Mark Whitfield

Video premiere: The Hanging Stars “Honeywater”

October 23, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

What better way to start your week than with this, the new single from London based quartet The Hanging Stars whose music has been described as “mainlining the dying embers of the early 70s psychedelic folk and […]

Tim Hart “I’d Do Well” – Listen

October 23, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Tim Hart from Aussie indie rock/folk band Boy & Bear has announced a new solo album “The Narrow Corner,” set for release on 2nd February, 2018 via Nettwerk. The lead single from the album is the catchy and melancholic […]

Margo Price: “We’re not going to allow things to revert back to the Fifties”

October 20, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

RS Country has a really interesting piece up today on Margo Price, where they chat to her about the forlorn state of the world and country music’s opportunity to do the right thing (preferably so we […]

Elliott Brood set for European spooktacular

October 20, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Which makes it sound like it starts on Halloween, which it doesn’t, their latest album is called “Ghost Gardens” though and it’ll be dark when you come out of all their European dates, which they’ve announced […]

Billboard: Americana in the UK is a thing

October 20, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Oh well, this will wreck our Google search result listings – what possessed them to use the terms “americana” and “UK” in the same headline? Billboard has an article today entitled “U.K. Americana Hits America, and Vice […]

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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0

Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]

Ringo Starr “Long Long Road”

April 22, 2026 0

Another valiant effort that proves one of Liverpool’s most famous exports can fit in comfortably in Nashville. If you’re ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, it’s got to be tough to feel like you’re always living in the shadow […]

Cajun Corner – catch ’em while they’re young!

April 22, 2026 0

We’re back! It has been some time since we posted a Cajun Corner article, but we’re resolved to be more proactive about bringing you news and updates on Cajun & Zydeco music, because we know there […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

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Interviews

Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0

Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

Interviews

Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0

Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]

Album Reviews

Kaia Kater “Strange Medicine”

June 25, 2024 0

Kaia Kater steps into the limelight with her baroque like folk stylings on a superb third album There’s a sense that Kaia Kater, a Canadian of Grenadian heritage is hitting the zeitgeist on “Strange Medicine”, her […]

Album Reviews

Justin Tipton & The Troublemakers “Burn These Bridges”

March 3, 2023 0

A good Southern rock record, but not distinctive enough to push it up above the attention parapet. Justin Tipton & The Troublemakers are a rock band from Dallas, TX comprising Tipton (vocals, guitar), Josh Vaughn (“slinging […]

Album Reviews

Israel Nash “Topaz”

April 8, 2021 0

The modern, vital heart of country soul beats right here. ‘Topaz’ is the seventh album by Israel Nash and it firmly benchmarks a significant step in his musical evolution. It has lost none of the expansive […]

Articles by Mark Whitfield

Video premiere: The Hanging Stars “Honeywater”

Tim Hart “I’d Do Well” – Listen

Margo Price: “We’re not going to allow things to revert back to the Fifties”

Elliott Brood set for European spooktacular

Billboard: Americana in the UK is a thing

Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

Ringo Starr “Long Long Road”

Cajun Corner – catch ’em while they’re young!

Kenny Shore “Happiness & Misery”

Austin singer-songwriter Alex Amen announces debut album for June