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AUK’s Chain Gang: John Prine “Sam Stone”

October 3, 2022 Alan Fitter 2

As regular readers are aware, the object of the articles in the Chain Gang series is to find something in the one that precedes yours that you can link to and write about. I scoured Andrew […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: The Sam Chase Trio “John Prine”, Grass Valley, 2021

September 26, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

In last week’s Chain Gang, we saw the glorious afternoon in Glasgow when Billy Bragg, Cara Tivey and Michael Stipe performed a cover of ‘Hello in There’ by the legendary John Prine. The next link in […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Billy Bragg, Natalie Merchant, Michael Stipe, Cara Tivey “Hello In There”, Glasgow, 1990

September 20, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 1

The last Chain Gang showcased 10,000 Maniacs and David Byrne singing a cover version. This week’s Chain Gang also comprises a cover of a well-known americana favourite featuring one of the protagonists in the previous clip […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: 10,000 Maniacs ft. David Byrne “Dallas” MTV Unplugged 1993

September 12, 2022 Clint West 0

Our last Chain Gang offering saw Viv Fish serve up a tasty little clip of Andrew Combs performing ‘Strange Bird’ from his 2015 ‘All These Dreams’ album. Although now a resident of Nashville, Combs originally hails from the city of […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Andrew Combs “Strange Bird”

August 22, 2022 Viv Fish 0

After smoking, drinking and getting high on all manner of stuff with the Chain Gang over the last few weeks, it is time to clean up our act. At least a little bit. Last week, our […]

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 […]