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Pharis & Jason Romero announce new album, due June

March 20, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Pharis and Jason Romero have announced the release of a new album ‘Bet On Love’ which is described as “a modern folk ode – to sentimental anchorings and to relationships between place, people and time”. Recorded […]

Nada Surf – Manchester Academy 3, 13th March 2020

March 19, 2020 Mark Whitfield 4

Nada Surf are one of those bands who occupy a distinct corner of americana in the broadest sense – at times they can sound like they’re nothing to do with the genre, their new album having […]

Various americana tours and festivals cancelled or postponed

March 19, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Well this will come as surprising news to precisely no-one but the tour and festival cancellations are coming in thick and fast in the light of restrictions around travel and public gatherings now in place across […]

AUK’s video for the weekend: Nada Surf “Whose Authority”

March 13, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

We leave you on this slightly surreal week dear reader with a song by New York’s Nada Surf at perhaps their most Teenage Fanclubby, taken from their 2008 album ‘Lucky’ which you will be if you’ve […]

Another one bites the dust – C2C 2020 postponed

March 13, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

We are and remain an americana site but realise that for many of our readers big hat/bro/mo country music is also a thing so it’ll be a disappointment to many that the UK’s biggest country music […]

For The Sake of The Song: Steve Forbert “Ebenezer’s Back In Town”

October 5, 2026 0

Steve Forbert arrived on the music scene in 1978 fully formed and alive with youthful energy and attitude. Fast forward nearly fifty years and he continues to make music that is consistently relevant and enjoyable. Touted […]

This is Lorelei “The Singer in My Band”

October 5, 2026 0

Deeply human songs with indie sensibilities and shades of bluegrass. This is Lorelei is the moniker used by singer-songwriter Nate Amos. He’s also in the experimental, indie pop band Water from Your Eyes, where he plays […]

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 […]

Articles by Mark Whitfield

Pharis & Jason Romero announce new album, due June

Nada Surf – Manchester Academy 3, 13th March 2020

Various americana tours and festivals cancelled or postponed

AUK’s video for the weekend: Nada Surf “Whose Authority”

Another one bites the dust – C2C 2020 postponed

For The Sake of The Song: Steve Forbert “Ebenezer’s Back In Town”

This is Lorelei “The Singer in My Band”

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”