Bob Dylan

Jingle Bells Thursday aka Friday – Here it is, Merry Christmas

December 24, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Well, this is it. We’re putting this feature to bed for another year. Maybe, just maybe, if you’ll be good then we’ll have another go in 2021. Quality Christmas songs being available being the real requisite […]

Americana UK writers choose their albums of 2020

December 22, 2020 Mark Whitfield 6

We’ve reached the end of perhaps the most unconventional year in most of our lifetimes, but music has been that constant companion, even though our capacity to cope with acoustic covers albums has perhaps been pushed […]

Cum on feel the Noiz – Jon Aird’s Review of 2020

December 22, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1

It goes without saying that this has been a terrible year in many ways – trade you a pandemic against the bizarre play out of politics in the USA. And then conflate them – now […]

Interview: Guitarist Bob Britt talks Leon Russell, Delbert McClinton and Bob Dylan

December 11, 2020 Martin Johnson 8

We may all debate from time to time what constitutes americana music, but there are very few true americana music lovers who would argue that Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, John Fogerty and Delbert McClinton are founding […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Diccon Johnston

December 10, 2020 Clint West 2

As has become our custom on a Thursday, we bring you the latest (the 28th in fact) of our writers’ personal selections in our attempt to seek out the top 10 americana albums ever. Now this […]

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 […]