Mark Whitfield

Merry Christmas to all our readers from the AUK team

December 23, 2024 Mark Whitfield 10

Well that’s it from us for this year. A huge thank you to you our readers for your ongoing support and sticking with us through the thick and sometimes thin. We are taking a much-needed break […]

Here are the results of the Americana UK Readers’ Poll 2024

December 23, 2024 Mark Whitfield 15

Well here they are – as always on our last day of publishing for the year, we can share with you the results of this year’s readers poll in which over 400 of you voted for […]

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Michael Weston King “Sally Sparkles” / Lou Dalgleish “The Empty Swing”

December 23, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

The americana community in the UK is fairly close-knit so many of you will know already that one of the little girls who died in Southport over the summer was Bebe King, the granddaughter of Michael […]

Something for the weekend: Paul Kelly “How to Make Gravy”

December 20, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for another weekend dear reader. As those of you who have ever had much to do with Australia may know (and hey we have some Aussie readers, morning comrades), 21st December is Gravy […]

Americana UK’s Top 20 albums of 2024: 10-1

December 20, 2024 Mark Whitfield 7

Yesterday we counted down numbers 20-11 in our top albums of 2024 and noted that we’ve been sent so much that it’s often difficult to keep up but that 2024 undoubtedly contained future classics which people […]

Michael Hurley “The Werewolf Song” – howls at the moon

October 2, 2026 0

The remarkable thing about today’s track, The Werewolf Song, is that it comes from the first album by Michael Hurley. Remarkable because it is a song of some rare depth, full of disturbing imagery, set to […]

Video Premiere: Afton Wolfe & The Snake Hunters “Slingshots”

October 2, 2026 0

Beginning with just woozy saxophone and Afton Wolfe’s strummed guitar, Slingshots builds steadily until it becomes the textured, frenetic high point of Wolfe’s live set. Afton Wolfe & The Snake Hunters command the stage, with Connor […]

Essentials: The Top Ten Songs That Name-Drop Other Artists: AUK Readers’ Choice

October 1, 2026 7

An Essentials occasional one-off feature, this one responding to our readers’ input. We ran a previous Essentials list which covered the top ten songs that name-drop other artists. As the title suggests, an artist mentions another […]

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