Mark Whitfield

A very happy Christmas to all our readers from all of us here at Americana UK

December 23, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for us for this year – we will return on January 3rd hopefully bleary-eyed and hungover. Once again this year we have had the most traffic we’ve ever had for the website, and […]

The Americana UK Readers’ Poll 2022 – here are the results!

December 23, 2022 Mark Whitfield 5

It’s our last day of publishing for the year and as is our wont, we can reveal the winners of this year’s AUK readers’ vote. Hundreds of you voted – in fact we had more votes […]

Americana UK’s top albums of 2022 – the rest of the best

December 22, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Over the last few days we’ve been counting down our top 10 albums of 2022 which concluded yesterday with Bonny Light Horseman and The Delines holding our top two places. In the process of coming up […]

Americana UK’s top album of 2022 (and our runner-up)

December 21, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Over the last couple of days we have been counting down our top Americana albums of 2022 and we have now reached the top two – two albums which are both worthy contenders for the title […]

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 […]

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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