to mind the memories of another song and album of the same name by Australian greats, The Triffids. Now, […]