Features
Ten top Swamp Rock tracks
In my recent little trawl through the Americana music of Louisiana we’ve had Cajun, Zydeco and Swamp Pop so, finally, we come to a close cousin, Swamp Rock. Swamp Rock started to be identified as a […]
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Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Lowell George “Thanks I’ll Eat It Here” (Warner Records, 1979)
Lowell George made this album, a melting pot of so many musical influences, because apparently, he was not happy with the way that Little Feat was heading, as he saw it, into jazz-rock territory. I can’t […]
Features
10 songs about truckers and trucking – Part 2
So many good things were left out of the recent first offering that here’s a second helping of songs about truckers and trucking, including two very different takes on the same track, some thoughts about female […]
Features
AUK’s Chain Gang: Little Feat “Willin'”
Last week’s stars of AUK’s Chain Gang were Southend’s finest, The Kursall Flyers. Former members of the aforementioned band, Paul Shuttleworth & Vic Collins are now part of The Ugly Guys, whose album ‘Senior Moments’ features […]
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Americana UK introduces our new Obituaries section The Song Remains
The roots of Americana music run deep and wide and many of the early originators and influencers are now approaching or are in old age. To recognise and celebrate recently lost artists AUK will start publishing […]