Americana UK reviews the latest books broadly related to the americana genre, overseen by AUK Books Editor Tim Martin
A wide-ranging account of the American hobo life by a rather forgotten man of English broadcasting. Kenneth Allsop died in 1973 and until now he has been nothing more than a dim memory in the head […]
This is the “new” book from Americana-UK’s very own Tim Newby. Those of you who read Tim’s regular column, ‘Americana Roots’ will already know he’s something of an authority on America’s bluegrass scene. In fact, Tim […]
My first reaction to this book was that it seemed a bit of a high-handed approach to Dylan and his music. Why would I need someone to tell me how to listen to Dylan?! Then I […]
An influential if at times flawed travelogue from the late 1970s. When I was about ten I went to see ‘Born Free’ with a friend. This involved walking from Thornhill down to Low Mill along the […]
A laudable stab at the difficult task of grasping the many-headed beast that is Americana Music. Author Ralph Brookfield trained as a molecular physicist worked as a copy editor, software engineer, freelance writer, ran a software […]
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