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The Song Remains: Mojo Nixon (1957-2024)
From cow punk court jester to mainstream anarchist. Death is one of the few certainties in life, and the best any of us can hope for is a happy death, unfortunately, that is far from the […]
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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Number 6 – John Prine
It’s Friday and we’ve reached the halfway stage in our rundown of ‘The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists’. With the rundown not resuming until Monday we know that the AUK readership will be wishing away […]
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Classic Clips: Sturgill Simpson “Keep it Between the Lines” Saturday Night Live – 14th January 2017
Many still think Sturgill Simpson’s performance of ‘Call to Arms’ on Saturday Night Live the most badass ever. Simpson performed harder than his Telecaster. The guitar, complete with rebel insignia was disrespectfully thrown to the ground […]
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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Number 7 – Jerry Garcia / Grateful Dead
As our countdown of the Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists gathers pace we reach Number 7. Whilst some of our writers celebrated the Grateful Dead, a couple also honed in on the individual talent and […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: Gretchen Peters “Five Minutes”
It’s not often you remember where you were when you heard a song for the first time. In June 2011, I was at the Stables in Wavendon, Milton Keynes, seeing Wine, Women & Song (Gretchen Peters, […]