Mark Whitfield

Video premiere: Drew Danburry “Mediocrity, For Micah Dahl Anderson”

December 6, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

We leave you this week dear reader with something very special indeed. Sometimes a song comes along that just blows you out of the water and this is one such moment. Drew Danburry owns and runs […]

First names announced for the 14th Gate to Southwell Festival

December 5, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Nottinghamshire’s international roots music festival Gate to Southwell has announced the first names for its 2020 line-up, which includes English folk supergroup Show of Hands, Spain’s Anxo Lorenzo Band, Folk Award 2019 stars The Breath, Glasgow-based […]

Songs for the apocalypse: Toad the Wet Sprocket “Something’s Always Wrong”

December 4, 2019 Mark Whitfield 1

In what feels like another lifetime ago these days, I lived in Sydney for a year after I left school, and one night after coming home from a late shift at the restaurant I worked in […]

Another reminder to vote in this year’s Americana UK readers poll!

December 2, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

The votes are still trickling in for our poll of the year and while trickles are normally better than floods, in this instance your favourite artist might not be getting the exposure they deserve because YOU […]

AmericanaFest 2020 – over 75 artist head to London next month!

December 2, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

We’ve already covered 2020’s AmericanaFest which returns to the UK at the end of January next year, and now details are emerging of the array of artists who’ll be playing the festival which is, er, extensive […]

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

Video premiere: Drew Danburry “Mediocrity, For Micah Dahl Anderson”

First names announced for the 14th Gate to Southwell Festival

Songs for the apocalypse: Toad the Wet Sprocket “Something’s Always Wrong”

Another reminder to vote in this year’s Americana UK readers poll!

AmericanaFest 2020 – over 75 artist head to London next month!

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”