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AmericanaFest UK 2020 Conference Showcase preview – part one

January 20, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

The AMAUK conference is now into its fifth year can you believe it. When it started, Brexit hadn’t happened, Ed Miliband looked like he was about to win the next election and you could still pop […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: The Jayhawks “I Hear You Cry”

January 20, 2020 Keith Hargreaves 0

Taking the massive helping hand from Mr Kerr last week, this link in the chain is forged of pure rock ‘n’roll gold. Gary Louris is a songwriter whose reputation should be far greater than it is […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Ned Miller “From A Jack To A King”

January 17, 2020 Paul Villers 0

So after hibernating over the ‘festive’ period we here at Americana-UK Towers are back up and running and ready for anything. Eagle-eyed viewers will note that most of my colleagues have already returned to the fray […]

“What is this Americana thing anyway…?” – Clint West

January 16, 2020 Paul Villers 3

Time for another in our series looking at the routes our writers have taken into Americana and just what it is that makes it our favourite genre. This week we are warmed by Clint West’s pathological […]

Forgotten Artists – Tandy

January 15, 2020 Clint West 14

When Uncut released its influential Sounds of the New West cover CD in 1998 names like Josh Rouse, The Handsome Family and Lambchop were suddenly propelled on to the radar of a new generation of music […]