Mark Whitfield

“Outlaw Music Festival Tour” announced with the best line-up ever

April 12, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Imagine if you will your dream line-up for a single night out and it probably doesn’t get much better than this. Oh for Star Trek style transporters. RS Country reports: “Willie Nelson is assembling a genre-defying […]

Joe Innes & The Cavalcade: “Moscow” – Listen

April 12, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

The new single from Joe Innes and the Cavalcade comes from their upcoming album ‘Foreign Domestic Policy’, and has been described as “post-Brexit indie.” It is a document of Joe’s life as it currently is, on both […]

New Ani Di Franco album due out June, UK dates

April 11, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Singer-songwriter-activist Ani DiFranco has announced her twentieth studio album “Binary” which is set to hit stores and the interweb on June 9th. The iconic singer/songwriter/ activist/poet/DIY trendsetter returns to territory that brought her to the world’s […]

RS Country streams entire Chris Shiflett album ahead of release

April 11, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

This is becoming a bit of a habit but a welcome one! RS Country reports: “A case could easily be made that Chris Shiflett is the busiest (and most hyphenated) man in rock & roll. However, […]

Stream new Sam Outlaw album ahead of its release – Listen

April 10, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

It’s not out until this Friday but the wonderful NPR Music have made Sam Outlaw’s new album available in its entirety to stream now. Stop what you’re doing for 42 minutes and click play. (Actually you can […]

Jake Bugg announces a fortnight of intimate record store appearances

October 2, 2026 0

To celebrate the release of his new album Alamo, which will be released on 13th November 2026 on Thirty Tigers, Jake Bugg has announced he will celebrate the release with a run of November in-store dates. […]

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Classic Clips: Chris Hillman “Turn! Turn! Turn!” – Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, 2017

October 2, 2026 0

In another part of the AUK jungle, I’ve been reading Chris Hillman’s autobiography, Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito Brother and Beyond, for an upcoming Paperback Riders article. And it gave me reason to […]

The Oystermen “Darn Tootin”

October 2, 2026 0

Brooklyn-based The Oystermen raise the mood with a set of energetic, infectious good-time tunes that are guaranteed to put a smile on your face. The Oystermen describe themselves as “a trumpet-and-guitar Americana band from Brooklyn that […]

Articles by Mark Whitfield

“Outlaw Music Festival Tour” announced with the best line-up ever

Joe Innes & The Cavalcade: “Moscow” – Listen

New Ani Di Franco album due out June, UK dates

RS Country streams entire Chris Shiflett album ahead of release

Stream new Sam Outlaw album ahead of its release – Listen

Jake Bugg announces a fortnight of intimate record store appearances

Classic Clips: Chris Hillman “Turn! Turn! Turn!” – Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, 2017

The Oystermen “Darn Tootin”

Our new supporters playlist is out today – win a pair of tickets to 2027’s Cambridge Folk Festival

Live Review: Joe Martin + Maggie May Treanor, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 26th September 2026