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Small Venue Heroes – Chuck Prophet
Chuck Prophet has been a regular feature of the live scene in the UK for over 30 years and although I have seen him several times, each of those time is joyous celebration of the uplifting […]
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Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Album: Neutral Milk Hotel “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea”
It takes quite an effort to be an especially lazy person; easier to just be typically lazy. So, in selecting this album as a classic of Americana, I’ll demonstrate my own typically lazy approach by straightaway […]
Classic Clips
Classic Clips: Steve Earle “Ellis Unit One” – Sessions At West 54th, October 1998
The 1995 film ‘Dead Man Walking’ was directed by Tim Robbins based on a non-fiction book of the same name by a Roman Catholic nun, Sister Helen Prejean, about her work as a spiritual adviser to […]
AUK's Chain Gang
AUK’s Chain Gang: Ramsay Midwood “Feed My Monkey”
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 […]
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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Darren Lumbroso
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 […]