Mark Whitfield

Something for the weekend: Octoberman “Harry Nilsson”

August 15, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. It’s release day for the new Icarus Phoenix extended Deluxe version of “I Should Have Known the Things You Never Said” which contains almost four times […]

Want to write for Americana UK?

August 14, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

It’s time for one of our occasional reach-outs. AUK is seeking enthusiastic writers to join our team and review new albums and/or live shows in the UK. There is no remuneration, but there is a lot […]

Video: Paul Kelly “Rita Wrote a Letter”

August 14, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Paul Kelly has announced a new album, “Seventy”, which comes out on November 7th, and the first track to be taken from it has been a while in the making – it’s a follow-up to an […]

Something for the weekend: Margo Price “Losing Streak”

August 8, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, and we leave you with a new track from Margo Price who revisits her earliest days in Nashville on ‘Losing Streak’, sleeping off a three-day party […]

Video: Dug “Have At It” – a distinct and original take on contemporary folk

August 8, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Comprised of Californian multi-instrumentalist Jonny Pickett and Scottish-American artist Lorkin O’Reilly, whose solo work has quietly generated over 26 million Spotify streams, DUG have firmly established themselves as one of the most unique and relatable forces […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Despite being an evangelical atheist I'm quite looking ...
By Paul Villers , 2 hours ago
J'accuse
Oh just do one will you? Please? With patien...
By Paul Villers , 3 hours ago
RE: Versions!
This time around: songs featuring traffic noise. What? ...
By Paul Villers , 3 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Waylon Jennings - Dreaming My Dreams
By Joe Nathan , 21 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Esther Rose - Want
By Joe Nathan , 23 hours ago
RE: Joe Ely Has Died
@durks Thanks, Durks. I will definitely keep an eye out...
By Martin Johnson , 23 hours ago
Dale Watson's 'Crazy Again' film
Has anybody here ever see the film made by Zalman King ...
By durks , 23 hours ago
RE: Joe Ely Has Died
As a PS: I notice that a documentary is being made abou...
By durks , 23 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Donna the Buffalo - Life’s a Ride
By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: 7th = Jason Isbell “If We Were Vampires” (2017)

April 1, 2026 1

Four songs obtained the same number of points but have been split by the number of writers who voted for it. The same number of people (5) voted for this song as one other, but by […]

Maximiano “Rokeby”

April 1, 2026 0

Maximiano’s second release is an open-hearted, intimate reflection on suffering and change in a divided nation. Out of a ten-day dog-sitting stint in the countryside came Milwaukee-based singer-songwriter Maximiano’s second release: Rokeby. Rokeby is the name […]

Jonny Morgan & The Moral Support live cover

Live Review: Jonny Morgan & The Moral Support + Vic Allen, The Grace, London – 25th March 2026

April 1, 2026 0

A minute’s walk from the Highbury and Islington station is a two-storey venue where concerts take place almost daily. In front is a rambunctious queue, whose comments in Italian identify those awaiting as fans of the […]

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