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Classic Clips: Patsy Cline “Imagine That” – Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry, 16th April 1962

February 18, 2022 Kimberly Bright 0

This Patsy Cline performance clip is from one of her four 1962 appearances on the ‘Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry’ television program, named for its sponsor of the time, which ran from 1960 to 1963. The […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Tim Martin

February 17, 2022 Tim Martin 3

It can be easy to wallow in the past with so many classic albums to choose from, but as my much younger colleague Kimberley Bright pointed out in her entry in this series, so many artists […]

Classic Americana Albums: Donna the Buffalo “Rockin’ In The Weary Land”

February 16, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 4

Once again this writer’s musical synapses whir into action to come up with another classic americana album. And once again the hardest part is defining classic. This time the definition is to seek an album that […]

The Other Side Of Me: Alan Fitter on the genius of Stephen Sondheim

February 15, 2022 Alan Fitter 0

AUK continues its series looking at the musical tastes of AUK writers beyond the americana genre. Two nights last week summed up ‘The Other Side Of Me’. On the Friday it was the turn of the […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Kasey Chambers “Hard Road”

February 14, 2022 Kimberly Bright 0

Ljubinko Zivkovic’s entry last week on ‘The Chain Gang’ was The Triffids, which immediately inspired thoughts of another Australian americana artist, Kasey Chambers. Chambers is from Mount Gambier, South Australia, 760 miles from The Triffids’ hometown […]