Mark Whitfield

NPR post Kaia Kater Tiny Desk Concert – Watch

March 15, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Leaving you this weekend dear readers with news that NPR have just posted the latest in their brilliant small but perfectly proportioned Tiny Desk Concerts, this time with Kaia Kater whose way with a banjo can […]

Strands of Oaks perform with Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires – Watch

March 15, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

We have a veritable smorgasbord of videos for you today but this one is worth a watch – evolving indie rock outfit Strand of Oaks performed live on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert with a […]

The Long Road Festival announces its 2019 line-up

March 14, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Following the success of the first Long Road festival last year, the 3-day “music and lifestyle” event will return to Stanford Hall in Leicestershire this summer. Running from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th September, the festival […]

Songs for the apocalypse: Fruit Bats “From a Soon to be Ghost Town”

March 13, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Occasionally, very occasionally, you come across a song where the first time you hear it you know it’s going to be one of those Desert Island Disc tracks which stays with you for the rest of […]

The Waterboys are back with a new album, single – Listen

March 12, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

The Waterboys have announced the release of a new album ‘Where The Action Is’ which comes out in the UK on May 24th via Cooking Vinyl. Its title is apparently inspired by the chorus of Robert […]

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

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

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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”

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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

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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

NPR post Kaia Kater Tiny Desk Concert – Watch

Strands of Oaks perform with Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires – Watch

The Long Road Festival announces its 2019 line-up

Songs for the apocalypse: Fruit Bats “From a Soon to be Ghost Town”

The Waterboys are back with a new album, single – Listen

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”