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AmericanA to Z – Dolly Parton

March 11, 2020 Mark Nenadic 0

No, not Gram Parsons. Not even Elvis Presley (though if you don’t consider Elvis to be the epitome of ‘Americana’ then I will fight you right now). Dolly Rebecca Parton (of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee) has written, […]

The ten worst Johnny Cash tracks

March 10, 2020 Mark Nenadic 3

Johnny Cash was a force of nature. There are not enough superlatives in the dictionary to do the man any kind of justice. J.R. was a magnificent songwriter. Just as magnificent, perhaps even more so, was […]

Classic Americana Albums: Woody Guthrie “Dust Bowl Ballads” (Victor Records, 1940)

March 10, 2020 Emily Dongray 0

Celebrating its whopping 80th birthday this year, Dust Bowl Ballads remains a prescient and relevant piece of musical reportage and remarkably unique. Woody Guthrie hailed from Oklahoma, settled in Texas, but made his mark in New […]

Forgotten Artists – The Hacienda Brothers

March 9, 2020 Martin Johnson 2

The Hacienda Brothers were heading for commercial success having built a growing live following and being nominated as Band Of The Year in the 2007 Americana Music Awards when their front man and co-founder Chris Gaffney […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Tift Merritt “Another Country”

March 9, 2020 Steven Howlett 0

Last week’s chain gang featured Jason Isbell which could have led on to something by the Drive-By Truckers, or maybe Drivin and Cryin, or maybe a dip into the wealth of talent produced by Dave Cobb. […]

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