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The Song Remains: Emitt Rhodes 1950 – 2020

July 22, 2020 Martin Johnson 2

Emitt Rhodes died in his sleep on July 19th, 2020. As a singer songwriter, he only released four authorised solo albums, with the penultimate one being released in 1973, to little overall success in the US […]

Americana A to Z – Lyle Lovett

July 21, 2020 Ewan Lury 2

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 […]

Classic Americana Compilations: Various Artists “Real: The Tom T. Hall Project” (Sire, 1998)

July 21, 2020 Clint West 1

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 […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Dale Watson “Tucumcari Here I Come”

July 20, 2020 Lyndon Bolton 0

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 […]

10 Americana songs about cars

July 20, 2020 Martin Johnson 12

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 […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Matraca Berg

July 29, 2026 0

Yes I know I am picking two albums from a catalogue of only 8, two of which are compilations and one that was never released. For some reason the label didn’t like it, though two of […]

Gary Marks “Sky High” – How could water catch fire?

July 29, 2026 0

This new song is a relatively old song; it comes from Gary Marks’ unreleased album A Whisper Can Change The World, recorded in 2007. So, why unreleased? Gary Marks had started out on his singer-songwriter path […]

Amy Speace to release debut poetry collection and new single

July 29, 2026 0

Award-winning singer-songwriter and poet Amy Speace will release her debut collection of poetry titled The Cardinals on Tuesday 1st September 2026. It will be published by Red Hen Press. Speace will also be releasing an accompanying […]