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For the Sake of the Song: Bruce Springsteen “If I Should Fall Behind”

June 3, 2024 FredArnold 2

‘If I Should Fall Behind’ was written by, and remains very dear to the heart of, Bruce Springsteen. Debates arise as to whether he can be described as an Americana artist, but the song certainly can. […]

AUK’s Back Pages No 4

June 3, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

We draw to a close to 2005 with the last four Friends Of Americana UK discs, covering September to December (Vol. 2 numbers 9-12). This was the first full year of these CDs and if you […]

AUK’s Classic Clips: The Jayhawks “Take Me With You (When You Go)” – Pinkpop, 1993

May 31, 2024 Cam Fraser 1

For those of us who came to Americana via indie-rock or alt-rock, that journey was often inspired by some great crossover bands of the 1990s and subsequent years, such as Uncle Tupelo, Whiskeytown and the Drive-By […]

Essentials: The Top Ten Laura Cantrell Songs

May 30, 2024 Andrew Raw 6

Nashville-born Laura Cantrell moved to New York to study English at Columbia University. There, her great interest in music blossomed although she was initially involved in indie rock with the band Bricks rather than the country […]

More People Should Really Know About: John Kilzer

May 29, 2024 Jonathan Aird 6

Some songs get their hooks into you, and that’s true of John Kilzer’s ‘Sleeping in the Rain‘, an unfolding set of stories about addictions and a glance at the back stories that each substance abuser proffers […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Tracks by the least likely suspects

July 23, 2026 2

Before you shout at me remember this is supposed to be fun…. I have opened up and bared my soul on a couple of occasions about my past as a teenage rocker in the 1970s, with […]

Ed Askew “The Final Painting”

July 23, 2026 0

Profound, moving and beautiful reveries on posthumous release from ‘Outsider Folk’ poet. Ed Askew was a New York artist, poet, songwriter and genuine underground legend. Having first broken through with his self-titled album in 1968 (subsequently […]

artwork for Conway Savage album "Too Dark To See"

Conway Savage “Too Dark To See”