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AmericanA to Z – Hoyt Axton

April 30, 2020 Mark Johnson 5

OK, you’re left with X, Y & Z they said. Not wanting to give short shrift to any Zandt or Young icon, Hoyt Axton contains an x and a y, but is he Americana? Well he […]

AmericanA to Z – Suzanne Vega

April 14, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1

Last week was Tom Petty and so AmericanA to Z reaches the letter U. And since Uncle Tupelo have been covered already, skips directly to V. It was that or The Upsetters, and really that was […]

Tom Petty is one of the strongest and most resonant of all the artists connecting the 1970s to current Americana. In a desperately shortened career that still spanned over 41 years he wrote songs that appealed […]

AmericanA to Z – Doug Sahm

March 26, 2020 Paul Kerr 3

Doug Sahm, AKA Sir Douglas, AKA Doug Saldana, AKA Wayne Douglas, a man of many names and one of the prime movers in concocting what we nowadays call Americana. The embodiment of Texas music, a child […]

AmericanA to Z – The Replacements

March 23, 2020 Scott Baxter 0

I’ll admit to not knowing what is and isn’t Americana. If I thought it was cowboy boots and Southern charm, I’d not be here. What I think of as Americana is more than that, and you […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Michael Rudd

July 20, 2026 0

Hailing from New Mexico, roots rock singer/songwriter Michael Rudd has been around for almost four decades since he put a bag of clothes, a manual typewriter, a few notebooks and a guitar in his two-door Datsun […]

Frank Migliorelli & The Dirt Nappers “Abnormal Condition”

July 20, 2026 0

Raw, intense, varied Americana with a great ‘live’ feel. Abnormal Conditions’ is the fifth album by upstate New York roots rockers Frank Migliorelli and the Dirt Nappers, and it is an absolute corker. It blends rock, […]

For The Sake Of The Song : The Volares “Down To The Lane”

July 20, 2026 0

There are some songs that just hit the spot. Songs that one instantly adores and that have an almost profound effect on you and that you keep coming back to year after year. It’s been nearly […]