Mark Whitfield

Something for the weekend: Darlingside “Green + Evergreen (Distantly Social Sessions)”

November 6, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it from us for another week dear reader, as many of us settle down for a locked down weekend with Netflix or maybe Sky Arts if you’re feeling adventurous. We might even know who the […]

Barry Gibb announces new album featuring Isbell, Krauss, Welch and Rawlings – Listen

November 6, 2020 Mark Whitfield 2

And we bet you never thought you’d see that headline. Bee Gees frontman Barry Gibb has announced a new album titled ‘Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1.’ The record is inspired by Gibb apparently being […]

Springsteen is first artist to have top 5 album over 6 decades in US

November 4, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Letter to You’ hit the charts on both sides of the Atlantic last week, hitting indeed the number one spot here despite being nudged into the number two spot in the Billboard Top 200 […]

Steve Earle to be inducted into Songwriters’ Hall of Fame

November 4, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Steve Earle was announced Monday as a 2020 inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame — although his honours and those of everyone else inducted this year will have to wait a while because of […]

The Avett Brothers “This Land is Your Land”

November 2, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

We are unusually posting something in the evening so it makes the Mailchimp email for Tuesday – no reason why, ahem. ‘This Land is Your Land’ was of course originally penned by Woody Guthrie in 1940, […]