Mark Whitfield

Got talent? Welcome to The Twang Factor Season 4

September 1, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Resuming a very successful series, The Twang Factor is back to find the best new and emerging americana acts. Get amped up! With the competition hotter than ever, AUK is accepting entries for the 4th season […]

Something for the weekend: Bright Eyes feat. Hurray for the Riff Raff “Dyslexic Palindrome”

August 29, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader – I am having a rare venture down to London to see Sam Russo tonight although I’m so tired I fully expect to fall asleep in […]

Something for the long weekend: Neal Casal “Running Wild”

August 22, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader – it’s been another week of trekking around the country for me and my little clan, this time to the chilly climes of Cambridgeshire where the […]

From the AUK Archive – Interview: Aimee Mann

August 19, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

If Stewart Lee is the comedian’s comedian, then Aimee Mann is the songwriter’s songwriter. The Oscar-nominated, Grammy-winning singer is a hugely observant student of human behaviour, drawing not just on her own experiences to form the […]

Something for the weekend: Octoberman “Harry Nilsson”

August 15, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. It’s release day for the new Icarus Phoenix extended Deluxe version of “I Should Have Known the Things You Never Said” which contains almost four times […]

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0

It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

July 2, 2026 0

It would be strange to start things off by actually introducing Lucinda Williams, so let’s begin with a justification instead: Williams has been at it since her 1979 debut Ramblin’ Woman, though she only truly broke […]

artwork for Adam Beattie album "Home Fires Burning"

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

July 2, 2026 0

The hero’s journey echoed in the experiences of an everyman. It might be an exaggeration to say there are as many types of songwriters as there are songwriters, but then again, it might not. As well […]

Articles by Mark Whitfield

Got talent? Welcome to The Twang Factor Season 4

Something for the weekend: Bright Eyes feat. Hurray for the Riff Raff “Dyslexic Palindrome”

Something for the long weekend: Neal Casal “Running Wild”

From the AUK Archive – Interview: Aimee Mann

Something for the weekend: Octoberman “Harry Nilsson”

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

Book Review: Amy Speace “To The Performer, The Singer–Songwriter’s Handbook”

Juana Everett “Past Lives in California”