Dwight Yoakam

Americana Vinyl Treasures: Various Artists “The Tape With No Name”

November 13, 2023 Guy Lincoln 3

For many, in its 70s and 80s heyday, the New Musical Express was a profound force in shaping their musical DNA. Its championing of the snotty nosed punk brats and its ensuing devotion to the new […]

Interview: Pete Anderson on designing guitars and sharing his experience as a musician producer

June 27, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

A renowned country guitar picker and producer who likes a bit of Chet, Frank, and Wes on the side. Pete Anderson was able to bring the right sound to Dwight Yoakam’s voice and songs when they […]

10 songs about the other side of Nashville

December 8, 2020 Clint West 6

Nashville is the state capital and largest city in Tennessee. The city itself has a population of 690,000 but if you include the metropolitan area around the city, that rises to around two million people. For […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Russell Murphy

November 19, 2020 Clint West 0

Our unrelenting quest to identify the ‘top 10 americana albums ever’ moves unstoppably on. We have more road behind us than is left in front, but the last miles are set to be as thrilling and […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Guy Lincoln

September 3, 2020 Clint West 1

At AUK we are on a quest to find the ‘top 10 americana albums ever’. Over the last few months our writers have been going through an internal monologue of constant torment in trying to narrow […]