Mark Whitfield

Americana UK’s Top 10 albums of 2022 – Numbers 6-3

December 20, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Yesterday we explored the first four albums in our top 10 of the year as chosen collectively by AUK writers. Tomorrow we will reveal our runner-up and number-one album of 2022, but for today, here’s numbers […]

Americana UK’s Top 10 albums of 2022 – Numbers 10-7

December 19, 2022 Mark Whitfield 1

So 2022 – the first year which has felt like a normal year in a long time, and then only relatively speaking. It has however been a year where full-on album releases have returned, some of […]

Something for the weekend: Dan Golding “Slippery Pond” (feat. Grace Bruxner)

December 16, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it for another week dear reader and we leave you with a recommendation from Edge magazine – not content with making me a distracted parent 13 times a year (“stop playing with those matches/firelighters/dynamite – […]

Something for the weekend: Simon and Garfunkel “7 O’clock News / Silent Night”

December 9, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for another week dear reader. As we head towards the holiday season, The Guardian published a good piece earlier this week about how the best Christmas songs are the depressing ones, and provided […]

It’s the 2022 AUK Readers Poll! Vote for your favourite americana from the last year

December 6, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Another reminder everyone. As Iron Maiden once said in their cheerful classic ‘The Clairvoyant’, “as soon as you’re born you’re dying” and as we hurtle towards our graves at an ever-quickening pace, it will surprise no-one […]

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

Americana UK’s Top 10 albums of 2022 – Numbers 6-3

Americana UK’s Top 10 albums of 2022 – Numbers 10-7

Something for the weekend: Dan Golding “Slippery Pond” (feat. Grace Bruxner)

Something for the weekend: Simon and Garfunkel “7 O’clock News / Silent Night”

It’s the 2022 AUK Readers Poll! Vote for your favourite americana from the last year

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