Mark Whitfield

Something for a random Tuesday in November: Chuck Prophet “Get Off the Stage”

November 5, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

Posted without comment other than to say we are thinking of our American friends today. We will see you on the other side (maybe). Thanks to Keith for this recommendation.

Something for the weekend: Lucinda Williams “Something”

November 1, 2024 Mark Whitfield 7

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. AUK has been on its travels to Malmo and bumped into longtime AUK friend and sometimes writer Fiona Winders – hello Fiona! – and it was […]

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – Win a pair of tickets to see a Transatlantic Sessions show!

November 1, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by Danny and the Champs, Dawes, Chuck Ragan, Amy Speace, […]

Something for the weekend: Merce Lemon “Blueberry Heaven”

October 25, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader and we leave you with another superb track from one of my own personal albums of the year by Pitsburgh-based Merce Lemon “Watch Me Drive Them […]

Something for the weekend: Hannah White “Safety From Harm”

October 18, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it from us for another week and we leave you dear reader with a powerful new song from Hannah White, “Safety from Harm” which feels more resonant than ever after the horrific footage of tents […]

Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

July 3, 2026 1

Simon Lamont’s contribution to our americana stories is called Americana. And it covers one of our core topics, what is americana, and why isn’t it country? Simon Lamont is an Irish writer and designer (graphic/web/garden) who […]

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 […]

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