Mark Whitfield

Something for the long weekend: Great Lake Swimmers “Swimming Like Flying”

April 28, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Neglect dear reader comes in all kinds of different forms but the cruelest kind for AUK readers is when the PR for a great band entirely relevant to our audience don’t send us their new album […]

Something Australian for the weekend: Paul Kelly “Alone With You”

April 14, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Greetings AUKers from down under where I’ve been for the last two weeks in preparation for the other half of my existence, and being here felt like an opportune moment to share a new recording by […]

Something for the weekend: The Milk Carton Kids “Starshine”

March 31, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it for us for another week dear reader and we leave you with another song to be released from the forthcoming album from California’s Milk Carton Kids, ‘I Only See The Moon‘, which will be […]

Roseanne Reid announces new album “Lawside”

March 29, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Scottish singer-songwriter Roseanne Reid has announced the release of her second album ‘Lawside’ on June 2nd, via Last Man Music. You can watch the video for the first single to be released from it ‘Call it […]

Billy Bragg announces the Roaring Forty UK and Ireland 2023 tour

March 28, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

As part of his celebrations to mark 40 years in music, Billy Bragg has announced a tour of the UK and Ireland in the autumn. The full list of dates is below. Punk rocker, soldier, Essex […]

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 long weekend: Great Lake Swimmers “Swimming Like Flying”

Something Australian for the weekend: Paul Kelly “Alone With You”

Something for the weekend: The Milk Carton Kids “Starshine”

Roseanne Reid announces new album “Lawside”

Billy Bragg announces the Roaring Forty UK and Ireland 2023 tour

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