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Classic Americana Albums: Steve Earle & The Dukes “Ghosts of West Virginia”

May 10, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0

Classic americana frequently involves a cause. And who better than Steve Earle to take up a cause? That’s what playwrights Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen thought when writing ‘Coal Country’, a play about a mining disaster. […]

The First Time: Emily Dongray – Moby, The Astoria, London, 2002

May 10, 2023 Emily Dongray 0

Unlike my older comrades, I sadly can’t brag about having been to Woodstock or following Bob Dylan around New York in the 60s. The truth is I was late to the party. I was in my […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Carter Sampson “Holy Mother”

May 9, 2023 Peter Churchill 0

When it comes to visual highs, following that glorious Dixie Chicks/Beyonce performance of ‘Daddy Lessons’ in the last chain link is an almost impossible ask. A much easier task was linking and continuing what seems to […]

The Song Remains: Chris Strachwitz (1931-2023)

May 9, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

Arhoolie Records laid the foundation for the appreciation of American roots music. Chris Strachwitz, folklorist, musicologist and founder of Arhoolie Records died on 7th May from heart failure. There is no way of knowing how many […]

Classic Clips: Nathaniel Rateliff And The Night Sweats “S.O.B.” on Later… With Jools Holland, 29th September 2015

May 5, 2023 GrahamBollands 0

‘Later…with Jools Holland‘, the first ever episode of which was screened on Thursday, 8th October 1992 at 11.55pm on BBC2, needs no introduction. During the most recent series, Series 61, it passed the landmark of running […]