Mark Whitfield

Interview: Passenger on writing in lockdown, his new album and how 2020 changed him

January 7, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Not content with headlining Black Deer 2018 and having a number one album on the UK americana charts in the same year, Passenger aka Mike Rosenberg also has the 24th most viewed YouTube video of all […]

Happy new year and welcome to the new look Americana UK

January 6, 2021 Mark Whitfield 8

Apologies for the longer than anticipated pause, Gremlins is a Christmas movie after all. Happy new year dear reader, hope you had a good one despite the unusualness of it all. While you’ve been watching repeats […]

Video: Sturgill Simpson “Life of Sin” – Live on Fallon

January 6, 2021 Mark Whitfield 1

Sturgill Simpson performed a bluegrass version of his 2014 track ‘Life of Sin’ on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show earlier this week. Sturgill and his backing band delivered the song from the legendary Station Inn in Nashville, […]

A peaceful Christmas to all our readers from Americana UK

December 24, 2020 Mark Whitfield 2

Well that’s it for us for another year dear reader. It almost feels trite now to comment on the bizarre/awfulness of 2020 but hopefully we’ll look back on this in another 12 months time and think […]

Here are the results of 2020’s Americana UK readers poll

December 23, 2020 Mark Whitfield 2

There are 2 days until the weirdest Christmas on record, the votes have been counted and there are no legal challenges we’re aware of (yet) – so we can now announce the results of this year’s […]

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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