Mark Whitfield

Video: Passenger “Life’s For The Living” (Feat. Foy Vance – Anniversary Edition)

September 20, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1

We are huge fans of Passenger around these parts and it’s hard to believe that it’s eleven years ago now that Mike Rosenberg released his breakthrough album ‘All The Little Lights’. The years leading up to […]

Ashley Campbell and Thor Jensen announce new project

September 20, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Listen to the lead single from the album ‘P&P’. Campbell / Jensen is a new project from two musicians with a fairly huge array of experience across the worlds of Americana, country, bluegrass, gypsy jazz and […]

Allison Russell announces UK dates for 2024

September 19, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

GRAMMY-nominated singer, songwriter, poet, activist, and multi-instrumentalist Allison Russell has announced three headline shows in the UK and an appearance at TradFest in Dublin on 26th January. The tour finishes with a performance at London’s Lafayette […]

Something for the weekend: Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band “The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough”

September 15, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, and we leave you with a new track out today from the great Josh Ritter, a cover of the Cyndi Lauper classic ‘The Goonies ‘R’ Good […]

Video: Angus McOg “Communist Party Party”

September 14, 2023 Mark Whitfield 2

Italian band Angus McOg whose latest album ‘Cirrus’ we reviewed on these hallowed pages a number of months ago, have released a new video to their brilliantly inventive song ‘Communist Party Party’ in advance of some […]

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

Video: Passenger “Life’s For The Living” (Feat. Foy Vance – Anniversary Edition)

Ashley Campbell and Thor Jensen announce new project

Allison Russell announces UK dates for 2024

Something for the weekend: Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band “The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough”

Video: Angus McOg “Communist Party Party”

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