Caleb Stine

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Tim Newby

February 24, 2022 Tim Newby 2

For me the beauty of americana music over the last two-decades has been the way the original palette laid out by the forefathers of this music Dylan, the Dead, the Band, Hartford, and the modern forefathers, […]

Our top americana albums of 2021 – Part Three

December 22, 2021 Mark Whitfield 1

Over the last couple of days we have counted down our top albums of 2021, with the Felice Brothers triumphantly taking our album of the year slot. But what about those artists who just missed out? […]

Essentials: The top 10 Townes Van Zandt songs

November 4, 2021 Tim Newby 3

Townes Van Zandt is one of the most criminally overlooked songwriters of the last fifty years. His life in a snapshot is simple and scary. Born to a wealthy Texas family, he left to pursue music, […]

Americana Roots: Caleb Stine

August 21, 2020 Tim Newby 0

Americana Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US. It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established acts […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers