Americana UK reviews the latest books broadly related to the americana genre, overseen by AUK Books Editor Tim Martin
Max Wareham is well placed to write a book on the five-string banjo- he plays the instrument in the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band and has had a long career as a music tutor and himself studied […]
Having read the brilliant review of Mat Callahan’s ‘Songs of Slavery and Emancipation’ from Rick Bayles and Paul Kerr recently, it seemed like a good idea to look at one of the most vivid pictures of […]
Creedence Clearwater Revival seem to hold a special place in americana music. This is a band that set out to specifically create an amalgam of blues, rock, country, and a fake association with the deep south, […]
Books Editor Rick Bayles writes – Songs of ‘Slavery and Emancipation’ is the last project our sadly departed colleague, Gordon Sharpe, took on for review. His sudden and unexpected death meant that he never got to […]
Billy Joe Shaver is one of those songwriters that never received a lot of attention on this side of the Atlantic, which is a shame, because he was one of the best writers that country music […]
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