Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century

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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: The Readers’ Results

November 10, 2022 Clint West 4

Firstly thanks to the very many of you that sent in your selections. There were a very wide spread of suggestions put forward with close to 150 albums gaining at least one vote. In the end […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Your last chance to vote for your own picks

November 3, 2022 Clint West 0

Voting in our readers choice closes at midnight GMT on Sunday November 4th. It’s going to be a close-run race, so every vote will count. Get yours in now! Click on the link to last week’s […]

AUK’s Top 10 Albums of the 21st Century: Introducing the Readers’ Vote

October 27, 2022 Clint West 0

The AUK writers have had their say – now its the turn of our readers to vote for their own Top 10 Over the last few weeks we’ve been counting down our ‘Top 10 Americana Albums […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Number 1 – Jason Isbell “Southeastern” (2013)

October 21, 2022 Clint West 6

After late nights of deliberating whilst clutching a glass of bourbon and nibbling nervously on Texas BBQ Pringles, decisions were finally made, often followed by changes as we sobered up the next morning, and then the […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Number 2 – Wilco “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” (2001)

October 20, 2022 Clint West 1

As we reach the final two in our list there was never any doubt that Wilco’s masterpiece was going to feature heavily. Indeed it appeared in many our writers individual Top 10’s. Ljubinko Zivkovic, making it […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

July 13, 2026 2

Roger McGuinn has been a musical staple for as long as I can claim to have been making my own choices about what I listen to, through the Byrds and various attempts to put together three-letter […]

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

July 13, 2026 1

No fuss, just an album of beautifully crafted songs straight from the heart. Five decades into a career that has seen Ed Snodderly as a songwriter, performer, actor, and owner of the legendary Down Home club […]

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0

Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]