Mark Whitfield

“Country music can no longer hide its problems”

July 16, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

The latest issue of The Atlantic has a very interesting piece on how country as a genre has been famously resistant to change but this has been upended by the pandemic and protests around Black Lives […]

The show goes on: Red Rooster 2020 is happening

July 15, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Well there’s a turn up for the books. After looking like cancellation was a near certainty along with every other festival this year, the organisers of the roots festival Red Rooster have announced that the festival […]

Something for the weekend: The Avett Brothers “Victory”

July 10, 2020 Mark Whitfield 1

Another week in the life of AUK passes by like sand through a pair of glasses. I had an interesting conversation with AUK reader Barry Cooke this week about The Avett Brothers and how some fans […]

Songs for the apocalypse: Woodpigeon “Redbeard”

July 9, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Last week in this column I featured the band The Young Republic who were one of the first and only releases on the End of the Road record label. The same year I saw them was […]

Lucinda Williams performs “A Man Without a Soul” – Watch

July 6, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Lucinda Williams is the latest artist over in the US to contribute a song to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’s #PlayAtHome series, performing last week ‘A Man Without a Soul’ which is taken from her […]

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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