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The Other Side of Me: Keith Hargreaves on the redemptive power of Gil Scott-Heron

September 28, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 2

Gil Scott Heron crept into my life in a bath in a rented house in Sidcup. I was a feckless drama student sharing the premises with seven others and Monday night was my bath night. Once […]

I Write the Songs – Pat Alger

September 27, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Pat Alger is one of those quiet, unassuming songwriters that many will never have heard of; but if you’re a fan of americana music you can’t have failed to have heard his songs. Other considerations aside, […]

New feature – Americana Bedrock: The Allman Brothers Band

September 26, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 6

Features Editor Clint West writes: Welcome to a new fortnightly feature ‘Americana Bedrock’. The series will explore some of the artists that have laid down the foundations of what we now refer to as ‘americana’. AUK […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: The Sam Chase Trio “John Prine”, Grass Valley, 2021

September 26, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

In last week’s Chain Gang, we saw the glorious afternoon in Glasgow when Billy Bragg, Cara Tivey and Michael Stipe performed a cover of ‘Hello in There’ by the legendary John Prine. The next link in […]

Classic Clips: Bruce Springsteen “Pay Me My Money Down” – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2006

September 23, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

There’s a lot of debate about whether or not Springsteen is an americana artist but, when he’s channeling the spirit of Pete Seeger, as he did on his 2006 album ‘We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions’, […]