Mark Whitfield

Songs for the apocalypse: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers “Walls”

October 21, 2020 Mark Whitfield 4

It would have been Tom Petty’s 70th birthday yesterday and although a lot of the focus at the moment is on his 1994 solo record ‘Wildflowers’ due to its rerelease (we have a lovely piece on […]

Something for the weekend: Toad the Wet Sprocket “Starting Now”

October 16, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for another week dear reader, and we leave you from the most locked-down place in the country (or at least England) with the first video and title track from the forthcoming new album […]

Sturgill to release first bluegrass album

October 15, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Sturgill Simpson has announced the release of his first solo bluegrass album, ‘Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions’ which comes out today. Or tomorrow, whichever way you look at his Instagram post on it. […]

Watch Isbell and Shires cover John Prine’s “Storm Windows”

October 14, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have been playing several fairly rainy nights of socially distanced performances at the Caverns venue in Pelham, Tennesse which concluded on Sunday night, but the previous night’s show took place […]

Something for the weekend: Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit “Only Children”

October 9, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it from us for another week dear reader, and we leave you with something fairly stunning from Jason Isbell and his band who’ve released a rare video for one of the tracks from their most […]