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Pick of the Political Pops: Smog “The Morning Paper”

July 3, 2020 Paul Villers 0

This week we were somewhat concerned that local rag – The People’s Republic of Liverpudlia’s Armageddon Times and Advertiser – ran a piece which was clearly in contravention of The People’s Republic’s Declaration on Inhuman Rights. […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Andrew Frolish

July 2, 2020 Clint West 1

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 […]

Classic Americana Albums: John Stewart “California Bloodlines” (Capitol, 1969)

July 1, 2020 Paul Kerr 8

It’s February 1969 and while Woodstock is yet to happen, the sixties have peaked, psychedelia is a busted flush and Dylan and The Band are leading a return to more traditional American music. Dylan in fact […]

AmericanA to Z: Jason Isbell

June 30, 2020 Alasdair Fotheringham 3

In Nik Cohn’s history of pop and rock Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom, his chapter on The Beatles opens “Next come the Fab Four, the Moptop Mersey Marvels, and this is the bit I’ve been dreading. I mean what […]

Ten Americana artists from Kentucky

June 29, 2020 Richard Phillips 1

If you were to find yourself cruising down Interstate-75 in the Renfro Valley area of Kentucky you may feel inclined to take a detour at exit 62 and head on down to the Kentucky Music Hall […]