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Johnny Dowd “Execute American Folklore” (Mother Jinx Records, 2016)

September 12, 2016 Paul Kerr 2
By now you either get or don’t get Johnny Dowd. Ten albums in this Ithaca NY resident continues to move further into the outfield with each release. Execute American Folklore features Dowd’s darkly humorous and idiosyncratic […]

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Bronwyn “Rattlin’ Bones”

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Miko Marks’ new album “Hell Or High Water” arrives next month

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Elizabeth Cook “Great Television”

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Fancy covering live shows or new albums for us?

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The Deep Blue live at the Cambridge Folk Festival - 1st & 2nd August 2026

The Luck of the Draw: AUK reader Les Bright enjoys his weekend at The Cambridge Folk Festival

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Album Reviews

Bronwyn “Rattlin’ Bones”

September 1, 2026 0
Virtuoso fiddler-turned-songwriter delivers modern bluegrass masterclass. Rattlin’ Bones marks Bronwyn Keith-Hynes’ first foray into songwriting. For those unfamiliar with her name, here’s a brief résumé of the story so far. Raised near Charlottesville, Virginia, at the […]
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Miko Marks’ new album “Hell Or High Water” arrives next month

September 1, 2026 0
Miko Marks has announced her latest album, Hell Or High Water, on 30th October 2026 via Redtone Records. It’s her first new studio album since her 2022 release, Feel Like Going Home. Hell Or High Water sees […]
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Elizabeth Cook “Great Television”

September 1, 2026 0
A welcome and wonderful return. It’s hard to believe we have gone six years since Elizabeth Cook’s last album, Aftermath. Not that she’s been idle in the intervening years, with her television fishing show and a […]

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  • Miko Marks’ new album “Hell Or High Water” arrives next month
  • Elizabeth Cook “Great Television”
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  • The Luck of the Draw: AUK reader Les Bright enjoys his weekend at The Cambridge Folk Festival
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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

August 24, 2026 1
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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Video: Austin Lucas “Immortal Americans”

November 26, 2018 0
A great video for AUK favourite Austin Lucas’s equally great title track from his new album, out now.  Soulful, rocking, a message of hope, what’s not to like.  Catch him live across the UK and the […]
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Video: Jeffrey Martin and Willy Tea Taylor “Finding the Heart” Mini-Documentary

August 9, 2022 1
We have something a little different for today’s daily video.  In May 2022, filmmaker Marc Levy followed Jeffrey Martin and Willy Tea Taylor while they went on tour.  He captured something of their lives on the […]
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Simon Joyner “Tough Love”

May 21, 2026 0
In the lo-fi indie folk tradition, a deeply personal meditation on grief and loss by the Omaha, Nebraska-based singer-songwriter. There is something deeply intriguing about an artist who has, through the 30-plus years of his career, […]

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