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AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Number 7 – Johnny Cash “American Recordings”

March 11, 2021 Clint West 0

With three great albums already unveiled, we now reach Number 7 in our countdown of the top 10 americana albums ever. Andrew Frolish gives his assessment of the extraordinary work that reignited Johnny Cash’s career and built on […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: The Carter Family “Wildwood Flower”

March 1, 2021 Mark Nenadic 0

My esteemed colleague Alan Fitter set last weeks link in our long, long chain. With Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright he gave us not just sibling harmonies but parental – mother & daughter harmonies. Well, Dear […]

Terry Clarke “Walk Like a King: Songs For Dylan Thomas”

January 20, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 0

A Thoughtful and Sincere Meditation on a Great Poet. It’s sad that much can be learnt about Terry Clarke by way of the obituaries that followed his passing, in April 2020, at the age of 72. […]

Interview: Nero Kane discusses mixing Johnny Cash and Ry Cooder with Italian gothic

December 18, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

Americana can have a very pervasive influence, weaving its magic in ways that may not at first appear obvious. Mixing the influence of Johnny Cash, Townes Van Zandt and the soundtrack work of Ry Cooder with […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Dave Jarman

October 8, 2020 Clint West 0

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 […]