Features
Things I Love That Aren’t Americana – Running
A ‘How Not To’ Guide. Confession time. I am a MAMIL (a middle-aged man in Lycra). And I’m not sorry about it. Not one little bit. Two years ago I hit my half-century. I know a […]
Articles by Mark Nenadic
Features
The Other Side Of Me: Mark Nenadic on the “perfect synthesis” of The Cramps
The Cramps invented americana. They did. OK – not the plaid shirt, bearded type of americana music that we here at AUK bring you week in, week out. But the perfect synthesis of trash TV, trash […]
Album Reviews
Gregor Barnett “Don’t Go Throwing Roses In My Grave”
Blue Collar, East Coast, hard times. There’s little more broken than a blue-collar broken heart. Add into the mix the angry despair of East Coast punks and, well, you’ve found Gregor Barnett. Scranton punks The Menzingers […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: The Lemonheads “It’s A Shame About Ray”
Hard to believe that it’s been thirty years since this doozie was first unleashed. Evan Dando has been a long time lover of Gram Parsons, Big Star and others that we’d consider ‘classic’ americana artists. Accordingly, […]
Album Reviews
Aoife O’Donovan “Age Of Apathy”
Enchanting folksy Celtic Americana. A charming, esoteric puzzle. In americana terms, Aoife O’Donovan is a big deal. A Grammy-winning big deal (as a third of ‘I’m With Her’, alongside Sara Watkins and Sarah Jarosz). So the […]