Mark Whitfield

Something for the weekend: Ruston Kelly “Mending Song”

February 24, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for another week dearest reader, and we leave you with a lovely new song by the one-time Mr Musgraves Ruston Kelly. The track ‘Mending Song’ is the second to be released from the […]

Something for the weekend: Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell “Hawk for the Dove” – Live on Fallon

February 17, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1

That’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new clip of Amanda Shires who performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon earlier in the week – she played […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Laura Cantrell “When the Roses Bloom Again”

February 13, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Last week’s Chain Gang featured Moon Mullican’s ‘I’ll Sail My Ship Alone’ which featured on the ‘Maverick Country’ compilation back in 2005. As Clint West noted, Mullican was known as ‘The King of Hillbilly Piano’ and […]

Something for the weekend: Great Lakes “The Pinks and the Purples”

February 10, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it from us for this week dear reader, and we leave you today not with a new song but a veritable stone-cold classic from 2006 which we received in those heady days to review here […]

Here are all the GRAMMY roots winners from Sunday

February 7, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

It was the 65th GRAMMY awards on Sunday (the CAPS in GRAMMY is always so jarring, it feels like they’re shouting) although we got distracted by the final episode of Happy Valley so forgive us for […]

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 weekend: Ruston Kelly “Mending Song”

Something for the weekend: Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell “Hawk for the Dove” – Live on Fallon

AUK’s Chain Gang: Laura Cantrell “When the Roses Bloom Again”

Something for the weekend: Great Lakes “The Pinks and the Purples”

Here are all the GRAMMY roots winners from Sunday

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