Mark Whitfield

Amigo the Devil announces 2020 UK tour

December 19, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

If you have ever heard a room full of people yelling “I hope your husband dies” in some harmoniously sloppy, drunken unison, then you will have stumbled into an Amigo The Devil show. Danny Kiranos, better known […]

Songs for the apocalypse: Loudon Wainwright III “Christmas Morning”

December 19, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

I love this Christmas song. It’s typically sardonic Loudon, starting off with innocuous couplets like “Well the banks & the schools & the post office are closed, You can park where you please and you won’t […]

Americana UK writers choose their albums of 2019 – part two

December 19, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

It’s part two of our writers picks from 2019 where we collectively list the albums that made the biggest impact on us over the last 12 months. There’s one album repeated from yesterday’s list which I […]

Americana UK writers choose their albums of 2019 – part one

December 18, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

A week today it’ll be Christmas and you’ll open up that gift box of three different Lynx deodorants as you surreptitiously check to see what condition it’s in, in case you can regift it to someone […]

Brooke Annibale announces UK dates

December 18, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Singer-songwriter/guitarist Brooke Annibale has announced a new batch of European tour dates for early 2020. Her first-ever European tour, the dates begin on April 15th in the Netherlands and will see Brooke also playing shows in […]

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

July 10, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place across 2 stages in Liverpool at the end of November and features Chuck Prophet and […]

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

July 10, 2026 0

Willy Vlautin is well known as the chief songwriter of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, trading in beautifully written vignettes of the people who have generally fallen between the cracks of the American dream. These dark […]

Emmylou Harris, Mumford and Sons and Jerry Douglas

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

July 10, 2026 0

The evening before San Francisco’s 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival the Masonic Auditorium hosted a tribute concert to Emmylou Harris, the only artist to have graced the festival stages for each of its 25 years. During […]

Articles by Mark Whitfield

Amigo the Devil announces 2020 UK tour

Songs for the apocalypse: Loudon Wainwright III “Christmas Morning”

Americana UK writers choose their albums of 2019 – part two

Americana UK writers choose their albums of 2019 – part one

Brooke Annibale announces UK dates

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

Les Thomas “I Remember Everything”

Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring author and journalist Liz Thomson