Mark Whitfield

Something for the weekend: Hudson Freeman “If You Know Me”

November 21, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader and we leave you with a brand new song from Broolyn-based Hudson Freeman. Born to Evangelical missionaries, Freeman started writing songs upon a radical break at the […]

Something for the weekend: Aimee Mann “Rainy Days and Mondays”

November 14, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader as we head down to a little village called Parwich for a little sojourn in atrocious driving conditions, we will be listening to this week’s edition […]

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “Dustland”

November 7, 2025 Mark Whitfield 3

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, a week of good news for once with Mamdani winning in New York (actually we had Catherine Connolly in Ireland last week – what is going […]

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see Tommy Emmanuel live

November 7, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

We’re also giving away a copy of the new Paul Kelly album “Seventy” out today! Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK […]

Something for the weekend: Caamp “Porchswing”

October 31, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. Happy Halloween! If you haven’t perused our new community forums yet then please do drop in and say hello, it’s our social experiment to see if […]

Essentials: The Top Ten Songs That Name-Drop Other Artists: AUK Readers’ Choice

October 1, 2026 3

An Essentials occasional one-off feature, this one responding to our readers’ input. We ran a previous Essentials list which covered the top ten songs that name-drop other artists. As the title suggests, an artist mentions another […]

Artwork for Lawrence Rothman album Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust "

Lawrence Rothman “Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust”

October 1, 2026 0

Powerful confessional lyrics drive Lawrence Rothman’s journey to the dark side of Americana. For their fifth album, Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust, Lawrence Rothman has brought an ‘A‘ list of collaborators, including Madi Diaz, […]

Petunia live at the Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham - 24th September 2026

Live Review: Petunia (solo without The Vipers), The Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham – 24th September 2026

October 1, 2026 0

The Kitchen Garden Café in King’s Heath, Birmingham, makes you glad people still believe in putting good music in small rooms. Attached to a restaurant and garden centre by day, it becomes an intimate music venue […]

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