Mark Whitfield

Interview: Black Deer Festival’s Gill Tee and Debs Shilling

May 9, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

One of the most exciting events this year for the world of Americana in the UK takes place towards the end of next month. Black Deer is basically everything you want from a festival – frighteningly […]

Carousel announce UK autumn dates

May 9, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Carousel’s music has been described as an “eclectic blend of Indie-Americana [which] exudes influences such as the lyrical power of Bob Dylan and the energy and delivery of The Lone Bellow” and you can find out […]

Alessi’s Ark announces UK dates – animals only welcome in pairs

May 8, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

‘Love Is The Currency’ is the fourth studio full-length from Alessi’s Ark, arriving over four years on from the last album ‘The Still Life’ which garnered some rather nice reviews back in 2013. Alessi started writing […]

New Graham Nash retrospective due June

May 4, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

We leave you for the bank holiday weekend dear reader with news that Rhino is releasing a new retrospective of Graham Nash’s work on June 29th in advance of his UK tour dates in July. ‘Over […]

Video premiere: Killing Cartisano “Let Me Go”

May 4, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Killing Cartisano aka Italian songwriter Roberta Cartisano releases her new single ‘Let Me Go’ today which follows hot on the heels of ‘The Drunk Man’ and is a preview to her forthcoming new album, to be released […]

Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK

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Correction: The original version of this story described James Taylor as arriving in the UK next week, when as one of our readers has pointed out in the comments, he’s already played Scotland and is in […]

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”

July 15, 2026 0

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow proves that Democracy is strongest when it is diverse. It’s hard to pin down Whiskey Treaty Roadshow. They are all over the map, stylistically, and as a collective. Over the course of more […]

Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026

July 15, 2026 0

And it’s off to another new venue in London, prestigiously located at Olympia in one of those surprisingly hard to get to parts of London. Few are the venues that feel the need to post outlying […]

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