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Classic Americana Albums: Dave Alvin “Ashgrove”

September 28, 2023 Rick Thorn 0

The works of Dave Alvin will need no introduction to most AUK readers, but I wanted to highlight this particular album. Released in 2004 it takes its name from the famed L.A. nightspot where Alvin and […]

Promo photo from Otis Gibbs press kit. Used with permission.

More People Should Really Know About: Otis Gibbs

September 26, 2023 Kimberly Bright 0

By choosing singer-songwriter Otis Gibbs for this series, I don’t mean to downplay his accomplishments in any way. He certainly has a large fan base all over the world, but considering the really fine albums he […]

VERSIONS: “White Freightliner Blues”

September 26, 2023 Clint West 0

Unusually Townes Van Zandt’s ‘White Freightliner Blues’ first appeared on his ‘Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas’ album. So, in that same spirit I have chosen three live covers to feature on top of the […]

Americana Vinyl Treasures : Splinter “The Place I Love” – Dark Horse Records, 1974

September 25, 2023 Paul Russell 0

The seventies was such a rich decade for magnificent music that as a teenager listening to the radio gave me the opportunity to hear some sublime tracks. One of those was a modest 1974 hit by […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Wilco “What’s The World Got In Store”

September 25, 2023 Andrew Raw 0

This beautiful song comes from Wilco’s wonderful second album ‘Being There’, released in 1996. This double album was named after the 1979 satirical comedy film where a simple gardener, played by Peter Sellers, somehow becomes a […]

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Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

March 30, 2026 0

When it comes right down to it, the heart of americana music has always been about connecting listeners to real experiences and emotions, and Natalie Del Carmen is currently one of the best examples of what […]

artwork for Big Harp album "Runs to Blue"

Big Harp “Runs to Blue”

March 30, 2026 0

Los Angeles-based Big Harp duo relaunch with plainspoken album after ten-year hiatus. Farmland and ranches make up close on 90% of Nebraska’s land area. Not the likeliest place to find a thriving indie music hub, perhaps; […]

For the Sake of the Song: Jefferson Airplane “Comin’ Back to Me”

March 30, 2026 0

If I were to casually name-drop Jefferson Airplane’s Surrealistic Pillow (1967), you might find yourself thinking about Grace Slick’s voice bellowing through Somebody to Love, or the rolling-drum acid-trip stylings of White Rabbit. God knows those […]

Classic Americana Albums: Dave Alvin “Ashgrove”

More People Should Really Know About: Otis Gibbs

VERSIONS: “White Freightliner Blues”

Americana Vinyl Treasures : Splinter “The Place I Love” – Dark Horse Records, 1974

For The Sake Of The Song: Wilco “What’s The World Got In Store”

Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

Big Harp “Runs to Blue”

For the Sake of the Song: Jefferson Airplane “Comin’ Back to Me”

Various Artists “Old No. 1 Revisited”

Fruit Bats head for “The Landfill” with the new album out in June