Mark Whitfield

Video: The Goat Roper Rodeo Band “Unwrap My Bones”

May 8, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Back when I used to promote americana you came across some lovely people and the ones who were let’s just say “higher maintenance”, but few were as nice as North Wales’ country-blues trio the Goat Ropers […]

Americana comes to Mallorca with Summer Pie!

May 3, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

If you’re looking at the weather forecast for this bank holiday weekend and wishing you were somewhere you could enjoy some great music while not needing to own a jumper in the next few weeks, God […]

New Bill Callahan album due June – UK dates too

May 3, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Rejoice! Bill Callahan’s late-phase hot streak continues with the announcement of his first record since 2013, ‘Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest.’ After its predecessor ‘Dream River’, Callahan’s life went through some changes including marriage and children, […]

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: […]

Big names combine as Rainbow Body to create environmentally focussed album

October 7, 2026 0

Rainbow Body is a new musical collaboration featuring Taylor Goldsmith and Griff Goldsmith (Dawes), Rick Mitarotonda (Goose), Eric Krasno (Lettuce, Soulive), Ross James (Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band), and Adam MacDougall (Chris Robinson Brotherhood, […]

The (Dixie) Chicks at Madison Square Garden, New York, 20th June 2003

Anniversary Cheers: The Chicks “Taking The Long Way” celebrates 20 years

October 7, 2026 0

The Chicks re-release their wonderful 2026 ‘comeback’ album on triple vinyl and streaming platforms, with extra tracks and demos. In 2006, after a four-year break (ostensibly for family and parenting reasons), The Dixie Chicks, as they […]

Live Review: My Darling Clementine, Hen & Chicken, Bristol – 1st October 2026

October 7, 2026 0

During the evening, Lou Dalgleish described some of the songs they were playing as “hard on the heart,” and they were, but there were also uplifting moments that proved the redemptive powers of music. Having lost […]

Articles by Mark Whitfield

Video: The Goat Roper Rodeo Band “Unwrap My Bones”

Americana comes to Mallorca with Summer Pie!

New Bill Callahan album due June – UK dates too

Willie Nelson rides back home with new album – due June

Rick Shea announces UK solo tour

Big names combine as Rainbow Body to create environmentally focussed album

Anniversary Cheers: The Chicks “Taking The Long Way” celebrates 20 years

Live Review: My Darling Clementine, Hen & Chicken, Bristol – 1st October 2026

Sally Jaye “You’ll Be Okay, Baby”

Kelly Hunt “Requiem for a Sleepless Night”