Mark Whitfield

Happy Christmas from all of us at Americana UK

December 21, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s a wrap from us for this year dear AUK readers. Thanks for all your support over the last 12 months, whether it’s been being a monthly supporter, subscribing to our daily email or just […]

The 2018’s Americana UK readers’ poll results are here!

December 21, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

So here we go again – the last day of term and it’s prize day at Americana UK Towers. It was a classic year for americana in the UK, a year in which you actually had […]

Americana UK writers pick their albums of 2018

December 20, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Once upon a time we used to do a “Top 10” list of our favourite stuff from the last year, but we used to all fall out, on several occasions it came to blows and three […]

Tom Russell announces new album “October in the Railroad Earth”, UK dates

December 19, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

American troubadour Tom Russell, once described by Rolling Stone as “The greatest living folk-country songwriter” has announced a new album ‘October in the Railroad Earth’ confusingly not out in October but on March 15th via Proper Records.

RS Country publishes its best americana and country albums from 2018

December 18, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Obviously the world’s media are sitting on tenterhooks at the moment waiting for our writers’ and readers’ best of the past year, which will be published later this week on Thursday and Friday respectively, but if […]

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, […]

Interviews

Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0

The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]

Interviews

Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2

Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

Tracks

Track Premiere: Wes Charlton “Snow Covered Cars”

July 12, 2018 1

Wes Charlton is gearing up to release his latest album, ‘Morning Stars‘, on September 28th. It’ll be his third full length solo release, and ‘Snow Covered Cars‘ is the lead single. There’s a classic rock feel […]

Live Reviews

I’m With Her, Bush Hall, London, 30th January 2018

February 6, 2018 0

In the intimate setting of Bush Hall, I’m With Her (Sarah Jarosz, Sara Watkins and Aoife O’Donovan) gathered around a single microphone; the only amplification used during the show, and opened their show with Little Lies […]

Album Reviews

Malachi Vale “Swan Song” (Maisonnette, 2017)

August 15, 2017 0

Machai Vale is the pseudonym of Marc Gagnon, a Montreal native whose previous recorded output was with alt-punk-country-swing (it says here) outfit, Pipo Fiasco. Having no idea what alt-punk-country-swing is, it was hard to know what […]

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