Mark Whitfield

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see Dawn Landes live

June 6, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by Will Varley, Wednesday, The Minus 5, Herman Dune and […]

Why Americana UK is “banging on” about Palestine all the time

June 5, 2025 Mark Whitfield 21

And why we’re not intending to stop any time soon. Over the previous weekend, one of our writers forwarded me an email around keeping up the pressure on the government to immediately implement a full arms […]

Something for the weekend: Mariel Buckley “Vending Machines”

May 30, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader and we leave you with a new song by Canada’s Mariel Buckley who we have covered previously around these parts and whose latest single ‘Vending Machines’ […]

Something for the long weekend: Wednesday “Elderberry Wine”

May 23, 2025 Mark Whitfield 1

Well, that’s it from us for another week, and we leave you dear reader with a track from a band we haven’t featured previously here on AUK but, you know, they never call, they never write. […]

Something(s) for the weekend: Jason McNiff, Tobias Panwitz and The Milk Carton Kids

May 16, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well, that’s it from us for another week, and we leave you dear reader with not one but two new songs from artists very dear to our hearts here in AUK Towers. Firstly, longtime AUK friend […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Big Thief - Double Infinity
By Joe Nathan , 3 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
@paul-villers You old softy, Paul. Will you be wearing ...
By Martin Johnson , 7 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Howlin’ Wolf - Self-titled
By Joe Nathan , 7 hours ago
RE: J'accuse
No. The internet has turned into such a terrible place ...
By Joe Nathan , 8 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Rolling Stones - Out of Our Heads
By Joe Nathan , 8 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Despite being an evangelical atheist I'm quite looking ...
By Paul Villers , 11 hours ago
J'accuse
Oh just do one will you? Please? With patien...
By Paul Villers , 12 hours ago
RE: Versions!
This time around: songs featuring traffic noise. What? ...
By Paul Villers , 13 hours ago
RE: Dale Watson's 'Crazy Again' film
Here you go.
By A.Francis Tritico , 23 hours ago

The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: 7th = Jason Isbell “If We Were Vampires” (2017)

April 1, 2026 1

Four songs obtained the same number of points but have been split by the number of writers who voted for it. The same number of people (5) voted for this song as one other, but by […]

Maximiano “Rokeby”

April 1, 2026 0

Maximiano’s second release is an open-hearted, intimate reflection on suffering and change in a divided nation. Out of a ten-day dog-sitting stint in the countryside came Milwaukee-based singer-songwriter Maximiano’s second release: Rokeby. Rokeby is the name […]

Jonny Morgan & The Moral Support live cover

Live Review: Jonny Morgan & The Moral Support + Vic Allen, The Grace, London – 25th March 2026

April 1, 2026 0

A minute’s walk from the Highbury and Islington station is a two-storey venue where concerts take place almost daily. In front is a rambunctious queue, whose comments in Italian identify those awaiting as fans of the […]

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