A mixed bag of new and old recordings. Inspired by the works of George Jones, Sam Outlaw ditched his LA Advertising job, took on his late Mother’s maiden name and enjoyed early success in the UK country charts with debut album "Angelino" and sophomore"Tenderheart" winning a UK Americana Award for Best International Song along the way. After relocating to Nashville, the recent  "

For all the years I've been Editor of AUK, I've been itching for us to do a best song of all time feature. We've had so many "best of" series in recent years covering artists, albums, particular periods of time, but never one which has covered specific songs. The main pushback has understandably been "how can you choose 10 songs out of the millions which have been recorded?" And it's a good point - for some of those americana albums which are widely considered to be part of the essential canon of the genre, how can you even settle on one song from 12?