Mark Lanegan

Reissue: Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan “Ballad of the Broken Seas”

November 29, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

18 years on, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan remain the best torch bearers for sweet and sour dusty ballads. Originally released in 2006, “Ballad Of The Broken Seas” saw the unlikely pairing of Scotland’s Isobel Campbell, […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Mark Lanegan “Beggar’s Blues”

July 4, 2022 Sean Hannam 0

As the last writer, Tim Martin, noted, this series of articles has turned into a drinking game. The previous entry was ‘16 Days’ by Whiskeytown. It’s now my round and I’m sticking with whiskey, but I’m […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 49

March 15, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

Pandemic forgotten ( ignored) school life returns to near normal.. It’s a remarkable thing the human memory, despite the devastating impact of Covid in all aspects of our lives, schools in particular felt it’s seismic grip, […]

Grammy-award winners reimagine Woody Guthries’ ‘Dust Bowl Blues’

September 3, 2021 Emily Dongray 0

A new concept album reimagining the classic Woody Guthrie album ‘Dust Bowl Blues‘ will be released on September 10th on Parlophone. The album includes tracks from a wide range of A list Americana artists such as […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Mark Lanegan “Man in the Long Black Coat”

June 15, 2020 Emily Dongray 1

Last week’s Chain Gang piece explored a Bob Dylan song that was later covered on ‘I’m Not There’ OST (Columbia, 2007) by The White Stripes. Naturally, I revisited this gem of a soundtrack and then had […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers