Mark Whitfield

Something for the weekend: Passenger “A Song for the Drunk and Brokenhearted”

October 23, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. Passenger aka Mike Rosenberg, who headlined Black Deer 2018, hasn’t had a new album now since that same year’s ‘Runaway’ which was billed as his first […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Paul Kelly “Little Kings”

October 23, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

King of the Pops Mr Villers is currently away holidaying while observing social distancing in his back garden, and while his normal eloquence will return next week, in his absence we briefly turn to Australian singer-songwriter […]

Video: Rosanne Cash “Crawl Into The Promised Land”

October 22, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Rosanne Cash has released a new single ‘Crawl into the Promised Land’ featuring her husband and producer John Leventhal. It’s a topical song, in which she references the pandemic and Black Lives Matter amongst other issues. […]

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 […]

Some sad news to end the week with: Americana UK loses two of our best, Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson

October 2, 2026 11

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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