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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Rick Bayles

July 20, 2023 Rick Bayles 9

Writing for Americana UK can sometimes be a bit like riding one of those extreme roller coasters. One minute you’re trundling along on a straight track and all seems well with the world, the next you’re […]

Classic Americana Albums: Tom Waits “Closing Time”

July 19, 2023 Jonathan Smith 1

A drunk props himself up at one end of a seedy bar; a down-and-out stumbles across a dirty city street in search of somewhere safe in an unfriendly city; a working girl looks blankly at the […]

Allison Russell breaks through

July 19, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

We’ve all been following the spectacular direction the career of Allison Russell has taken in the last couple of years – a landmark album with ‘Outside Child‘ and a new album ‘The Returner‘ to be released […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Neil Young and Waylon Jennings “Bound for Glory”

July 17, 2023 Clint West 0

In last week’s Chain Gang Helen Jones served up the wonderful Jaime Wyatt, ably assisted by Shooter Jennings. For my connection this week I’ve turned to Shooter’s old man Waylon. Here he also lends a hand […]

Classic Clips: Aoife O’Donovan “Beekeeper” – FreshGrass Festival, North Adams, MA, September 2019

July 14, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0

Three hours driving due west from Boston where Massachusetts borders New York and Vermont lies North Adams. Here, in and around a 19th century textile printing factory converted into the thriving Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, […]