Americana UK reviews the latest books broadly related to the americana genre, overseen by AUK Books Editor Tim Martin
The latest edition of ‘Blue Navigator‘, a publication which essentially started off as a “fanzine,” dedicated to the life and music of the celebrated American singer/songwriter Michael Hurley, is a hardbound, 96 page book. The pinnacle […]
The epiphany for writing this book occurred while Alan Tyler was listening to random recordings of the Complete Hank Williams on the Bakerloo Line on the London Underground. Chancing upon the audio of ‘How To Write […]
Where America might go next part 1. There are plenty of “what if” novels about which path the USA might take, and following our editor’s reflection on the 2024 US election Paperback Riders will examine some […]
Nanci Griffith is one of the core Americana artists. She is never far from the top of our list features and Clint West’s entry in our Essentials feature is spot on as far as listening recommendations […]
In this new book, ‘Before Elvis‘, subtitled ‘The African American musicians who made the King‘ author Preston Lauterbach brings together the stories of five African-Americans who, the author suggests, were major influences in Presley’s early career […]
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