Mark Whitfield

Video: The Attention Seekers “Blue, Red and Green”

June 19, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

‘Blue Red and Green’ is the new single from North East band The Attention Seekers who we covered last year here on AUK in rather glowing terms, produced by Alan Fish, engineered by Tony Davis, and […]

Something for the weekend: Southbound Attic Band @Folk On The Farm 2015

June 16, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1

Well that’s it for another week from us dear reader – AUK is down at Black Deer so if you are down there and see one of us (not me sadly!) with a press pass on […]

Lucinda Williams announces UK and Euro dates for 2024

June 15, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Ahead of the release of her new album ‘Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart’ which comes out June 30th via Highway 20 Records/Thirty Tigers, Americana legend Lucinda Williams has announced a run of UK and […]

Hiss Golden Messenger announce new album “Jump For Joy”

June 13, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Grammy-nominated band Hiss Golden Messenger has announced the release of their highly anticipated new album ‘Jump for Joy’ which lands via Merge Records on August 25th. The first single ‘Nu-Grape’ bursts with buoyant verses and a […]

Something for the weekend: Roger Waters “In the Flesh?” (Live)

June 9, 2023 Mark Whitfield 2

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader and we leave you this week in solidarity with Roger Waters who’s been labelled a racist by everyone from Keir “Not Jeremy Corbyn” Starmer to the […]

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: The Attention Seekers “Blue, Red and Green”

Something for the weekend: Southbound Attic Band @Folk On The Farm 2015

Lucinda Williams announces UK and Euro dates for 2024

Hiss Golden Messenger announce new album “Jump For Joy”

Something for the weekend: Roger Waters “In the Flesh?” (Live)

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