Mark Whitfield

Steve Earle “The Randall Knife” – Listen

March 4, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

We’ve mentioned the new Steve Earle tribute album to Guy Clark a fair bit on the site recently, and there’s another offering now online from it, a terrific version of one of Guy Clark’s most personal […]

Listen to new Townes Van Zandt album in full

March 1, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for this week dear readers, and what a wretched one it’s been in various ways. We leave you anyway with something decidely not-wretched. The lovely people over at NPR Music are currently streaming […]

Ryan Adams UK and Ireland tour cancelled

March 1, 2019 Mark Whitfield 2

News travels fast since our story, er, half an hour ago. The Royal Albert Hall has just tweeted that “The Ryan Adams UK & Ireland tour has been cancelled. Full refunds to ticket purchasers from authorised […]

Ryan Adams fans in the UK speak out: “I won’t go whether I sell them or not”

March 1, 2019 Mark Whitfield 1

Interesting piece in The Guardian today following the overnight news that Ryan Adams has been dropped from 6 Music’s Festival, which speaks to a number of his fans about his forthcoming UK tour which is as […]

Todd Snider unveils new single “The Ghost of Johnny Cash”

February 28, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

It would have been Johnny Cash’s 87th birthday this week were he still with us and to celebrate the Man in Black, Todd Snider has released a new song entitled ‘The Ghost of Johnny Cash’ which […]