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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 […]

Billy Bragg honoured on Camden Music Walk of Fame

September 13, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

It’s fair to say that there are few people around these parts who are as loved as Billy Bragg, partly for making consistently great music for all those years and partly for all the shit he […]

Some sad news to end the week with: Americana UK loses two of our best, Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson

October 2, 2026 0

We’re sorry to end this week with some sad news for regular readers which some of you will know already via social media. It’s been a very tough last few days for us as a team […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kyp Harness

October 2, 2026 0

Kyp Harness makes music on his own terms and has been doing it for 35 years. He is prolific, having put out 20 independent albums of storytelling and melody, with his latest (Lovely) released in April […]

artwork for Mistaken For Wayne album "Whitefish"

Mistaken for Wayne “Whitefish”

October 2, 2026 0

Musical pursuits in the heart of rural Canadian life. Not only outside the music industry but within its margins (much less frequently at its very core), there are those for whom music is one of several […]

Articles by Mark Whitfield

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”

Billy Bragg honoured on Camden Music Walk of Fame

Some sad news to end the week with: Americana UK loses two of our best, Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kyp Harness

Mistaken for Wayne “Whitefish”

Jake Bugg announces a fortnight of intimate record store appearances

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