Mark Whitfield

Lucinda Williams discusses Trump and Tornadoes on new podcast – Listen

July 28, 2020 Mark Whitfield 1

Rolling Stone Country have posted a really interesting interview with Lucinda Williams who despite having a new album out has barely left her new home in East Nashville since the advent of the pandemic. RS calls […]

Something for the weekend: Buddy & Julie Miller with The McCrary Sisters and Steve Earle “Let It Rain”

July 24, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Another week, another… some form of currency that begins with W. (Wonga?) Hope it’s been a good one for you. If you can tear yourself away from Taylor Swift’s surprise new album for 5 minutes (which […]

Loudon Wainwright III returns with “I’d Rather Lead A Band”

July 24, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Loudon Wainwright III has unveiled his new album ‘I’d Rather Lead A Band’ which will be released on October 9th in the UK via Thirty Tigers. A collaboration with Vince Giordano and his band The Nighthawks, […]

Drew Danburry “Expulsion Papers Unearthed, For Micah Again or Forever”

July 23, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

AUK has had a longstanding love affair with the music of Drew Danburry and that’s about to blossom into its latest iteration with the release of not one but two new albums. ‘Icarus Phoenix’ is due […]

Steve Earle and Lucinda Williams discuss art and empathy

July 23, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

There’s a really interesting feature courtesy of the New Yorker when journalist Amanda Petrusich speaks to Steve Earle and Lucinda Williams together but remotely, chatting to them about “songwriting, the legacy of Bob Dylan, the cruelty […]