Mark Whitfield

Gillian Welch talks about Buster Scruggs Oscar nomination

January 23, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

RS Country have run a nice interview today with Gillian Welch who had a brief encounter with the world of the Academy Awards in 2000, when the Coen Brothers’ “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” was nominated for Best Adapted […]

Songs for the apocalypse: Darren Smith “Dogtown Mines”

January 22, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

It’s fair to say right now that the world has never seemed such a volatile place: with events in both the UK and the US (and beyond) making a complete meltdown at some point in the […]

Ryan Adams announces UK tour dates

January 22, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Well this is good news – inspired obviously by our story we posted last week reminding Ryan Adams of the time he fell off the stage and broke his arm during a gig, he has announced […]

New Caroline Spence album due in May, in the UK this week

January 21, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

It’s been two years now since from the release of Caroline Spence’s well received last album ‘Spades & Roses’, and she is now prepping the release of her third album ‘Mint Condition’, which will feature guest […]

Nicole Atkins announces UK tour for April

January 18, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

So yet again it’s the weekend dear reader, just in time for the most miserable day of the year. Cheer yourself up with news that Nashville crooner Nicole Atkins, who recently toured the UK with Mercury Rev, will […]

Video: The War On Drugs “Who’s That” – love outside of control

October 7, 2026 0

Who’s That is the latest atmospheric single from The War On Drugs. Typically hypnotic and immersive, the song is full of complex sonic textures, layers of sound that shift and grow and swell. The intensity builds […]

New release from Neal Casal archives due in November

October 6, 2026 0

Book Of Stories (Home Recordings 1998–2003) is a new 12-track collection of previously unreleased songs by Neal Casal, which will be released on 6th November 2026 via the Neal Casal Music Foundation/Blackwing Music/Royal Potato Family. The […]

“A lovely, thoughtful and humorous man” – Americana UK remembers Martin Johnson

October 6, 2026 1

Back in September 2019, I received an email after one of our semi-regular call-outs for new writers to join our team which said: “After 40 years in IT and process outsourcing I am current kicking my […]

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