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10 Americana songs with a boxing theme

July 6, 2020 Clint West 4

Listening to the excellent new Matt Hill album ‘Savage Pilgrims’ I was particularly struck by the track ‘Bendigo’ which tells the story of a 19th century Nottinghamshire prizefighter. It set me thinking about boxing-themed songs and how I’d […]

Features

AUK’s Top Ten Americana Albums Ever: Paul Kerr

June 25, 2020 Clint West 0

At AUK we are now well into our quest to find the ‘Top 10 Americana Albums Ever’. Over the coming weeks and months each AUK writer will in turn, present their own personal selections. When each […]

Album Reviews

Bob Dylan “Rough and Rowdy Ways” (Columbia, 2020)

June 24, 2020 Paul Villers 0

“Well you took your own sweet time with this” we can hear our regular readers shout given that this record has been released for a good week or so now and the world and her husband […]

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Watch Margo Price cover Dylan classic “Things Have Changed”

June 17, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Margo Price was set to release her latest album ‘That’s How Rumors Get Started’ when the coronavirus pandemic hit. The Nashville artist, whose last album garnered all kinds of acclaim, has postponed the release […]

Features

AUK’s Chain Gang: Bob Dylan “One More Cup of Coffee”

June 8, 2020 Sean Hannam 1

One of the things I’m missing most during lockdown is a decent cup of coffee – I have a local café that makes a great latte – so when I read last week’s Chain Gang article, […]

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Jingle Bells Friday – surely it’s a bit late for stir-up Sunday?

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Classic Clip: Mary Gauthier and Jaimee Harris “How Could You be Gone” -Take Root Festival, Groningen, Netherlands. November 2024

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Oh no, I don’t recall, I can’t remember anything at all – Jon Aird’s 2025 year in review

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  • Something for the weekend: Shack “Comedy”
  • Jingle Bells Friday – surely it’s a bit late for stir-up Sunday?
  • Classic Clip: Mary Gauthier and Jaimee Harris “How Could You be Gone” -Take Root Festival, Groningen, Netherlands. November 2024
  • Oh no, I don’t recall, I can’t remember anything at all – Jon Aird’s 2025 year in review
  • Interview: Mikel Jollett of the Airborne Toxic Event on struggles, joys and the journey
  • Americana UK Podcast 11 now live with The Autumn Defense
  • Anna Tivel “Swan Song” – a rumination on ephemerality
  • Video: Amy Speace “Weight of the World”
  • The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Peter Churchill
  • Interview: Ian Gomm on Brinsley Schwarz, Nashville, Jeb Loy Nichols and football records
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Interview: Mikel Jollett of the Airborne Toxic Event on struggles, joys and the journey

December 12, 2025 0

Hard times, no, unusually hard times served to bring the Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett a sense of purpose in life as a singer, songwriter, band leader, author and speaker about childhood trauma. As he […]

Interviews

Interview: Ian Gomm on Brinsley Schwarz, Nashville, Jeb Loy Nichols and football records

December 11, 2025 0

The Brinsley’s “Silver Pistol” was the album that perfected their Band obsession and, at the same time, showed that there was a lot more to them than being simple wannabes. Coincidentally, it was the first time […]

Interviews

Interview: Brian Dunne asks is it so bad to want a good life?

December 9, 2025 0

While patiently waiting for Brian Dunne to get his due from those who listen to and hopefully buy physical media, it is worthwhile to linger in the brilliance of his fourth album, “Clams Casino” (Missing Piece, […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

July 13, 2023 48

As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

July 8, 2021 37

Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 4

I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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