Mark Whitfield

Lucy Rose is back – new album, new video, new tour dates!

January 11, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for our first week back – we need another holiday already, only 82 days till Easter! (or something) Leaving you this weekend dear beloved reader with news that Lucy Rose has announced the release […]

Josh Ritter is back with Jason Isbell produced record

January 11, 2019 Mark Whitfield 1

Rolling Stone Country have got a lovely little piece up today about Josh Ritter’s forthcoming new album which is more political than some of Ritter’s offerings to date, and which features the 400 Unit as his band. […]

Chatham County Line to release covers album – March

January 9, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Hailed by Paste magazine as ”bluegrass innovators,” Raleigh, North Carolina-based quartet Chatham County Line have announced the release of their eighth studio album, ‘Sharing The Covers’, due March 8th on Yep Roc Records. The video for the first single, Wilco’s “I […]

Three new Ryan Adams albums on the way this year

January 9, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

There was a time in years gone by when we used to write about Ryan Adams on AUK as much as we do about Neil Young now. He was our go-to guy, partly because he was […]

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January 5, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

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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 […]

Bap Kennedy “Above All, Love”

October 6, 2026 1

Timely release of demos from the late, great Bap Kennedy. In the history of all things Americana, one of the most tragic and sad pieces of news was when one of Ireland’s finest songwriters, Bap Kennedy, […]

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