Amanda Shires

Amanda Shires covers Lady Gaga – Listen

June 29, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Amanda Shires has given a radical makeover to Lady Gaga’s ‘Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)’ for her new ‘Born This Way: The Tenth Anniversary’ album which also includes remade versions of Gaga’s songs by Orville Peck, […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Number 4=Jason Isbell “Southeastern”

March 15, 2021 Clint West 1

As we enter the second week of our top 10 rundown, we reach the top 5. However, we don’t actually have a number 5 as two albums released 39 years apart, tied for the number 4 […]

Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires exit CMA after John Prine snub

November 13, 2020 Mark Whitfield 2

The Country Music Association is something of a walking disaster zone at the moment. Some stalwarts who died this year were honoured during the 2020 CMA awards show last night, including Kenny Rogers, Charlie Daniels, and […]

Watch Isbell and Shires cover John Prine’s “Storm Windows”

October 14, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have been playing several fairly rainy nights of socially distanced performances at the Caverns venue in Pelham, Tennesse which concluded on Sunday night, but the previous night’s show took place […]

Something for the weekend: Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

October 2, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

That is a wrap from us this week dear reader. We leave you with a clip of Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires performing one of NPR’s marvellous Tiny Desk Concerts but this time at home. People […]

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