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Book Review: Elijah Wald “Jelly Roll Blues”

April 18, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Elijah Wald is a folk-blues musician, author and academic whose written works have focused mainly on folk and blues music. In addition to his own books, Wald co-authored Dave von Ronk’s memoir ‘The Mayor Of MacDougal […]

Paperback Riders: Val Wilmer “As Serious as Your Life”

April 4, 2024 Tim Martin 0

Subtitled “Black Music and the Free Jazz Revolution, 1957-1977” this book arrived a pivotal point for American culture and is so much more than a book about a small corner of the jazz world. Val Wilmer […]

"Deliver Me from Nowhere" Warren Zanes Book Cover

Book Review: Warren Zanes “Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska”

March 20, 2024 Andy Davidson 0

When a tortured artist sat in a bedroom recording demos on a cassette tape… and came out with a lo-fi masterpiece. The epilogue to this book has Warren Zanes being contacted by Bruce Springsteen to ask […]

Book Review: Mary Gauthier “Saved By A Song”

March 12, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Mary Gauthier’s ‘Saved By A Song‘ is subtitled ‘The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting‘ and consists of, it should surprise no-one, powerful stories associated with particular songs of hers – stories about what the songs […]

The Gordon Sharpe Americana Book Award 2023

February 28, 2024 Tim Martin 4

In May 2022 we lost one of our own. Gordon Sharpe’s pieces for AUK were always a pleasure to read. Having met at our get together in Clitheroe in 2020, we exchanged messages about the music, […]