Rodney Crowell

Essentials: The Top 10 Emmylou Harris Albums

January 26, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 3

Since dropping out of her drama scholarship at the University of North Carolina and drawn by the songs of Seeger, Dylan and Baez to play the coffee shops of Greenwich Village during the 1960s folk boom, […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Alasdair Fotheringham

August 11, 2022 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

If the truth be known, and no disrespect intended, it’s always struck me as a little odd to start a list of ‘Top 10… whatever’ by emphasising the purely personal nature of the choices and the […]

Book Review – Courtney S. Lennon “Live Forever: The Songwriting Legacy of Billy Joe Shaver”

July 27, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Billy Joe Shaver is one of those songwriters that never received a lot of attention on this side of the Atlantic, which is a shame, because he was one of the best writers that country music […]

Interview: Music obsessive Ben Vaughn on his world and Rambler automobiles

May 24, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Unsure whether he wanted to be a recording artist, songwriter, record producer, or DJ he became them all. Ben Vaughn is just a music obsessive at heart, but an obsessive who has established his own songwriting […]

Interview: Darden Smith on why songs by themselves aren’t enough to explain Western Skies

March 24, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

How an old Polaroid and the pandemic helped reinvigorate a thirty-plus-year career. Austin-based songwriter Darden Smith has always done things his way, rather than following the norms of the music business. Texas-born Smith came to Austin […]