Americana UK reviews the latest books broadly related to the americana genre, overseen by AUK Books Editor Tim Martin
A view from the margins of Americana. This is a really fascinating book about a sub-genre of Americana that many of us will know little, or nothing, about. As the author acknowledges early on, many people […]
An encapsulation of the diverse music, if not quite the life, of a major American musician. In an article in August 2020, about notable acoustic guitar players, I threw in a wild card with Bill Frisell. […]
A sharply affectionate take on the counter culture and an accurately barbed dig at the establishment. Gilbert Shelton, a key figure in the underground comics scene, created three characters, Fat Freddy Freekowtski, Freewheelin’ Franklin Freek, and […]
Writing a book, on such an iconic figure in the music industry as Merle Haggard, is not something anyone would undertake lightly. This is a man who, alongside Buck Owens, came to define the Bakersfield sound […]
Fact, fiction – or an entertaining mix of the two? In my personal reading and that related to the Paperback Rider articles one book has cropped up a number of times as something of a touchstone […]
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