Essentials
Essentials: Top 10 Brandy Clark Songs
As great as a songwriter Brandy Clark is for others, It’s a stark reminder of the cruelty of the Nashville machine that she almost didn’t pursue a career as a solo artist at all: when she […]
Brandy Clark
News
Americana Music Association announces nominees for 23rd Annual Honours and Awards
The AMAUK awards take place here in January each year but over in the US, the (not UK) Americana Music Association (AMA) has announced the nominees for their 23rd Annual Americana Honours & Awards. The awards […]
Album Reviews
Various Artists “More Than A Whisper: Celebrating The Music Of Nanci Griffith”
A mighty and entirely merited salute to a giant of americana. Nanci Griffith would have turned 70 in July 2023 had she not died in August 2021 after a long illness. To celebrate her life and […]
Features
AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Helen Jones
Like most of you, I consume a lot of new music. In getting through such a large amount of new material, obviously some things don’t make it into my regular rotation and some do. It was […]
Features
Riches in Lockdown: Helen Jones’s Review of 2020
It’s true that 2020 has been a disappointing year for many reasons, but one of the bright spots has been the massive amount of music we’ve been handed. In what was a veritable embarrassment of riches, […]