Weary Ramblers

Weary Ramblers are an Iowa duo of songwriter Chad Elliott and multi-instrumentalist Kathryn Severing Fox, who began performing together in 2022. Elliott plays acoustic guitar and harmonica, and Severing Fox plays fiddle, viola and mandolin. They write their songs together, drawing on folk, Americana, blues and bluegrass.

The two met during the pandemic, when Severing Fox, a DownBeat award winner who had played in Celtic and jamgrass bands, started following Elliott's songwriting and recorded piano for one of his videos. Elliott grew up in Iowa and returned after years in Austin and California. He is also a painter.

Their self-titled debut came out in August 2024, recorded at Golden Bear with producer Bryan Vanderpool. The second album, Driftwood, followed in late 2025 and includes "Kentucky Never Seemed So Blue," with Sam Bush on mandolin. That song won the Overall Grand Prize and Best Country/Bluegrass Song at the 2026 International Acoustic Music Awards.

The duo also won the Solo/Duo category at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, where Elliott was named Best Guitarist, and took a Josie Music Award for Song of the Year in the Americana Duo/Group/Collab category, along with Silver Medals in the Americana and Duo categories of the 2026 Global Music Awards.