Townes Van Zandt

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Emily Dongray

October 29, 2020 Clint West 3

Welcome once again to AUK’s ongoing quest to find the top 10 americana albums ever. For anyone new to this (and by the way, where have you been?) Each week a different AUK writer lists their […]

10 Americana songs with great lyrics

September 14, 2020 Mark Underwood 12

Mark Underwood continues with the fifth in his irregular feature on music by great songwriters with great lyrics, this time taking you through classics from the likes of Amy Speace, Alejandro Escovedo, Neil Young and Gretchen […]

Video: Townes Van Zandt “Pancho and Lefty”

July 24, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

It has been too long since we had ‘retro Friday’! So, here it is: one of the all-time great songs from one of the all-time great artists. This version of ‘Pancho and Lefty’ is from the […]

10 songs showing how the human spirit deals with illness

April 3, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

Before free and easy access to doctors and medical care, many people struggled to understand disease. This is where folk and popular songs of the day played an important role in public awareness. The birth of […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Townes Van Zandt “Waiting Round To Die”

March 13, 2020 Paul Villers 0

This week down in the bunker we have been ruminating on the possibility that we are in some sort of ‘end of days’ scenario. Every time we put on our cathode ray 14” black and white […]