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The ten worst Johnny Cash tracks
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 […]
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Album Reviews
Classic Americana Albums: Woody Guthrie “Dust Bowl Ballads” (Victor Records, 1940)
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 […]
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Forgotten Artists – The Hacienda Brothers
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 […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Tift Merritt “Another Country”
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. […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Green on Red “Gas Food Lodging” (Zippo Records, 1985)
‘Desert Rock’, ‘Paisley Underground’, Alternative Country-Rock’, ‘Garage-Country’ and ‘Country-Punk’ are all descriptions that have, at various times, been applied to Green on Red. The fact that these and plenty more descriptions can be found with a […]