Mark Whitfield

Something for the weekend: Icarus Phoenix “Gild (For J.W. Teller)”

March 25, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it for another week from us dear reader and we leave you with a new track from the forthcoming third album from Drew Danburry’s Icarus Phoenix project ‘Sometimes Our Shadow Gets in the Way’. We’ve […]

Something for the weekend: Sam Outlaw “Lonely Man”

March 18, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it from us for another week dear reader and we leave you with a new song from “SoCal country” artist Sam Outlaw who’s been fairly prolific of late – his new album ‘Popular Mechanics’ was […]

Something for the weekend: Frank Turner talks about why he’s singing songs for his transgender dad

March 11, 2022 Mark Whitfield 1

We thought dear reader we’d leave you with something a little different this week. Singer-songwriter Frank Turner never got on with his distant and disapproving father. Things got even worse between them when Frank discovered the […]

Something for the weekend: Phosphorescent “I’m A Mess”

March 4, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader and we leave you with a track from an amazing new idea from Matthew Houck’s country-rock band Phosphorescent called The Full Moon Project, so called because […]

Our new AUK supporters playlist is out today – win a copy of new book on Merle Haggard “The Hag”

March 4, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters including new tracks by The Delines, Anais Mitchell and Judy Collins among others, and […]

Some sad news to end the week with: Americana UK loses two of our best, Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson

October 2, 2026 5

We’re sorry to end this week with some sad news for regular readers which some of you will know already via social media. It’s been a very tough last few days for us as a team […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kyp Harness

October 2, 2026 0

Kyp Harness makes music on his own terms and has been doing it for 35 years. He is prolific, having put out 20 independent albums of storytelling and melody, with his latest (Lovely) released in April […]

artwork for Mistaken For Wayne album "Whitefish"

Mistaken for Wayne “Whitefish”

October 2, 2026 0

Musical pursuits in the heart of rural Canadian life. Not only outside the music industry but within its margins (much less frequently at its very core), there are those for whom music is one of several […]

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