News
Tom Petty and Guy Clark documentaries to debut at SXSW 2021
SXSW has had a bit of a rough time due to the pandemic. It was cancelled at the last minute last year, but this year they’ve managed to at least move some of the content online […]
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Interviews
How I Write A Song: Karen Pittelman of Karen And The Sorrows
In the second part of this new series for Americana UK, artists from across the genre discuss their approach to song-writing. As part of his between-song patter in his concerts, the late, great Americana singer-songwriter Guy […]
Obituaries
The Song Remains: Jerry Jeff Walker 1942 – 2020
Jerry Jeff Walker, Mr. Bojangles to many, died on Friday 23 October 2020 from complications arising from throat cancer first diagnosed in 2017. In his 50 plus years career, Jerry Jeff Walker was a singer-songwriter, song […]
Features
AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Dave Jarman
The search continues folks. Yes, its time to put yet another AUK writer into the hot seat. All each one has to do is to cast their eye across the whole history of americana and pick […]
Features
AUK’s Chain Gang: Guy Clark “Instant Coffee Blues”
Last week’s Chain Gang entry ‘Such Great Heights‘ by Iron and Wine leads me to a song featuring, alongside coffee to deal with its after-effects, the aforementioned wine. Guy Clark’s ‘Instant Coffee Blues‘ features on his […]