Features
Discovering… Gram Parsons
In the book High Fidelity Nick Hornby makes Gram Parsons’ ‘Return of the Grievous Angel’ one of the top 5 side one, track one’s of all time. In doing so he confirmed Parsons’ status as ‘legendary’ […]
Gram Parsons
Other stuff
Our new AUK supporters playlist is out today
Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today for AUK supporters, which includes new tracks by Peter Bruntnell, Gary Louris, Joana Serrat and the Felice Brothers […]
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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, read […]
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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 albums […]
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 rock. […]