Features
The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Andy Raw
I am conscious that some of my choices for my Top 10 americana artists may be a bit different from other AUK writers. I confess that I am a relative newcomer to the genre having had […]
Drive By Truckers
Features
Americana One Two Three… (er, Eleven)
And then way beyond… as Andy Davidson picks up the implied challenge and heads from eleven to twenty, making choices in a slightly different way, but these are all prime picks and the Count would approve, […]
Features
Collecting music is a serious business – Stories from a CD shop
In summer 2020, like a lot of people I was scratching around looking for a way to make a living. A socially distanced conversation on Clevedon sea front led to me becoming the proud owner of […]
AUK's Chain Gang
AUK’s Chain Gang: Another emotionally raw song from the other end of the telescope “Your Daddy Hates Me”
Following ‘I Can’t Make You Love Me’ by Bonnie Raitt, we are exploring the polar opposite of love with this wonderful Drive-By Truckers song from the ‘Decoration Day‘ album. This is Patterson Hood’s lament for an […]
Columns
Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 109
Crazy, crazy town. Everyone should go. Remember lockdown? The reason this column started. I was teaching in my shed. March 2020 – March 2021 with some occasional relaxations. Something that we cannot forget yet find it […]