Americana UK reviews the latest books broadly related to the americana genre, overseen by AUK Books Editor Tim Martin
A book that asserts music’s power to bring change. Former A-list road manager, movie producer, investment banker, professor, technological inventor, and writer, Jonathan Taplin’s memoir tells you more about his life and times than about the […]
Blackface or bravery – you decide. ‘Rest at pale evening / A tall slim tree / Night coming tenderly / Black like me’ – from, ‘Dream Variations‘ by Langston Hughes John Howard Griffin disguised himself as […]
A timely investigation into the worlds of virtual music but not aimed at the casual reader. Subtitled, “Sound, Music, and Image In The Digital Era”, Virtual Music is seriously academic in its investigation into how the […]
Concise readable overview of a classic ’70s album. The Bloomsbury 331/3 series has produced another in its 150 plus catalogue of volumes about specific albums. The next in line is Carole King’s, ‘Tapestry’, described as, ‘An anthemic […]
Following Jonathan Aird’s review of ‘Bob Dylan: No Direction Home’, published to mark Bob Dylan’s 80th Birthday on May 24th, we have a special guest article from the book’s revising editor, Elizabeth Thomson, also the author […]
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