Mark Whitfield

Lucinda Williams returns with new album “World’s Gone Wrong”

October 30, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Watch the performance video for the first single to be taken from it below. Three-time Grammy Award winner Lucinda Williams has announced details of a new album dealing with America’s socio-political chaos head-on, “World’s Gone Wrong”, […]

We’re relaunching Americana UK’s community forums – come and join us!

October 30, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

If you’ve been around these parts for a while you’ll remember that we used to have a lively community forum area, a place to discuss americana, discover new music and fix the world as it were. […]

Something for the weekend: The Broken Family Band “Happy Days are Here Again”

October 24, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. It’s the hope that kills you and a week is a long time in politics, etc. but it’s looking pretty positive for Mamdani? With headlines like […]

Something for the weekend: Margo Price with Billy Strings & Jesse Welles “Maggie’s Farm” (Live at Farm Aid 40)

October 17, 2025 Mark Whitfield 3

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. I found a new way to hate Spotify this morning. Woke up, went to the “Release Radar” playlist which appears on Fridays and saw the cover […]

Something for the weekend: Kashus Culpepper “Out of My Mind”

October 10, 2025 Mark Whitfield 1

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. Do check out our new weekly podcast presented by our very own Keith Hargreaves which we’ve had some lovely feedback on so far, thanks to those […]

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Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
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@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
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Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
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The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
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Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

May 15, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week, and bear with me dear reader with the track we’re leaving you with for the weekend which despite starting off sounding like we’ve veered into covering 90s-era Britpop, […]

Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty”

May 15, 2026 0

Americana legends celebrate 21st-century releases on latest career retrospective. Forty years in, the Cowboy Junkies remain one of the great under-the-surface bands in Americana: despite having a million-selling classic to their name, they rarely make best-of […]

Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community”

May 15, 2026 0

Patrick Joseph O’Connor’s Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community reclaims an overlooked part in American musicology. While places like Chicago, Memphis, and the Mississippi Delta often dominate the story of Blues, O’Connor suggests that […]

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