Mark Whitfield

Massy Ferguson set to divide the UK next month

June 10, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Seattle based americana quartet Massy Ferguson have announced a series of UK dates including festival appearances at Maverick and Summer Tyne. For more than a dozen years, the band have planted their boots on both sides […]

Brandi Carlile and Emmylou Harris perform Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel” – Watch

June 7, 2019 Mark Whitfield 3

We leave you this wet weekend dear reader with something fairly special. Earlier this week Brandi Carlile played a headlining show in her home state of Washington called ‘Echoes Through the Canyon’ which included performances by […]

Songs for the apocalypse: Witness “My Time Alone”

June 6, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Back in 2002 when Americana UK was one years old, we held a mini-festival at the Masque venue in Liverpool which celebrated the best of UK americana. Thanks to my shambolic organisational skills, the event over-ran […]

Jesse Malin records album with Lucinda Williams – Listen

June 3, 2019 Mark Whitfield 1

This is quite exciting for last thing on a Monday afternoon. Jesse Malin has announced ‘Sunset Kids’, his first studio album in four years, to be released August 30th and produced by Lucinda Williams. Engineered by […]

Al Festo returns for 2019 – free americana in Colchester!

June 3, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Free americana is always a good thing (well, maybe not if you’re a musician) and in that spirit the Al Festo festival which takes place at the Sun Inn, Dedham, Colchester is returning for a fifth […]

David Allan Coe (9/6/1939 - 4/29/2026)
David Allan Coe was certainly a controversial figure, b...
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RE: Versions!
You know those songs that you know and that song become...
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RE: My First Record Player
I don't remember the brand of my first record player sa...
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Beverley Martyn
I see that Beverley Martyn has died which is sad. I rat...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
(The Life and Times of) Johnny Moonshine by Boston trio...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Whiskeytown - Pneumonia (vinyl) The Civil Wars - Live...
By Peter Thompson , 6 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Gang of Four Entertainment!
By Joe Nathan , 6 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
@joe-nathan A much overlooked album
By Martin Johnson , 7 days ago

Jesse Malin at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis 10th November 2019

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Jesse Malin

April 29, 2026 0

New Yorker Jesse Malin began his performing career in the New York hardcore band Heart Attack, before assuming the role of vocalist of glam punk band D Generation. Between 1994 and 1999 D Generation released three […]

Mildred “Fenceline”

April 29, 2026 0

Sensitive sounds carry poetic lyrics and encourage deeper reflections on meaning. Mildred is a four-piece band from Oakland, CA, with members: Henry Easton Koehler (vocals, guitar), Jack Schrott (vocals, guitar), Matt Palmquist (vocals, bass, woodwinds) or […]

Folk Tracks Roundup – April 2026

April 29, 2026 0

We’re heading towards the Summer now, May Day falls this week, and the obvious thing would be to offer you, valued reader, a swathe of music that touches on those themes of rebirth and the explosion […]

Articles by Mark Whitfield

Massy Ferguson set to divide the UK next month

Brandi Carlile and Emmylou Harris perform Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel” – Watch

Songs for the apocalypse: Witness “My Time Alone”

Jesse Malin records album with Lucinda Williams – Listen

Al Festo returns for 2019 – free americana in Colchester!

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Jesse Malin

Mildred “Fenceline”

Folk Tracks Roundup – April 2026

Rock legend Lenny Kaye to release debut solo album at 79

Natalie Jane Hill “Hopeful Woman”