Mark Whitfield

Something for the weekend: Charley Crockett “Game I Can’t Win”

March 21, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week and we leave you dear reader with a new video for a song from the new album by Charley Crockett “Lonesome Drifter” which we glowingly reviewed earlier this […]

Something for the weekend: Dean Owens “Spirito”

March 14, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week and we leave you dear reader with a short but sweet track from the new album from Scottish singer/songwriter and AUK poll winner on more occasions than we […]

Essentials: The top 10 Icarus Phoenix/Drew Danburry songs

March 13, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Editing an americana site for the last 24 years, one of the things I often get asked is the age old question “what is Americana?” and while not particularly having an answer, I commented on our […]

Video: The Attention Seekers “The Background Action Game”

March 11, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

We’re always happy to share new material from Newcastle’s Attention Seekers who have just realised a superb new song recorded in the Cluny Studios there. Lead singer Alan Fish told us: “Having personally worked in the […]

Something for the weekend: Artists for Action “Which Side Are You On?”

March 7, 2025 Mark Whitfield 1

Well that’s it from us for this week dear reader. In September of 2022 an international folk supergroup consisting of 16 artists (including Bruce Cockburn, Ani DiFranco and Martin Simpson) from six countries on four continents […]

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

Something for the weekend: Charley Crockett “Game I Can’t Win”

Something for the weekend: Dean Owens “Spirito”

Essentials: The top 10 Icarus Phoenix/Drew Danburry songs

Video: The Attention Seekers “The Background Action Game”

Something for the weekend: Artists for Action “Which Side Are You On?”

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”