Features
The Americana Spirit of 24: Peter Thompson
AUK writers look back at the last 12 months in americana, starting with our staff writer Peter Thompson. Is it that time already? The year has simply flown by – I feel like I’m still waiting […]
Steve Earle
Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it
Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It – Steve Earle
In 1974, aged 20, Earle hitchhiked to Nashville to find one of his favourite songwriters, Guy Clark. Earle managed to blag a role in Clark’s band as a bassist and played on his 1975 album “Old […]
Columns
Sounds from beyond the Shed 159 “Why can’t people just be nice?”
Regular readers will know that I occasionally head over to France and Belgium to show people round the battlefields and commemorative sites of World War I and sometimes II. Last week it was the turn of […]
Previews
Preview – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2024: from San Francisco to your screen
Since its inception in 2001, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (HSB) has been a fixture in the americana and roots music calendar. Founded by Warren Hellman, a San Francisco venture capitalist, HSB has been held each year in […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: Steve Earle + Zandi Holup, Greenfield Lake Amphitheater, Wilmington, North Carolina – 31st August 2024
Steve Earle is touring with a new acoustic album titled “Alone Again Live,” going back to his roots as a troubadour with a guitar, a harmonica, a backpack full of songs, and some truths to tell. […]