Mark Whitfield

Something for the weekend: The Milk Carton Kids “The First Noel”

December 13, 2024 Mark Whitfield 2

Well that’s it from us for another week and we leave you dear reader with a track from our brothers from another mother(s) The Milk Carton Kids whose new album “Christmas in a Minor Key” landed […]

Something for the weekend: Ruston Kelly “Sand in My Boots”

December 6, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. If you’re an AUK supporter, your playlist (including our exclusive best of 2024 playlist) should be in your email box around 5pm. In the meantime, batten […]

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win a pair of tickets to UK Americana Week 2025!

December 6, 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 Chuck Prophet, Laura Marling, Paul Kelly, Clem Snide and […]

Something for the weekend: Lee DeWyze “Devil in the Details”

November 29, 2024 Mark Whitfield 1

Well that’s it from us for another week and we leave you dear reader with a song from the latest album by Illinois’ Lee DeWyze who was winner of the ninth season of American Idol but […]

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 latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Boulder Fields and Mary Gauthier

October 2, 2026 0

This week’s podcast sees Keith talking to two great songwriters. Cam Fraser of Boulder Fields, in the week of the release of Nothing Age, and Mary Gauthier, in the week of her release, Reckoning. Both very […]

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 […]

Articles by Mark Whitfield

Something for the weekend: The Milk Carton Kids “The First Noel”

Something for the weekend: Ruston Kelly “Sand in My Boots”

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win a pair of tickets to UK Americana Week 2025!

Something for the weekend: Lee DeWyze “Devil in the Details”

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

The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Boulder Fields and Mary Gauthier

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

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

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

Lawrence Rothman “Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust”