Mark Whitfield

Willie Nelson rides back home with new album – due June

April 30, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Legacy Recordings has announced the release of ‘Ride Me Back Home’, a new studio album by Willie Nelson due to land on Friday, June 21st. The album rounds out a trilogy about mortality that began in […]

Rick Shea announces UK solo tour

April 29, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Veteran California-based folk-Americana singer-songwriter and sideman of long repute Rich Shea has announced a May-June Ireland & UK solo tour, in support of his latest album ‘The Town Where I Live’. Dave Alvin said of Shea: […]

Neil Young announces new live album – Listen

April 29, 2019 Mark Whitfield 1

Neil Young has announced the release of a new live album from his archives, called ‘Tuscaloosa’. The album was originally recorded on February 5th, 1973 at the University of Alabama, and heralds from a particular Neil […]

Springsteen releases new track “Hello Sunshine” – Listen

April 29, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

We had news on Friday of Bruce Springsteen’s new album ‘Western Stars’ which is due out in June, and now we have the first taste of what to expect from it with the first single ‘Hello […]

Springsteen announces new studio album “Western Stars”

April 26, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Leaving you this weekend dear reader with news that Bruce Springsteen’s first new studio album in five years has been announced, which draws inspiration in part from the Southern California pop records of the late ‘60s […]

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

Willie Nelson rides back home with new album – due June

Rick Shea announces UK solo tour

Neil Young announces new live album – Listen

Springsteen releases new track “Hello Sunshine” – Listen

Springsteen announces new studio album “Western Stars”

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