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AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Jonathan Aird
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 […]
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Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Mary Chapin Carpenter “Stones In The Road” (Columbia, 1994)
Mary Chapin Carpenter can be credited with bringing this reviewer out of the musical wilderness that was his post teenage decade; the 1980s. Struggling to identify with anything remotely described as popular at the time it […]
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Forgotten Artists – The Delevantes
Bob and Mike Delevante arrived on the scene in the early ‘90s and immediately set ears buzzing. Combining Everly Brothers-style harmonies with Springsteen-esque songs of working-class lives, they attracted the support of industry luminaries such as […]
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Win “The Early Days Of Bluegrass” box-set with AUK
AUK have managed to get our hands on a copy of the 6 CD box set ‘The Early Days Of Bluegrass’ which we are pleased to offer as a prize in a special competition. The prize […]
AmericanA to Z
AmericanA to Z: Justin Townes Earle
When you are the firstborn of one of americana’s iconic roots musicians AND given the name of one of the great songwriters of his era, it’s kinda preordained that you will end up in this business, […]