Townes Van Zandt

The Latest AUK Podcast is now available featuring UNCUT legend Allan Jones on all things Americana and beyond

May 8, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 2

This week sees Keith talking to one of his heroes, the journalist Allan Jones, once editor of Melody Maker and founder of UNCUT magazine, now a gentleman of the arts and letters whose tastes still exert […]

Townes Van Zandt in Concert at "Kult" Niederstetten, Germany 23rd November 1995

The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: 1st – Townes Van Zandt “Pancho and Lefty” (1972)

April 10, 2026 FredArnold 4

And so we come to the song that has been voted No 1 Americana Song of All Time… and who amongst you is really surprised? In some ways, it is no surprise, being the most iconic […]

The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: Andrew Frolish

February 26, 2026 Andrew Frolish 8

As ever, with features of this type, a great deal more time was spent reflecting, taking notes and re-listening to a huge number of great songs than was actually spent on the writing. Like most of […]

Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Andy Raw

December 4, 2025 Andrew Raw 5

Under Andy Short’s recent Top 10, there was praise from a reader for his choices that had “objectivity and historical context” as opposed to others, which had been “Some songs I like”. The reader, it has […]

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Paul Kerr

October 9, 2025 Paul Kerr 2

Jeez! You sign up to Americana UK, thinking you’re on the road to hobnobbing with the stars in the VIP area at gigs, and then you’re thrown a curveball. Your top ten americana songs? First off, […]

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