Features
VERSIONS: “Hot Burrito #1/ I’m Your Toy”
In our VERSIONS series this week, which takes a look at different versions of the same song, we look back to a stone-cold classic from the Burritos which went on to be covered by… well, […]
Gram Parsons
Features
AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Here are the results of the readers’ vote
Firstly a big thank you to our readers who voted in their droves. We really do appreciate your participation and love the brilliant list that your collective thoughts have generated. There were only six common […]
Book reviews
Book Review – Ben Fong-Torres “Hickory Wind” (2nd re-issue 2020)
‘Hickory Wind: The Life and Times of Gram Parsons’ was originally published in 1991 and was, at the time, hailed as the definitive biography of the man most consider to be the godfather of country […]
Features
AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: The Shortlist
Last week we completed our writers’ lists of their top 10 americana albums ever. Since then we have been busy tallying up the totals to produce a shortlist of 20 albums. Our writers will now […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Elvis Costello and the Attractions “Almost Blue” (F-Beat, 1981)
Classic Americana Albums, by definition, have achieved a relevance that is timeless and are no longer dependent on the time and place that formed them. Elvis Costello’s ‘Almost Blue’, whilst timeless is also very topical […]