Mark Whitfield

Buy Heartbreaker Mike Campbell’s new song and help feed America

April 24, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Mike Campell aka one of Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers has released a new song online ‘Lockdown’ – odd title, we’re not sure what it’s about? He’s releasing it to raise money for the charity Feeding America which […]

Songs for the apocalypse: Hugh Masterson “Lost and Found”

April 23, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Some of my songs I’m storing for my time capsule when the end of the world happens (as recent events have proven, it’s never too early to start doing this) hark back to my carefree childhood […]

Isbell lets indie stores sell new album a week early

April 23, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit album have got a new album out next month ‘Reunions’ which we have been tantalisingly drip-fed tracks from over recent weeks, but the wait is almost over, particularly if you […]

Black Deer 2020 is cancelled – but back next year!

April 22, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

We heard this week of the inevitable cancellation of more festivals, with most choosing to cancel instead of postpone to the autumn because of the continuing uncertainty around when public gatherings might be permitted again (and […]

Watch Willie Nelson and sons perform on Colbert

April 22, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Accompanied by his sons Lukas and Micah, Willie Nelson was the guest on an episode broadcast this week of ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’, playing ‘Hello Walls’ which Willie wrote for Faron Young’s 1961 album […]