Mark Whitfield

Something for the weekend: The Handsome Family featuring Allen Ginsberg “Hiway Poesy Painted Desert to Albuquerque”

February 5, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it for another week dear reader and we leave you for the weekend with a track from the new tribute album to Allen Ginsberg whose classic poetry collection “The Fall Of America: Poems Of These […]

Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy cover Leonard Cohen – Listen

February 3, 2021 Mark Whitfield 1

We’ve been covering the lockdown collaborations between old friends Bill Callahan and Will Oldham aka Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy for some time now, collaborations which have involved getting together with friends and covering other people’s songs, both […]

Margo Price covers John Prine with Swamp Dogg – Listen

February 2, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Margo Price and Swamp Dogg have both been covering John Prine’s songs for many years now, and combining their shared passion the duo teamed up for a socially distanced recording of ‘Sam Stone’, Prine’s 1970 standard […]

Neil Young announces release of “lost” album “Johnny’s Island”

February 1, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Neil Young has announced the release of a “lost” album from the 1980s, ‘Johnny’s Island’. The record will be released as part of the musician’s Archives project, which has seen him share a series of unreleased […]

A tribute to my beautiful lost mum, Pat Whitfield

January 27, 2021 Mark Whitfield 15

A week last Thursday the phone went at 7.45 in the morning, a call which I’ll never forget. My dad told me that in the middle of the night, my mum had completely out of the […]

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Something for the long weekend: Kacey Musgraves “Middle of Nowhere”

May 1, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t bought your tickets yet to Americana 25, our festival taking place in Liverpool at the end of November, we have sold out around half of […]

Don’t forget our Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more – join us in Liverpool in November!

May 1, 2026 0

As we head into the bank holiday weekend, we wanted to remind you about Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK, which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker […]

Artwork for Todd Albright Album "Blues for Dexter Linwood"

Todd Albright “Blues for Dexter Linwood”

May 1, 2026 0

Authentic pre-war country blues played by an acclaimed 12-string master. This is Albright’s fourth album of acoustic country blues, played finger-picked style on a 12-string guitar. An acknowledged master of this style of playing, Albright doesn’t […]

Articles by Mark Whitfield

Something for the weekend: The Handsome Family featuring Allen Ginsberg “Hiway Poesy Painted Desert to Albuquerque”

Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy cover Leonard Cohen – Listen

Margo Price covers John Prine with Swamp Dogg – Listen

Neil Young announces release of “lost” album “Johnny’s Island”

A tribute to my beautiful lost mum, Pat Whitfield

Something for the long weekend: Kacey Musgraves “Middle of Nowhere”

Don’t forget our Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more – join us in Liverpool in November!

Todd Albright “Blues for Dexter Linwood”

Live Review: Julian Taylor + Michelle Stodart, Water Rats, London – 16th April 2026

Big Love Car Wash announces first European, UK and Ireland Tour