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Folk Tracks Roundup, June 2024

June 27, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s time for another Folk Roundup bonus column featuring a bunch of Tracks that we hope you’ll enjoy, covering as they do a very wide range of folk.  Hey, there’s even some bluegrass this time – […]
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AUK’s Back Pages No.5

June 26, 2024 Paul Kerr 1
Well, it’s 2006 and what do we find but a revamped website. A new logo/ banner/design is proudly unveiled as our editor Mark gently breaks the news to our readers on the first post of the […]
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More People Should Really Know About: Jake Vaadeland

June 25, 2024 David Jarman 0
Jake Vaadeland is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist from Saskatchewan, Canada, which has a thriving roots and old time music scene, my wife and I first discovering this at the wonderful Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival,  […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Steve Earle “Fort Worth Blues”

June 24, 2024 Jonathan Smith 0
Steve Earle described El Corazon’, his seventh album, as “bigger than me and faster than me”. He was certainly hitting a rich and varied seam of songwriting form, although it could be argued that Earle has […]
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Classic Clips: Bombay Bicycle Club “Motel Blues” from On Track with SEAT, 2013

June 21, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
I’ve always enjoyed throwing a bit of a spanner in the works or slightly subverting a convention and I’m afraid that my contribution to this great series may be seen as just that but please bear […]

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Billy Strings “So Much For Goodbyes”

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Billy Strings plays through the pain to deliver an exceptional performance. Much has been written of Billy Strings’ experience growing up in Michigan, losing his father to a drug overdose at the age of 2 and […]
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Elanor Moss “The Knife, The Needle”

September 7, 2026 0
Insightful lyrics and a delicate voice contrast with full-bodied horns to make a debut that feels authentically true to itself. They say art does not come easy, and that’s certainly something Elanor Moss found when trying […]
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Live Review: Found Festival, Claydon Hall, Bucks – 29th-31st August 2026

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Found festival reminded me of the very first End Of The Road back in 2006: compact, homely, community-orientated and skilfully curated. The panoramic melodies, wide pastoral instrumentation and whimsical lyricism of local-ish heroes Stornoway instantly induced […]

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  • Live Review: Found Festival, Claydon Hall, Bucks – 29th-31st August 2026
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]
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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

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It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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Jon Patrick Walker “Welcome to the Edge Times” (Independent, 2019)

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Jon Patrick Walker is an actor by trade, used to performing in television and film studios or treading the boards of Broadway; so, it is no surprise that he inhabits his songs with emotion, character and […]
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Perfection. That’s it. After a three year break from recording together, and on their third album, Emily Mann and Wila Frank, known together as Paper Wings, have placed an indelible mark on the modern folk old […]

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