Mark Whitfield

Something for the weekend: Blitzen Trapper “Millions of Billions”

November 24, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for this week – apologies for the site gremlins again, you’d think with Christmas coming up they’d have other fish to fry. We leave you anyway dear reader with a new […]

Sheryl Crow announced as first headliner for Black Deer 2024

November 23, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Sheryl Crow has been around for an eternity since her favourite mistake not making her happy back in the 90s, but these days is better known as a country musicians, and with that hat one she […]

Victoria Liedtke and Jason Ringenberg announce new duet covers project

November 22, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Victoria Liedtke and one of the nicest people in Americana, Jason Ringenberg, have announced details of a duets album ‘More Than Words Can Tell’, which is coming out March 22nd 2024. The project sees the duo […]

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy returns with new song, launches own beer

November 21, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

We are ardent republicans here in AUK Towers but that doesn’t stop us being big fans of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, maybe because of the quotes around the offending article, and while we still haven’t forgiven Domino […]

Something for the weekend: Sam Outlaw “Do You Really Love Me?”

November 17, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. One of my favourite songs ever recorded is South Dakota-born Sam Outlaw’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are?‘ It’s a gorgeous swooning number with mariachi horns, […]

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

July 3, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm tonight. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place […]

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 0

Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0

Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]

Articles by Mark Whitfield

Something for the weekend: Blitzen Trapper “Millions of Billions”

Sheryl Crow announced as first headliner for Black Deer 2024

Victoria Liedtke and Jason Ringenberg announce new duet covers project

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy returns with new song, launches own beer

Something for the weekend: Sam Outlaw “Do You Really Love Me?”

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album