Mark Whitfield

Gate to Southwell roots festival announces 2017 line-up

April 24, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

The eleventh Gate To Southwell Festival has announced its line-up and it’s looking pretty ace. Running from Thursday June 8th to Sunday June 11th in rural Nottinghamshire, the festival headliners include the lovely Kate Rusby, and Jon Boden, […]

Aoife O’Donovan announces UK and Ireland dates

April 24, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Aoife O’Donovan, the artist with probably the highest vowel-consonant ratio of any modern performer, has songs which Mojo describes as “frequently sun-kissed and feather-light, but [they] often develop a dark beauty.” Her most recent album “In […]

NPR music streams new Willie Nelson album in full – Listen

April 21, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

So the end of another week, and another ace preview of a forthcoming album by the lovely people at NPR music, this time of the new album by perhaps the most prolific artist in country music […]

David Crosby on Trump and Ted Nugent: “what a pair of assholes”

April 21, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

You can always trust David Crosby to speak his mind and today is no exception. Spin reports: “This morning, the Nuge visited the Donald at the White House, along with the Bullgod and the Sarah Palin. […]

Chris Stapleton “Broken Halos” – Listen

April 21, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

So this is maybe a little more country than we usually “do” but hey, you can’t keep a good song down. Chris Stapleton’s new song, “Broken Halos,” premiered late last week and is the first track […]