Mark Whitfield

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see Jerry Leger live

March 7, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by The Delines, Jason Isbell, Holly Lovell, Rhona Macfarane, Patterson […]

Something for the weekend: Alison Krauss & Union Station “Granite Mills”

February 28, 2025 Mark Whitfield 2

Well that’s it from us for this week, Fridays have basically become the most exciting day of the week because you get a new episode of Severance. It’s given us some ideas for our writing team, […]

Playing on the Farm 2025 aka Dancing to the Dead is on the way

February 28, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

60 years on from the Grateful Dead’s first incarnation as the Warlocks it may surprise many aficionados of the Great American Songbook to know there is a thriving Deadhead scene this side of the water – […]

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “Joel Roberts”

February 21, 2025 Mark Whitfield 1

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader and we leave you with a track from a new to these pages 22 year old artist called Truman Sinclair whose debut album “American Recordings” was […]

Only Child “That Fateful Day” – experiencing the grace grief can bring

February 18, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

We are always happy to support local acts around these parts, and so we’re delighted to share that Only Child have dropped the final song before their long-awaited fifth album lands in March. ‘That Fateful Day’, […]

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

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see Jerry Leger live

Something for the weekend: Alison Krauss & Union Station “Granite Mills”

Playing on the Farm 2025 aka Dancing to the Dead is on the way

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “Joel Roberts”

Only Child “That Fateful Day” – experiencing the grace grief can bring

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”