Features
I Write the Songs: Felice & Boudleaux Bryant
Welcome to a new feature series where we take a look at some of the great songwriters who have made their names in Americana music. The focus of this series is on those that, at least […]
Features
AUK's Chain Gang
AUK’s Chain Gang: Billy Bragg & Joe Henry “In the Pines”
From last week’s Chain Gang, Birds of Chicago, comes not one but two new links. The first one is avian, from ‘Birds’ to ‘Eagle,’ while the second remains the city of Chicago but more specifically, its […]
Classic Clips
Classic Clips: The Lone Bellow “You Never Need Nobody” Tiny Desk Concert 2013
One of the great joys of festivals – remember them? – is finding new bands and artists who’d never crossed your radar, but become fast favourites. And so it was with The Lone Bellow at Cambridge […]
Features
AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Kimberly Bright
Man, it is hard to believe we’re already this far into the 21st century! As a Gen X’er, I have to ruefully admit the truth of the meme that we’ll always think 1980 was twenty years […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Sparklehorse “Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot”
The weird and wonderful world of Sparklehorse was fully formed from the start. I can’t recall what exactly led me to purchase ‘Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot’ back in 1995. Most likely it was via some article regarding Cracker, a […]