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The Song Remains: Tom T. Hall 1936 – 2021

August 24, 2021 Clint West 1

Songwriter, performer and author, feted by fellow artists and known respectfully as ‘The Storyteller’. The news of the death of Tom T. Hall on August 20th 2021 elicited this response from AUK favourites The Drive-By Truckers: […]

The Song Remains: Don Everly 1937 – 2021

August 23, 2021 Rick Bayles 4

Personal reflections on a musician who was so much more than a great singer. The great Don Everly has left us. He died at his Nashville home on Saturday, 21st August 2021, he was 84. No […]

The Song Remains: Nanci Griffith 1953 – 2021

August 16, 2021 Martin Johnson 2

Literate songwriter, sublime singer and interpreter, role model and activist. News of Nanci Griffith’s death on 13th August has caused a level of shock and sadness throughout the music community that truly reflects her standing as […]

The Song Remains: Byron Berline 1944 – 2021

July 13, 2021 Martin Johnson 6

Country rock and bluegrass fiddle legend who co-founded Country Gazette. Renowned fiddle player, and sometime mandolin picker, Byron Berline died on 10th July from complications following a recent stroke. As a musician, he was able to […]

The Song Remains: Rusty Young 1946 – 2021

April 20, 2021 Rick Bayles 6

Founding father of country rock, legendary steel guitar player and Poco frontman. On April 14th we lost one of the great pioneers of Country-Rock. Norman Russell Young, known to all as “Rusty” and as a frontman […]