Mark Whitfield

Something for the weekend: The Band “The Weight”

August 11, 2023 Mark Whitfield 6

Well that’s it for another week dear reader. Broadly speaking, everyone who enjoys Americana as a genre has their own story about how The Band came into their world – for me, it was taking a […]

My Darling Clementine announce UK dates for the autumn

August 10, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

After a summer of relative inactivity (apart from erm moving to another country) Lou Dalgleish and Michael Weston King aka, My Darling Clementine have announced a run of over 30 European shows from now until the […]

Buddy & Julie Miller “Don’t Make Her Cry” – Listen to their new co-pen with Dylan

August 7, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Buddy & Julie Miller will release their new album ‘In The Throes’ on September 22nd via New West Records and they’ve released another song from it today – Julie wrote every song on the album with […]

Something for the weekend: The Connells “Running Mary” (Live Acoustic)

August 4, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for another week dear reader. Our compilation and giveaway for AUK supporters goes out at 5pm tonight – find out how you can become one here. In the meantime, we leave you with […]

Lynne Hanson announces UK tour dates

August 3, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Award-winning Canadian Americana songwriter Lynne Hanson has announced a UK tour for October, as a duo with guitarist Blair Michael Hogan (who you can see in action in the wonderful clip below). The two-time Canadian Folk […]

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

October 2, 2026 1

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 […]

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