Features
AUK’s Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Tim Martin
So, the brief is to pick 10, and only 10, artists that are in my view the greatest ever… Big ask. Having whittled my list down to about 40, and with an hour to go before […]
Emmylou Harris
Classic Clips
Classic Clip: First Aid Kit “Emmylou” – Live at the Polar Music Awards, 2015
Emmylou Harris was in Stockholm in 2015, as the latest recipient for the Polar Music Prize, instigated by Stig Anderson, manager and collaborator with ABBA. That alone was a high achievement, placing her in a pantheon […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Gram Parsons “Grievous Angel”
Gram Parsons was from a privileged background but his life was full of tragedy; it was once being said that his life was like something out of a Tennesse Williams play. This tragedy would not only […]
Interviews
Interview: Diane Hubka on why folk and americana should still swing
There is only good and bad music and all American music shares the same roots. Diane Hubka’s formative musical memories go back to the west coast folk and country rock of the ‘70s, with a dash […]
Essentials
Essentials: The Top 10 Mark Knopfler Albums
Mark Knopfler has had a hell of a career, and there seems to be no slowing in releases. From his first album with Dire Straits, through a successful solo career and duet albums, to award-winning film […]