Mark Whitfield

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 […]

BJ Barham: “Anything Americana is gonna have 50/50”

March 11, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

American Aquarium’s BJ Barham is featured in the latest Walking the Floor podcast courtesy of RS Country where he’s talking again with host Chris Shiflett about various things including today’s alt-country scene and the political allegiances […]

Maverick Festival 2019 adds further names to the line-up

March 8, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

We leave you this weekend dear reader with news of one of our favourite long-running americana festivals (one of the originals as it were) Maverick which takes place Friday 5th-Sunday 7th July at Easton Farm Park, […]

Songs for the apocalypse: Paul Kelly “Keep it to Yourself”

March 7, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Finding my way to americana was a long journey through the eighties but the beginning of the next decade on the other side of the world gave me a rush of music I’d never come across […]

Steve Earle, Emmylou and Crowell “Old Friends” – Listen

March 6, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

For the last few weeks, we’ve been covering the forthcoming Guy Clark covers album which Steve Earle and his Dukes will be releasing at the end of this month, and today we come to Clark’s 1988 […]

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

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

BJ Barham: “Anything Americana is gonna have 50/50”

Maverick Festival 2019 adds further names to the line-up

Songs for the apocalypse: Paul Kelly “Keep it to Yourself”

Steve Earle, Emmylou and Crowell “Old Friends” – Listen

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