Mark Whitfield

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see The Devil Makes Three live

May 9, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by Brown Horse, Kassi Valazza, Dawn Brothers, Mike Delevante, The […]

Something for the weekend: The Thrills “Say it Ain’t So”

April 11, 2025 Mark Whitfield 7

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. In our Back Pages feature this week which Paul Kerr lovingly pulls together from time to time he referenced a bonus track on one of our […]

Something for the weekend: Paul Kelly “Hello Melancholy, Hello Joy”

April 5, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week and we leave you dear reader with a new video from arguably the greatest singer-songwriter Australia has ever produced (with the possible exception of Barry Humphries). ‘Hello Melancholy, […]

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see Kate Rusby live

April 4, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by Alison Krauss & Union Station, Chris Eckman, Jade Turner, […]

Something for the weekend: Chappaquiddick Skyline “Hundred Dollar Pocket”

March 28, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. In the waning months of the previous millennia, Joe Pernice wrote and recorded what would become Chappaquiddick Skyline which New West Records have recently rereleased for […]

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0

It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

July 2, 2026 0

It would be strange to start things off by actually introducing Lucinda Williams, so let’s begin with a justification instead: Williams has been at it since her 1979 debut Ramblin’ Woman, though she only truly broke […]

artwork for Adam Beattie album "Home Fires Burning"

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

July 2, 2026 0

The hero’s journey echoed in the experiences of an everyman. It might be an exaggeration to say there are as many types of songwriters as there are songwriters, but then again, it might not. As well […]

Articles by Mark Whitfield

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see The Devil Makes Three live

Something for the weekend: The Thrills “Say it Ain’t So”

Something for the weekend: Paul Kelly “Hello Melancholy, Hello Joy”

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see Kate Rusby live

Something for the weekend: Chappaquiddick Skyline “Hundred Dollar Pocket”

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

Book Review: Amy Speace “To The Performer, The Singer–Songwriter’s Handbook”

Juana Everett “Past Lives in California”