Americana UK reviews the latest books broadly related to the americana genre, overseen by AUK Books Editor Tim Martin
As the title might suggest, this is quite an academic approach to Americana music, but that’s understandable given that the author, Mandi Bates Bailey, is a professor of political science, Africana studies, and women’s and gender […]
John William DeForest coined the term “the great American novel” in an 1868 essay. He defined it as “the picture of the ordinary emotions and manners of American existence.” He felt that Uncle Tom’s Cabin’, which […]
One of the first questions Anderson attempts to answer in this fascinating book is: “What is a Producer?”. He makes an interesting comparison with the role of the director of a film. As the role these […]
Essentially a compendium of articles, interviews with, and profiles of artists pertaining to the folk boom of the early 60s in Greenwich Village and its influence on the following decades, ‘The Bleeker Street Tapes’ roams much […]
A remarkable historical and artistic achievement. The book and album combine to give insights into a vital set of stories while keeping sight of the need to entertain as well as inform. The Legend of Sam […]
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