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Fisherman’s Friends to host new festival in Cornwall in May 2026

June 17, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
The desire to hold a special gathering close to home in Cornwall has been on the Fisherman’s Friends’ minds for some time. While still holding down their day jobs, the group regularly sell out venues across […]
Tracks

Folk Tracks Roundup, August 2024

August 30, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Well, what a busy August it has been.  Gigs. Holidays. That sort of thing.  But never fear, we’d never let you down without a set of Folk Tracks for the month.  And it shortens the waiting […]
Features

2023’s Americana festivals – where we are spending our summer?

May 26, 2023 Emily Dongray 2
In the blinking dawn of the new year, many of the festivals announced their line-ups. They dropped exciting news about headliners, and some early-bird tickets went on sale, but in the wave of resolutions and starting […]
News

First names for the Cambridge Folk Festival 2023 announced

February 8, 2023 Emily Dongray 0
Cambridge Folk Festival has announced the first names for 2023 taking place this July. Cambridge Folk Festival is one of the longest-running and arguably the most prestigious folk festivals in the world. Established by Cambridge City […]

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Something for the weekend: Shania Twain featuring the Milk Carton Kids “Who Do You Love”

Tracks
October 9, 2026 0

The Texas Headhunters “Rise and Shine”

Album Reviews
October 9, 2026 0
Nanci Griffith at Cambridge Folk Festival - 29th July 2007

Classic Clips: Nanci Griffith “The Flyer” – Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, 2002

Classic Clips
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Freddy Trujillo “Ave Trujillo”

Album Reviews
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Live Review: Martin Simpson, Kings Place, London – 25th September 2026

Live Reviews
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Tracks

Something for the weekend: Shania Twain featuring the Milk Carton Kids “Who Do You Love”

October 9, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, a week which has felt like a cloud has been hanging over our americana community if we’re being honest for obvious reasons. Don’t forget we still have some […]
Album Reviews

The Texas Headhunters “Rise and Shine”

October 9, 2026 0
A heads-down, no-nonsense, sprightly mess of blues. The Texas Headhunters are a three-headed guitar Methuselah consisting of Jesse Dayton, Ian Moore, and Johnny Moeller; coming from road-hardened backgrounds playing in clubs and bars, the outcome is […]
Nanci Griffith at Cambridge Folk Festival - 29th July 2007
Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Nanci Griffith “The Flyer” – Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, 2002

October 9, 2026 1
In the long and storied career of the late, great Nanci Griffith, a musical legacy has been left behind that will, in years to come, surely stand the test of time just as much as it […]

  • Something for the weekend: Shania Twain featuring the Milk Carton Kids “Who Do You Love”
  • The Texas Headhunters “Rise and Shine”
  • Classic Clips: Nanci Griffith “The Flyer” – Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, 2002
  • Freddy Trujillo “Ave Trujillo”
  • Live Review: Martin Simpson, Kings Place, London – 25th September 2026
  • Teenage Fanclub “Do Not Dare To Dream”
  • Lastest AUK Podcast now available featuring Teenage Fanclub on the day of their new album release
  • Johnny & Lillie Flynn “Rambling Man” – are you inclined to ramble?
  • Video: Jessi Colter “Same Old Blues” – a lost treasure
  • “The spirit of Americana UK” – our writing team remembers Paul Kerr
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Interviews

Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
Interviews

Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

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Tracks

Track Premiere: The Black Denims “Ain’t All Roses”

March 22, 2023 0
A second premiere for the day and this time we’re really happy to feature the Glasgow based band The Black Denims.  They are the new project of singer songwriter August Saint-Giles who has gathered a crack […]
Album Reviews

Martyn Joseph “Troubled Horses”

November 5, 2025 1
The horses may be troubled, but Joseph remains steadfast as he wrestles with time, tenderness and truth. This is Martyn Joseph’s 28th studio album. Just let that number sink in for a moment. That is a […]
Videos

Video: The Hanging Stars “Honeywater”

October 31, 2017 0
The new single from London’s Hanging Stars is just lovely cosmic americana and the video matches it perfectly.  It all bodes very well indeed for their next album Songs For Somewhere Else, out on February 9th […]

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