Mark Whitfield

Black Deer Festival launch competition to find UK’s hottest new americana/country acts

March 19, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Black Deer appears to be the americana music festival everyone and their dog (or deer) is talking about this year and just to make matters even more exciting, the festival organisers have announced they’re launching a […]

Things are changing for Jerry Leger – first UK tour next month

March 19, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Canadian songsmith Jerry leger, a man who’s been described as “managing to channel the youthful vigour of Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Neil Young and Rick Danko, sometimes all within the same song” is set to release ‘Things […]

NPR streams new Courtney Marie Andrews for your delight

March 16, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Lovely, lovely NPR (Trump don’t like them, and my enemy’s enemy..) are today streaming the new album from Courtney Marie Andrews which we’ll have our own review of within the next week. They prelude the stream by […]

John Prine performs Tiny NPR Desk Concert – Watch

March 15, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

This is worth breaking up your morning toasted teacake and brew for, for 15 minutes. John Prine has performed a lovely little session for NPR in their Desk Concert series. Described by them as “an American […]

Maverick Festival add further names to 2018 line-up

March 14, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Following their 10th anniversary last year, the UK’s first major Americana festival has announced further additions to its 2018 line up, including an act who’ve been pitched as “the most talked about band in Memphis” Southern Avenue, […]

Laura Cortese “Lucky Water”

October 5, 2026 0

Low-key folk with beautiful vocals and evocative, atmospheric, sensuous words. Laura Cortese grew up in San Francisco and discovered folk music through the fiddle camps she attended. She has toured with artists including The Mountain Goats […]

First Aid Kit & the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, live at the Royal Albert Hall, London - 30th September 2026

Live Review: First Aid Kit and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Albert Hall, London – 30th September 2026

October 5, 2026 0

Almost exactly 12 years after First Aid Kit first played the Royal Albert Hall, they’re back at the same venue, this time with the 65-piece Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in tow, conducted by Erik Arvinder. Tickets went […]

Wynonna “Hear Me Now” – if only we could

October 5, 2026 0

Wynonna Judd has just released her latest album; it came out last Friday, and it is, she says, the most personal album of her career. For example, this single, which is about the complicated love, loss, […]

Articles by Mark Whitfield

Black Deer Festival launch competition to find UK’s hottest new americana/country acts

Things are changing for Jerry Leger – first UK tour next month

NPR streams new Courtney Marie Andrews for your delight

John Prine performs Tiny NPR Desk Concert – Watch

Maverick Festival add further names to 2018 line-up

Laura Cortese “Lucky Water”

Live Review: First Aid Kit and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Albert Hall, London – 30th September 2026

Wynonna “Hear Me Now” – if only we could

Video: Charlie Sherbourne & The Nightbirds “All I Ever Wanted”

Some sad news to end the week with: Americana UK loses two of our best, Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson