Martin Johnson

Interview: Ray Benson of Asleep At The Wheel on 50 years of western swing

October 8, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

How a little hippie boy and his friends helped preserve and enhance Bob Wills’ legacy. .Asleep At Wheel have been keeping the western swing genre alive ever since a little Jewish hippie boy named Ray Benson […]

Interview: Jesse Malin on why the world is sad and beautiful

October 1, 2021 Martin Johnson 2

How a punk rocker can mellow with age while still remaining true to his original ideals. For music fans of a certain age, the fact that Jesse Malin is celebrating his 40th anniversary with the re-release […]

Classic Clips: Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Maria Muldaur, Bonnie Raitt – 1979

October 1, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

An early glimpse of Paradise on a 1920’s blues standard from Burbank, California. Leon Russell, as well as being one of the founding fathers of what came to be called americana, was also a major innovator […]

Interview: Ralph Brookfield on the trail of americana music

September 24, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

Where americana came from, where it is and where it is possibly going. One of the big questions that is frequently asked around AUK Towers is what is Americana? While the question generates plenty of debate, […]

Matthew James Adkins “Stoned On My Own”

September 24, 2021 Martin Johnson 2

Muscle Shoals influenced country soul from Detroit. It is hard for aspiring musicians to get any career traction, even when they have managed to write enough songs for an album, and then manage to independently record […]