Mark Whitfield

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: Willie Nelson “Busted”

February 3, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it from us for another week. If you’re one of our supporters, a. thank you and b. look out for your lovely shiny new playlist which should land in your mailbox about 5pm. In the […]

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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