Mark Whitfield

Something for the weekend: The Smiths “The Boy with the Thorn in his Side”

May 19, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader and while we tend to swerve paying a blind bit of notice to Morrisey these days, the news that Smiths bassist Andy Rourke has died is […]

Something for the weekend: Loudon Wainwright III “Just Like Buster Keaton”

May 12, 2023 Mark Whitfield 2

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, and here at AUK Towers in Liverpool we are already covered in glitter and Lambrini in preparation for tomorrow’s Eurovision antics. I did try to find […]

Something for the long weekend: Billy Bragg “Take Down the Union Jack”

May 5, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

“Take down the Union Jack It clashes with the sunset And put it in the attic with the emperor’s old clothes When did it fall apart? Sometime in the eighties When the great and the good […]

Michaela Anne heads to the UK for dates

May 5, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Win a pair of tickets to see her by becoming an AUK supporter! Nashville-based singer-songwriter Michaela Anne, who in our opinion recorded one of the tuuuuunes of last year, has just announced some UK dates which […]

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 […]

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

October 2, 2026 3

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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