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AUK’s Chain Gang: Ramsay Midwood “Feed My Monkey”

April 19, 2022 Paul Russell 9

So last week we had some Canadian gunslinging with the wonderful The Guess Who. Firepower has been a relative constant in music over the years, inevitably providing musicians with powerful references. Looking back at the my […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Darren Lumbroso

April 14, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 1

In 1984 I discovered Elvis Costello. I quickly sought out his back catalogue. However, there was a problem. I couldn’t get my head around ‘Almost Blue’, his 1981 album of country covers. Aptly enough the album […]

Classic Americana Albums: R.E.M. “Lifes Rich Pageant”

April 13, 2022 Jonathan Smith 1

In which our heroes refine their songwriting but keep their mysterious alchemy. For many, the introduction to the unlikely story of REM’s journey to world dominance began with the mandolin-driven (and most unlikely uber-hit of 1991) […]

Discovering… The Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia

April 12, 2022 Martin Johnson 6

To the uninitiated, getting a handle on what the Grateful Dead are all about can seem quite daunting, and this sense of challenge is exacerbated by the fact that their fanbase, the Deadheads, are probably the […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: The Guess Who “Guns, Guns, Guns”

April 11, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Last week we had The Replacements, and bear with me now this one’s a bit convoluted. A replacement is something akin to a substitute, and in the history of rock and roll no substitute made more […]