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AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Number 4=Jason Isbell “Southeastern”

March 15, 2021 Clint West 1
As we enter the second week of our top 10 rundown, we reach the top 5. However, we don’t actually have a number 5 as two albums released 39 years apart, tied for the number 4 […]
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Forgotten Artists – Brinsley Schwarz

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For those that still remember the stars of this article in our FORGOTTEN ARTISTS series,  it’s usually either as the band where Nick Lowe started his career or for the dreadful management company hype that nearly […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: The Byrds “Wild Mountain Thyme”

March 15, 2021 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0
Last week Mark Nenadic took a look back to the Carter Family’s ‘Wildwood Flower’ and since we’re talking about all things wild, ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’ is one of those folk tunes that has seen countless versions. […]
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AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Number 6 – Bob Dylan “Blonde on Blonde”

March 12, 2021 Clint West 0
As we reach the end of our first week running down our top 10 americana albums ever, we inevitably feature one Robert Zimmerman, as his 1966 album makes it to Number 6 in our list. Some […]
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Forgotten Artists – Hem

March 12, 2021 Rick Bayles 4
In our FORGOTTEN ARTISTS series this week. regular contributor Tim Martin returns with a piece about a fascinating band that bring a wide range range of musical influences to create a very singular sound… I first […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: The Byrds “You Don’t Miss Your Water”

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The wonderful You Don’t Miss Your Water, from The Byrds’ seminal 1968 Sweetheart Of The Rodeo album, was first written and recorded on the Stax label by soul singer William Bell in 1961. Bell was the […]
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