Even the most casual followers of americana are aware of the importance The Byrds had on the genre, even though formally they released ‘only’ 12 official albums. And among those, even the weaker ones, like ‘Dr. […]
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 […]
How being force-fed Gram Parson and The Jayhawks opened up the world of americana. Dean Owens has long been a favourite of Americana UK and our readership, and he ended a successful 2022 by being voted […]
Since dropping out of her drama scholarship at the University of North Carolina and drawn by the songs of Seeger, Dylan and Baez to play the coffee shops of Greenwich Village during the 1960s folk boom, […]
Our focus with this new feature is to look at the artists who have helped lay the foundations and pave the way for the emergence of the musical genre we know today as ‘americana’. Now there […]
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