Mark Whitfield

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see Mary Gauthier live

August 1, 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 Tift Merritt, Josh Ritter, Tyler Childers, Bright Eyes and […]

Preview: Chorley Americana Festival takes place next month

July 30, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

It’s always nice to support some of the smaller up and coming festivals celebrating homegrown americana – just like beers, micro is sometimes better! – and so following on from the success of the first of […]

Something for the weekend: Fruit Bats “Creature from the Wild”

July 25, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader and we leave you with a new song from the upcoming next album from Fruit Bats. In ‘Creature From The Wild’ singer-songwriter Eric D. Johnson muses […]

Video: The Attention Seekers “The Third Day of Spring”

July 23, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Newcastle’s Attention Seekers are back with a new song, which frontman Alan Fish wrote following his eldest daughter getting married in May. As he told us, “It was never my intention to write a ‘wedding – […]

Something for the weekend: Neal Casal “Someone Else’s Shoes”

July 18, 2025 Mark Whitfield 2

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader and we leave you with the second single to be released from the forthcoming Neal Casal archival album “No One Above You (The Early Years 1991–1998)”. […]

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0

It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

July 2, 2026 0

It would be strange to start things off by actually introducing Lucinda Williams, so let’s begin with a justification instead: Williams has been at it since her 1979 debut Ramblin’ Woman, though she only truly broke […]

artwork for Adam Beattie album "Home Fires Burning"

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

July 2, 2026 0

The hero’s journey echoed in the experiences of an everyman. It might be an exaggeration to say there are as many types of songwriters as there are songwriters, but then again, it might not. As well […]

Articles by Mark Whitfield

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see Mary Gauthier live

Preview: Chorley Americana Festival takes place next month

Something for the weekend: Fruit Bats “Creature from the Wild”

Video: The Attention Seekers “The Third Day of Spring”

Something for the weekend: Neal Casal “Someone Else’s Shoes”

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

Book Review: Amy Speace “To The Performer, The Singer–Songwriter’s Handbook”

Juana Everett “Past Lives in California”