Mark Whitfield

Newport Folk Festival to release “John Prine and Friends Live At Newport Folk 2017” on vinyl

March 24, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

It’ll be a year soon since we lost one of the greats of country music, one of the first high profile casualties of the pandemic. Back in 2017, Prine was readying what would turn out to […]

Something for the weekend: Lucinda Williams “Save Yourself”

March 19, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for us this week dear reader. Hope you enjoyed our countdown of our top 10 americana albums of all time – don’t worry if you’re outraged by any of the choices, we’ll be […]

Danny and the Champs announce new live album “Los Campeones En Vivo”

March 19, 2021 Mark Whitfield 1

Hopefully it won’t be too long now before you can tut at someone in your favourite venue for breathing too heavily during a barely audible solo, but until then, soulful country-rockers Danny & The Champions of […]

CSNY announce 50th anniversary version of “Deja Vu”

March 19, 2021 Mark Whitfield 1

Rhino have announced the reissue of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s 1970 album ‘Déjà Vu’ as a five-disc deluxe set, which lands in May and looks from the press images to be very nice indeed. The […]

Watch Margo Price and Nathaniel Rateliff duet on CMT Crossroads

March 18, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Nathaniel Rateliff and his band the Night Sweats have joined Margo Price to play together on an upcoming episode of CMT Crossroads, and ahead of the show’s March 26th premiere date in the US, CMT have […]

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

October 2, 2026 10

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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