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In case you missed it: A UK festival announcement round-up.

January 17, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Just before Christmas, 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 office parties, desperate gift wrapping, and dodging ‘Last […]
Live Reviews

Festival Review: Red Rooster Festival, Euston Hall, Suffolk, 27th-29th August 2021

September 3, 2021 Oliver Gray 0
Our roving reporter, Oliver Gray, gets back into the field as music opens up. After a six-hour in-depth review of the M25, we arrived to the strains of Iraina Mancini, with a surprising and reassuringly old-fashioned […]

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Iron & Wine announces “Hen’s Teeth (Deluxe edition)”

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Damien Dempsey “Holywell”

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The latest AUK Podcast is now available featuring MMJ’s Jim James on being Wowed Out

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Video: Prinz Grizzley “Put Me Down (A Foreign Man)” – a paradise of peace and quiet

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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 0
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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Iron & Wine announces “Hen’s Teeth (Deluxe edition)”

August 28, 2026 0
Iron & Wine aka Sam Beam has announced the release of Hen’s Teeth (Deluxe Edition) due out 22nd September from Sub Pop. This expanded edition features six new recordings in total: four previously unreleased songs along […]
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Damien Dempsey “Holywell”

August 28, 2026 0
Excellent new versions of Irish folk songs that keep the flame of Irish history and pride alive. Damien Dempsey is a well-known Irish folk musician who has supported, for example, Sinead O’Connor, Bob Dylan and The […]

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  • Video: Prinz Grizzley “Put Me Down (A Foreign Man)” – a paradise of peace and quiet
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 0
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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Darlingside, Cecil Sharp House, Camden, London, 21st November 2019.

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The English Folk Dance and Song Society are based in Cecil Sharp House, a large yet somewhat unassuming building in a quiet back street of Camden, North London. Opened in 1930, it is named after the […]
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Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves “Hurricane Clarice”

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Accomplished roots duo evoke the Carter family on matrilineal inspired album ‘Hurricane Clarice’ – the new album from Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves – is a collection of fiddle and banjo led roots songs, many […]
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Video: The Washington Squares “Everybody Knows”

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A retro moment from the late lamented Washington Squares, whose Tom Goodkind has put together a new album, Monsters of Folk, covering their 1983-1985 recordings, which is out now.

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