The Jayhawks

Classic Clips: The Jayhawks “She Walks in So Many Ways” – Letterman, 2011

September 24, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

The Jayhawks are one of those bands who never get old, no matter how many times you hear them and regardless of their current band composition. In 2011 they released ‘Mockinbird Time’, their eighth studio album […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Here are the results of the readers’ vote

April 9, 2021 Clint West 6

Firstly a big thank you to our readers who voted in their droves. We really do appreciate your participation and love the brilliant list that your collective thoughts have generated. There were only six common albums […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Mark Whitfield

February 18, 2021 Clint West 1

Today sees us publish the last of our writers’ personal top tens. It’s been both entertaining and educative and has demonstrated the wide range of knowledge and tastes that AUK writers collectively possess. All the selections […]

10 cool songs featuring The Devil

November 25, 2020 Clint West 6

Back in April we published ’10 cool songs about Jesus’ and it proved to be immensely popular. So, in the spirit of our well-renowned adherence to, ahem … the principles of balance and impartiality – or […]

Songs for the apocalypse: The Jayhawks “Smile”

July 30, 2020 Mark Whitfield 2

My good friend and longstanding AUK comrade Keith Hargreaves and I had a debate recently about the best and worst of The Jayhawks. To be fair, there was agreement that there wasn’t much “worst” but of […]

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