AmericanA to Z
Americana A to Z – Lyle Lovett
It was about 2015 that I first developed a love of country music. Now I know what you’re thinking, ‘don’t start talking about how much you love Dolly Parton’, but let me finish. It didn’t take […]
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Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Compilations: Various Artists “Real: The Tom T. Hall Project” (Sire, 1998)
There are musical moments in your life that are of such significance that you will remember them forever. I recall buying my first record, going to my first gig and lying in bed as a 15-year-old […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Dale Watson “Tucumcari Here I Come”
Last weeks link in this ever-extending chain of Americana was Lowell George’s classic ‘Willin’’. Obviously Little Feat offer vast scope for another link but how about ‘Willin’’ itself? George sings “And I’ve been from Tucson to […]
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10 Americana songs about cars
Cars have always featured in American music right from the very first widespread recordings made in the ‘20s. The reason for this is fairly mundane, America is a big country and over the decades economic forces […]
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The Song Remains: Rod Bernard 1940 – 2020
Rod Bernard, who died on July 12th, was a leading exponent of swamp pop. While the term was coined by English writer Bill Millar in the ‘70s, it refers to a style of music that grew […]