Guy Clark

Classic Clips: Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell “Stay a Little Longer” – 1975

June 28, 2024 Andy Short 0

In the last weeks of 1975 and the early weeks of 1976, filmmaker James Szalapski captured footage showing the founders of the outlaw country movement in Texas and Tennessee. The movie was low budget and at […]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Best of the Rest

February 1, 2024 Clint West 3

It’s done, the articles have been written, the numbers crunched and AUK writers are slowly regaining their sanity. Twenty-four of our finest offered their assessment and came up with over 120 different artists. Points were awarded […]

Guy Clark demo recordings to be released on volume one of “Truly Handmade”

November 16, 2023 Mark Whitfield 3

When ‘My Favorite Picture of You’ came out in 2013, it seemed likely we were hearing Guy Clark’s last batch of songs. Guy died three years later at age 74, but his legacy endures, thanks to […]

VERSIONS: “Anyhow, I Love You”

September 8, 2023 Andy Davidson 3

Martin Johnson recently ranked Guy Clark at the top of his greatest ever americana artists list. The next available evening found me playing my favourite Guy Clark song and watching the documentary ‘Heartworn Highways’. And going […]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Martin Johnson

August 31, 2023 Martin Johnson 27

How does anyone go about determining the top ten americana artists ever, and once you’ve worked that one out, how do you rank them in a meaningful way? These are the legitimate questions facing Americana UK […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Samantha Crain Songs

August 6, 2026 0

March, 2026, walking down Islington High Street in the rain, heading for the hallowed Union Chapel, the anticipation of seeing Samantha Crain live was palpable. Too many years had gone by since a summer night at […]

Bird “Held Here Together”

August 6, 2026 0

Atmospheric strings build a soundscape from folk and psych to support excellent songs. Singer-Songwriter Bird, otherwise known as Janie Price, has released a new full-length album. Held Here Together is made up of her two recent […]

Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026

August 6, 2026 0

It was a hot night in the West End, but thankfully the air conditioning was cool at Denmark Street’s Lower Third. This was Joshua Ray Walker’s first show in London since recovering from stage 3 bowel […]

Classic Clips: Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell “Stay a Little Longer” – 1975

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Best of the Rest

Guy Clark demo recordings to be released on volume one of “Truly Handmade”

VERSIONS: “Anyhow, I Love You”

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Martin Johnson

Essentials: The Top 10 Samantha Crain Songs

Bird “Held Here Together”

Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026

Phil Odgers & John Kettle “The War is Over – The Songs of Phil Ochs Vol 2”

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album