Americana UK reviews the latest books broadly related to the americana genre, overseen by AUK Books Editor Tim Martin
Willy Vlautin will be best known to AUK readers as the guitarist and songwriter with Richmond Fontaine and The Delines. At the same time, he has been building a career as a novelist and short story […]
In ‘How to Write a Song That Matters‘ Dar Williams sets out to guide the aspiring songwriter – who wants to get a bit deeper in their writing than moon/spoon/June – and help them to achieve […]
Stories of surviving harrowing and challenging childhoods have been staples of the publishing industry for many years. You have to wonder if there is a point at which reader fatigue sets in from these tales. Fortunately, […]
Fascinating and ambitious project that shines a light on the roots of Old Time music and the start of commercial recording. We’ve had some really good multi-media projects come to us for review this year, and […]
‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin: or, Life Among the Lowly’ was published in 2 parts in 1852. The abolitionist movement was gaining ground and Stowe wrote the novel in the wake of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, which […]
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