Mark Whitfield

Watch new Steve Gunn short anthology film

October 18, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

We leave you this week dear reader with a new short film from Steve Gunn which accompanies his record ‘Acoustic Unseen’ out on Matador Records last week, a new EP of intimate acoustic versions of songs […]

Larkin Poe announce UK dates for 2020

October 18, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Nashville-based sister duo Larkin Poe have announced a European Tour throughout May 2020. Following their sold-out show at London’s Islington Assembly Hall late last year and an appearance at Black Deer Festival this summer, Larkin Poe […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Ben Harper “Black Rain”

October 18, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Ellen DeGeneres is happy to call George Bush a friend as “sometimes you have to be kind to people you don’t agree with.” But what if it’s not so much their beliefs but the things they’ve […]

Trials of Cato and Brìghde Chaimbeul are winners at Radio 2’s Folk Awards

October 17, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

The winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019 were announced last night in a ceremony presented by Mark Radcliffe at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester as part of the Manchester Folk Festival, the whole thing being […]

Songs for the apocalypse: Spain “Hoped and Prayed”

October 16, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Josh Haden makes slooowwww music at the best of times, music which drips with atmosphere. I first came across his band Spain when a song of theirs was featured on the best TV series ever made© […]

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

Watch new Steve Gunn short anthology film

Larkin Poe announce UK dates for 2020

Pick of the Political Pops: Ben Harper “Black Rain”

Trials of Cato and Brìghde Chaimbeul are winners at Radio 2’s Folk Awards

Songs for the apocalypse: Spain “Hoped and Prayed”

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