AUK Mini-Gigs
Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Dean Owens
We are all having to find new ways to live and cope in the age of social distancing. There are such barriers to our natural instinct to socialise. but as Dean Owens sings: “Let’s all get […]
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10 Grateful Dead Songs Covered By Bluegrass, Country and Americana Artists
The Grateful Dead have many claims to fame, from being at the heart of the development of psychedelic rock in San Francisco and paving the way for the Summer Of Love in 1967, to being the […]
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AmericanaA to Z – Waylon Jennings
When I knew I was going to be covering the letter W in the latest round of the A-Z of Americana I considered a number of options – Lucinda Williams, Willie Nelson, Wilco… but I ended […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Guy Clark “Cold Dog Soup”
Connections between James McMurtry, last week’s AUK Chaingang link, and Guy Clark – no longer with us, but who started out writing around 20-25 years before – are multiple and powerful. Both are key figures in […]
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10 songs for lovers of great writing
Mark Underwood continues his irregular feature on music by great songwriters with great lyrics, this time taking you through classics from the likes of Guy Clark, Steve Earle and Lucinda Williams.