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 […]

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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