Mark Whitfield

Amanda Shires: “I’m just going to play music every day”

April 27, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

RS Country has a nice feature up at the moment on Amanda Shires’ fundraising ‘I So Lounging’ shows which have been broadcast live each evening over the last month and which feature her other half Jason […]

Rosanne Cash and John Paul White join forces for “We’re All In This Together”

April 27, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

John Paul White has teamed up with Rosanne Cash for the song ‘We’re All in This Together Now’ the melody for which was originally written by White for a now eerily prophetic set of lyrics which Cash […]

Something for the weekend: Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit “Dreamsicle”

April 24, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Another week done then in this crazy new world of ours dear reader – whatever a week is – and it’s been a good one for AUK at least as we had the most visitors we’ve […]

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 […]

Anniversary Cheers: Levellers “Levelling The Land” celebrates 35 years

October 5, 2026 0

Warner Music UK/Rhino release a 35th-Anniversary version of the classic sophomore album from the Levellers. Originally released in 1991 with that iconic opening “There’s only one way of life / And that’s your own”, the Levellers […]

Dom Flemons to release new album using Smithsonian’s collection of musical instruments

October 5, 2026 0

Dom Flemons, the GRAMMY Award-winning musician and music scholar, will release his new album Making American Music: The Smithsonian Sessions on 22nd January 2027 via Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Recorded in the Nicholas and Eugenia Taubman Hall […]

Laura Cortese “Lucky Water”

October 5, 2026 0

Low-key folk with beautiful vocals and evocative, atmospheric, sensuous words. Laura Cortese grew up in San Francisco and discovered folk music through the fiddle camps she attended. She has toured with artists including The Mountain Goats […]

Articles by Mark Whitfield

Amanda Shires: “I’m just going to play music every day”

Rosanne Cash and John Paul White join forces for “We’re All In This Together”

Something for the weekend: Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit “Dreamsicle”

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

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

Anniversary Cheers: Levellers “Levelling The Land” celebrates 35 years

Dom Flemons to release new album using Smithsonian’s collection of musical instruments

Laura Cortese “Lucky Water”

Live Review: First Aid Kit and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Albert Hall, London – 30th September 2026

Wynonna “Hear Me Now” – if only we could