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AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Alan Fitter
At AUK we are on a quest to find the ‘top 10 americana albums ever’. Over the last few weeks our writers have been going through the mental anguish of trying to narrow the whole history […]
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Songs for the apocalypse: The Jayhawks “Smile”
My good friend and longstanding AUK comrade Keith Hargreaves and I had a debate recently about the best and worst of The Jayhawks. To be fair, there was agreement that there wasn’t much “worst” but of […]
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From one chord wonders to three chords and the truth: 10 artists who went from punk to country
I like to think that I’ve come to know Ramona well. Indeed I’d probably go so far as to say I’ve got a bit of a crush. Who wouldn’t carry at least a small torch for […]
AmericanA to Z
AmericanA to Z: Marah
It’s an age-old story; idealistic young things are awe-struck by the rhetorical and transformative power of rock n roll, which fills their head full of dreams and raises their eyes to the skies. They form a […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Indigo Girls “Swamp Ophelia” (Epic, 1994)
Sometimes, arriving late to something like a previously unknown band or a music genre or perhaps an album that everyone seems to have owned and played forever is not always a bad thing. It provides the […]