Mark Whitfield

Rodney Crowell announces first UK tour in over a decade

October 31, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Legendary singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell will return to the international stage in spring 2026 for a run of UK and European headline shows, including a stop at London’s Union Chapel on Sunday 27th April. The tour marks […]

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 […]

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0

It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

July 2, 2026 0

It would be strange to start things off by actually introducing Lucinda Williams, so let’s begin with a justification instead: Williams has been at it since her 1979 debut Ramblin’ Woman, though she only truly broke […]

artwork for Adam Beattie album "Home Fires Burning"

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

July 2, 2026 0

The hero’s journey echoed in the experiences of an everyman. It might be an exaggeration to say there are as many types of songwriters as there are songwriters, but then again, it might not. As well […]

Articles by Mark Whitfield

Rodney Crowell announces first UK tour in over a decade

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

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

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

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

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

Book Review: Amy Speace “To The Performer, The Singer–Songwriter’s Handbook”

Juana Everett “Past Lives in California”