Mark Whitfield

Something for the weekend: Them Coulee Boys “I Am Not Sad”

November 22, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, a week in which it’s been good to see on a couple of occasions that justice is occasionally served. We leave you with the closing track […]

The Delines return with new album “Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom”

November 21, 2024 Mark Whitfield 2

Americana royalty Portland-based country-soul band The Delines have announced details of a new album “Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom” due out 14th February via Decor Records. Known for their character-rich storytelling and soulful Americana sound, the band […]

Something for the weekend: Massy Ferguson “Miles Away”

November 15, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. Massy Ferguson are an Americana band from Seattle who we’ve featured around these parts previously – they have a new album around the corner called “You […]

Something for the weekend: Pete Seeger “We Shall Overcome”

November 8, 2024 Mark Whitfield 1

Well what can you say about this week which hasn’t already been said? It sounds bleak to acknowledge it but the world feels like it’s on the precipice of some really dark times. Of course for […]

The American Dream is dead. Long live Americana.

November 6, 2024 Mark Whitfield 26

You know what? I would love to just not think about the United States any more. The whole continual psychodrama is just exhausting and I often think that’s it’s genuinely one of the last Western countries […]

Classic Clips: Joni Mitchell “Coyote”, Gordon Lightfoot’s home, 1975

July 3, 2026 1

No doubt some really clued up expert on the Rolling Thunder Revue can pinpoint the actual evening that this clip comes from, but enough to say that it is footage captured whilst Joni Mitchell was on […]

Cover art for Fruit Bats album The Landfill

Fruit Bats “The Landfill”

July 3, 2026 0

After a gap of a mere nine months, Eric D. Johnson returns with a new Fruit Bats offering – the americana world should rejoice. We really need to get something out of the way immediately. The […]

Hell in a Handcart – making a profit for “The Man”

July 3, 2026 0

“In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act” – George Orwell “Well I woke up this morning…” as legendary blues numbers are won’t to have it. Normally my next line would […]

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