We invited readers to have their say and you responded in your droves, voting for a total of 131 different artists although we are still to decide whether votes for Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones were serious, a misunderstanding or just plain mischievous. The vast majority of the votes were however on the mark covering a whole range of fantastic americana artists.
We’ve narrowed the field down to a Top 30 and today we bring you numbers 21-30. The numbers in brackets are the position that the AUK writers voted the same artist into.
21 (–) Neil Young 22 (38) Mary Gauthier 23 (18) Felice Brothers 24 (–) Son Volt 25 (16) Chris Hillman 26 (–) Gene Clark 27 (–) Creedence Clearwater Revival 28 (–) John Hiatt 29 (–) Cowboy Junkies 30 (21) Uncle Tupelo
As inevitably happens with lists of this kind people will disagree. Where is X? How come Y is above Z? Well as promised you, our wise and wonderful readers, will have the chance to cast your votes tomorrow and it will be fascinating to see how much overlap and indeed…
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The votes have been cast and counted and next week we will begin the run-down of the Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century as chosen by our writers. Number 10 will be revealed on Monday and then we will count down each day in reverse order until we…
From buying my first record aged 10 and attending my first gig at 14, music has been a lifelong obsession. A proud native of Suffolk, I have lived in and around Manchester for the best part of 30 years. My idea of a perfect day would be a new record arriving in the post in the morning, watching Ipswich Town win in the afternoon followed by a gig and a pint with my mates at night,
21 ? Neil’s last few albums have been poor but 1969-1979 his albums were peerless, admittedly the last 10 years have been poor. I don’t reckon any other artist gets near his 1969-1979 output, the as the last few years have shown Rust Does Sleep.
21 ? Neil’s last few albums have been poor but 1969-1979 his albums were peerless, admittedly the last 10 years have been poor. I don’t reckon any other artist gets near his 1969-1979 output, the as the last few years have shown Rust Does Sleep.