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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Rick Bayles

June 23, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Looking back over some of the other articles in this series it’s a little reassuring to see that many of my fellow AUK scribes have struggled a bit with this one. As several have noted, choosing […]

Steve Earle & the Dukes “Jerry Jeff”

May 27, 2022 Helen Jones 0

A tribute that keeps the songs respectfully close to their original versions, but the added twist of Earle’s rambling outlaw country keeps things fresh. Steve Earle is all about paying tribute to his heroes. In 2009 […]

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Record Store Day – the Americana UK guide to the releases

April 22, 2022 Emily Dongray 1

It’s that time again where the format fiends get excited about queueing at 5 am (or earlier) to be among the few to own this year’s exclusively released records. Record Store Day started in 2007 and […]

Classic Clips: Steve Earle “Ellis Unit One” – Sessions At West 54th, October 1998

April 19, 2022 Peter Tomkins 2

The 1995 film ‘Dead Man Walking’ was directed by Tim Robbins based on a non-fiction book of the same name by a Roman Catholic nun, Sister Helen Prejean, about her work as a spiritual adviser to […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Darren Lumbroso

April 14, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 1

In 1984 I discovered Elvis Costello. I quickly sought out his back catalogue. However, there was a problem. I couldn’t get my head around ‘Almost Blue’, his 1981 album of country covers. Aptly enough the album […]