Bob Dylan

Book review: Clinton Heylin “The Double Life of Bob Dylan”

July 28, 2021 Jason McDonald 2

“With this being the year of Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday we have seen a number of very good books about Bob Dylan pass through the office, but this is something different again. Jason McDonald takes a […]

New Bootleg Series release from Dylan

July 27, 2021 Jonathan Aird 2

This news hit at the end of the week – so why so long for us to pass it on to you, dear reader? Could it be that it slipped the Deputy Editors’ mind because he […]

Interview: Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams on “It Was The Music”

June 22, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

How jams at the back of Bob Dylan’s tour bus and Levon Helm’s Barn helped a personal relationship become a musical one. ‘It Was The Music’ is a 10 episode documentary series by director Mark Moskowitz […]

The Flatlanders “She Belongs To Me” – Dylan covered in style, Listen

June 9, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

These three bad looking hombres are Butch Hancock, Joe Ely, and Jimmie Dale Gilmore and together they are the Americana supergroup Flatlanders. And they have a new album out, their first in over a dozen years. it’s called […]

Our new AUK supporters playlist is out today

June 4, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out today for AUK supporters, along with, in celebration of his 80th birthday, a giveaway of another new book courtesy of […]

Something for the long weekend: Dolly Parton “Here I Am”

August 28, 2026 2

Well that’s it from us for this week, and what a sad week it’s been for not just the americana and country communities but for, well human decency. Plaudits can be cloying when someone moves on […]

Chris Murphy “Songs From the Trees”

August 28, 2026 0

A strong storytelling album, highlighted by good songs, exemplary playing and a fascinating soundscape. Chris Murphy was born into an Irish-Italian family in New York, growing up surrounded by a wide range of traditional music such […]

Classic Clips: Poco “High And Dry” – The Midnight Special, 1975

August 28, 2026 4

On January 24, 1975, Poco appeared on The Midnight Special, the popular late-night musical variety show that ran during the 1970’s. One of the six songs they performed that evening was High and Dry, an energetic […]