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Forgotten Artists – Hal Ketchum

July 27, 2020 Rick Bayles 9

Welcome to another feature in the FORGOTTEN ARTISTS series, where we take a look at some of the Americana musicians that may just have dropped out of people’s memories or who, perhaps, never received the appreciation […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Wilco “Via Chicago”

July 27, 2020 Diccon Johnston 0

The previous Chain Gang offering was Dale Watson’s ‘Tucumcari Here I Come’ which required a search to learn was on ‘More Songs of Route 66: Roadside Attractions’. The choices available to link to songs relating to […]

Americana Roots: The Dirty Grass Players

July 24, 2020 Tim Newby 1

Americana Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US. It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established acts […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Pete Seeger “Freiheit”

July 24, 2020 Paul Villers 0

This week we have been pondering the Spanish Civil War which broke out in July 1936. It was and, for political historians, remains a fascinating conflict the complexities of which present a head-scratching challenge to the […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Tim Martin

July 23, 2020 Clint West 5

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 […]