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For The Sake Of The Song: Iris DeMent “No Time to Cry”

March 4, 2024 FredArnold 3

As an avid consumer of the credits on albums and CDs (and one of the main reasons I like to have the hard copies) it is quite likely that my introduction to Iris DeMent was triggered […]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Readers’ Picks 1-10

March 1, 2024 Clint West 29

The Readers have spoken and in the end the result wasn’t hugely different to that of the AUK writers. Eight artists were in both Top 10s. In came Wilco and with a huge leap, Gillian Welch. […]

Classic Clips: The National “About Today” Germany 2008

March 1, 2024 Jonathan Aird 1

The National are not just any old americana band, they are also one of the most significant bands of the 21st century. A band of consummate musicians who wear their musical abilities lightly – showboating isn’t […]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Readers’ Picks 11-20

February 29, 2024 Clint West 6

Welcome to Day 2 of our run down of you the readers’ selections. Yesterday we covered 30-21 and today we cover numbers 11-20. All but one of these selections also appeared in the AUK writers’ list. […]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Readers’ Picks 21-30

February 28, 2024 Clint West 1

We invited readers to have their say and you responded in your droves, voting for a total of 131 different artists although we are still to decide whether votes for Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones […]

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”