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Pick of the Political Pops: Graham Parker “Under The Mask Of Happiness”

July 17, 2020 Paul Villers 0

This week we found ourselves at something of a loss as to what to vent our spleens on what with everything going swimmingly and everybody being happy. We did think about marking the 35th anniversary of […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Helen Jones

July 16, 2020 Clint West 6

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 […]

The Song Remains: Ennio Morricone 1928-2020

July 16, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Ennio Morricone, who died on 6th July at the age of 91, was a prolific composer for film – and there were few genres that he didn’t touch in his long career, from historical dramas such […]

“Country music can no longer hide its problems”

July 16, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

The latest issue of The Atlantic has a very interesting piece on how country as a genre has been famously resistant to change but this has been upended by the pandemic and protests around Black Lives […]

Classic Americana Albums: Emmylou Harris “Pieces of the Sky” (Reprise, 1975)

July 15, 2020 Rick Bayles 0

‘Pieces of the Sky’ was an album eagerly anticipated by those of us who followed the road of Country Rock in the 70s. Still reeling from the loss of Gram Parsons, this was expected to be […]